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Software Data Engineer (AWS)

Competitive

Herndon, VAIT & TechnologyPosted 21d ago

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Role overview

Job type

Full-time

Salary

Competitive

Location

Herndon, VA

Posted

21 days ago

Job description

aqua IT is hiring a Software Data Engineer to build and maintain Python-based AWS services that move data across isolated network fabrics. The role focuses on secure, event-driven serverless architectures, infrastructure as code, deployments, and service observability.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain Python Lambda microservices that move data across isolated network fabrics, using loosely coupled, event-driven AWS services

Develop and deploy AWS cloud architectures through CDK (TypeScript) IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and cross-fabric/cross-account deployments, with a focus on secure CDK constructs and least-privilege design

Develop flexible serverless cross-domain architectures and XML schema definition files built for integration with Diode Messaging

Build out observability across services: CloudWatch dashboards, synthetics canaries, telemetry tracing, and alerting

Company

Federal IT technical services company

St Louis, Missouri, USA

https://aqua-it.us/

Founded in 2022

11-50 employees

Qualifications

Python and AWS Lambda

AWS in general - AWS Solutions Architect Associate level of knowledge

Decoupled / event-driven architectures (e.g. EventBridge, SNS, SQS, ElastiCache)

Networking: VPCs, subnets, VPC endpoints, security groups

Security and secure architecture design (secure CDK constructs, IAM policies, least privilege)

Infrastructure as Code with AWS CDK (TypeScript)

Observability: CloudWatch dashboards, synthetics canaries, telemetry/tracing, alerting

CI/CD pipelines and deployments through GitLab

Cross-fabric deployments

Aqua IT is a technology and federal IT company that specializes in mission-critical solutions for government agencies.

St Louis, Missouri, USA

https://aqua-it.us

Leadership Team

Bill Cloin

COO and Managing Partner

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Required skills

Python, AWS Lambda, AWS, AWS CDK (TypeScript), EventBridge, SNS, SQS, ElastiCache, AWS Networking VPCs, AWS Networking Subnets, AWS Networking VPC Endpoints, AWS Networking Security Groups, IAM Policies and Least-Privilege Design, CloudWatch Observability, GitLab CI/CD

Experience

Mid level

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