# Data Engineer - Level III

Job Title: Data Architect / Data Engineering Lead Location: Remote - Temporary 3-4 Month Assignment Contract: USDA OMNI - NRCS Operations & Maintenance Security Clearance: USDA Public Trust Salary Range: $120,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year. The Data Architect / Data Engineering Lead provides technical leadership for data architecture, data engineering, database modernization, and AI/ML enablement across the NRCS IT ecosystem. This role is responsible for guiding the transformation of legacy data platforms - including monolithic SQL Server environments, SSIS-based ETL pipelines, and tightly coupled cross-database dependencies - into scalable, cloud-native architectures on AWS. The position works in close coordination with the Enterprise Lead Architect, Government Program Managers, and cross-functional delivery teams to execute data management, modernization, and operational sustainment activities under the OMNI contract. Required Qualifications: Experience: 7 years of progressive experience in data architecture, data engineering, and database administration across enterprise environments. Cloud Platforms: 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and deploying data solutions on AWS,

- **Id**: 3782420
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/attainx-data-engineer-level-iii>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Fort Collins, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T01:24:30Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T09:21:54Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-06T09:21:54Z
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 10884
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Digital Government, IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, Systems Integrators, Custom Software Development

## Company

- **Id**: 4781
- **Name**: AttainX
- **Domain**: attainx.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/attainx>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: ADP

## Salary

- **Min**: 120000
- **Max**: 135000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 135000

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Amazon Aurora** — Optional: no
- **Amazon S3** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **AWS Lambda** — Optional: no
- **AWS Step Functions** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CloudFormation** — Optional: no
- **Delta Lake** — Optional: no
- **DynamoDB** — Optional: no
- **ETL/ELT** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no
- **Liquibase** — Optional: no
- **MS SQL** — Optional: no
- **OpenSearch** — Optional: no
- **PostGIS** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **PowerShell** — Optional: no
- **pySpark** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **SSIS** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **Amazon EventBridge** — Optional: yes
- **Amazon SageMaker** — Optional: yes
- **AWS Bedrock** — Optional: yes
- **AWS Glue** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **CMMC** — Optional: yes
- **Databricks** — Optional: yes
- **Embeddings** — Optional: yes
- **Java** — Optional: yes
- **LangChain** — Optional: yes
- **RAG** — Optional: yes
- **SonarQube** — Optional: yes
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T01:24:30Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-06T09:21:54Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 5 · green card filings: 2; Filings 12m: 5

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 135000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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