Senior Data Engineer

M9 Solutions

Senior Data Engineer supporting government contracts by leading data engineering initiatives and data architecture design. M9 Solutions specializes in IT services and analytics solutions for Federal Government clients.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeRemote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $60,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudPySparkPythonSQLUnity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead workspace architecture, Unity Catalog governance, and cluster policy design for client tenant organizations.
Perform tenant discovery and requirements gathering, source profiling, and security classification for new data intake requests.
Develop end-to-end technical designs for tenant onboarding, including Data Sharing Agreements and SLA documentation.
Maintain Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) and prepare Architecture Review Board (ARB) submissions.
Contribute to tenant onboarding automation, financial operations integration, and ROI reporting.
Deliver tenant training materials and facilitate weekly office hours for client program teams.
Support P1/P2 incident response within SLA for tenant-related platform issues.
Provide NIST 800-53 control evidence within 5 business days of the client audit requests.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Work Authorization: US Citizenship or Permanent Residency.
Active Public Trust level clearance.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
8+ years in cloud data engineering; 3-5 years hands-on Databricks (Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, Auto Loader, Genie).
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or advanced equivalent.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect or Data Engineer – Associate or Professional.
Deep experience with medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold), Delta Lake, and CDC patterns.
Proficiency in Python, PySpark, and SQL for enterprise pipeline development.
Hands-on AWS: S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Glue, Athena.
Experience with RBAC/ABAC, row-level security, PII column masking.
Familiarity with FISMA, NIST 800-53, and FedRAMP High.

Benefits

Comp & perks

M9 Benefits - https://m9solutions.com/why-join-m9/#our-benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud data engineeringDatabricksmedallion architectureDelta LakeCDC patternsPythonPySparkSQLtenant onboarding automationincident response

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationtrainingfacilitationrequirements gatheringorganizational skillscollaborationproblem-solvingdocumentationclient engagement

Certifications

Databricks Certified Data Engineer ProfessionalAWS Certified Solutions ArchitectAWS Certified Data Engineer