21 days ago
Richmond, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$110k - $130k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and optimize secure ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows using Microsoft Fabric, Airflow, dbt, and Kafka.
- Build and maintain Microsoft Fabric Lakehouses, warehouses, OneLake platforms, and related cloud data infrastructure.
- Implement encryption, tokenization, masking, sensitivity labeling, row-level and column-level security, and fine-grained access controls.
- Integrate GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other compliance requirements into data architectures and pipelines.
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, automated testing, and deployment processes for Fabric and supporting data services.
- Containerize supporting applications with Docker and orchestrate them using Kubernetes or managed equivalents.
- Manage infrastructure with Terraform, Azure Resource Manager, Bicep, Pulumi, and related tools.
- Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability for Fabric pipelines, Lakehouses, and related platforms.
- Automate vulnerability scanning, security testing, compliance checks, and policy-as-code within CI/CD pipelines.
- Monitor pipelines for anomalies and unauthorized access attempts and collaborate on incident response and reliability improvements.
- Develop data governance frameworks covering cataloging, lineage, classification, retention, security, and operational controls.
- Document architectures, security controls, runbooks, and operational processes and promote security and DevOps best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience as a Data Engineer building production data pipelines and platforms.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric or closely related services such as Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, or Azure Databricks.
- Experience with cloud data platforms, especially Azure, and security services such as Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD, Key Vault, Private Endpoints, and Defender for Cloud.
- Demonstrated experience with encryption, access control, data masking or anonymization, sensitivity labeling, and secure data sharing.
- Solid DevOps experience with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, Docker, and basic orchestration concepts.
- Experience with production monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.
- Strong SQL skills and proficiency in at least one data-engineering programming language; Python is preferred, with Scala or Java a plus.
- Knowledge of data governance, privacy regulations, compliance frameworks, distributed systems, data modeling, and performance optimization.
- US citizenship is required.
- Preferred experience includes PySpark, Microsoft Fabric workspaces and features, Kubernetes, Helm, dbt, Fivetran, Airbyte, Great Expectations, zero-trust architecture, GitOps, real-time streaming security, secure API and data product design, policy-as-code, and regulated industries.
- Preferred certifications include Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate, Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Security Engineer, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, CKA/CKAD, CISSP, or CISM.
Benefits
- US remote telework arrangement.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Retirement benefits including 401(k) matching.
- Educational reimbursement.
- Parental leave.
- Employee stock purchase plan.
- Tax-saving options.
- Disability and life insurance.
- Pet insurance.
- Benefits may vary by employment type, location, applicable agreements, collective bargaining agreements, and other employment contracts.
- Posting opened October 22, 2026 and remains open until filled.
Tech Stack
AirbyteApache AirflowApache KafkaApache SparkDatabricksDatadogdbtDockerGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDGrafanaHelmJavaJenkinsKubernetesPrometheusPythonScalaSQLTerraform
Categories
Data EngineeringDevOps
About Amentum
Amentum provides engineering, operations and maintenance, logistics, and mission support services to U.S. federal agencies and allied governments, including defense and energy programs. Its business centers on large, long-term government contracts spanning defense, space, nuclear cleanup, and infrastructure, with program management and technical services at the core. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, it was formed in 2020 from the spinoff of AECOM’s Management Services division.