Design and implement AI-driven automation solutions across AWS and Azure hybrid environments. Build intelligent, scalable data pipelines and automations integrating cloud services, enterprise tools, and Generative AI for mission-critical analytics, reporting, and customer engagement platforms.
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Data Automation Engineer
Location: Washington, DC
- Remote (fully remote with potential quarterly travel to Gaithersburg, MD / Washington D.C. metro area)
Note: NOT OPEN TO C2C OR W2 REFERRALS AT THIS TIME
Job Description
Seeking a Data Automation Engineer to design and implement innovative, AI-driven automation solutions across AWS and Azure hybrid environments. Responsible for building intelligent, scalable data pipelines and automations integrating cloud services, enterprise tools, and Generative AI for mission-critical analytics, reporting, and customer engagement platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and maintain data pipelines in AWS using S3, RDS/SQL Server, Glue, Lambda, EMR, DynamoDB, and Step Functions
- Develop ETL/ELT processes between DynamoDB, SQL Server (AWS), and AWS ↔ Azure SQL systems
- Integrate AWS Connect CRM data into enterprise data pipelines for analytics and reporting
- Engineering ingestion pipelines with Apache Spark, Flume, Kafka for real-time/batch processing into Apache Solr, AWS OpenSearch
- Leverage Generative AI services (AWS Bedrock, Amazon Q, Azure OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain) for:
- Vector generation and embeddings from unstructured data
- Automated data quality checks, metadata tagging, and lineage tracking
- LLM-assisted transformation and anomaly detection in ETL
- Conversational BI interfaces for natural language access to Solr and SQL data
- AI-powered copilots for pipeline monitoring and troubleshooting
- Implement SQL Server stored procedures, indexing, query optimization, and performance tuning
- Apply CI/CD best practices using GitHub, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
- Ensure security and compliance via IAM, KMS encryption, VPC isolation, RBAC, firewalls
- Support Agile DevOps processes with sprint-based delivery
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- BS in Computer Science or related field with 2+ years data engineering/automation experience
- Hands-on experience with SQL, SSIS, Python, Spark, Bash, PowerShell, AWS/Azure CLIs
- Experience with AWS services (S3, RDS/SQL Server, Glue, Lambda, EMR, DynamoDB)
- Familiarity with Apache Flume, Kafka, Solr for large-scale data ingestion and search
- Familiarity with LLM/Gen AI frameworks (AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, or open-source platforms/tools)
- Experience integrating REST API calls in data pipelines and workflows
- Familiarity with JIRA, GitHub / Azure DevOps / Jenkins for SDLC and CI/CD automation
- Strong troubleshooting and performance optimization skills in SQL, Spark or other data engineering solutions
- Experience operationalizing Generative AI (GenAI Ops) pipelines, including model deployment, monitoring, retraining, and lifecycle management
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Ability to obtain Federal government Public Trust clearance
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- Certifications: AWS Data Engineer, AWS AI/ML Specialty, Azure AI Engineer, Databricks Certified Data Engineer
- Experience implementing RAG pipelines, embeddings, and vector search with Solr, OpenSearch, FAISS, Pinecone, or Pgvector/SQL Server vector types
- Experience with GenAI-powered coding tools (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, VS Code)
- Experience with multi-cloud data integration (AWS ↔ Azure SQL)
- Familiarity with Microsoft BizTalk and SSIS for SQL Server ETL workflows
- Knowledge of data lineage/governance tools (Purview, Unity Catalog, AWS Glue Catalog)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation, Bicep) for automated deployments
- Experience with compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, HIPAA)
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