Jr. Data Engineer

Post Date

Feb 24, 2026

Location

Gaithersburg,
Maryland

ZIP/Postal Code

20878
US
Apr 26, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Database Administrator (DBA)

Req #

DC0-4887c525-7996-4cad-90f1-0f7522f99961

Pay Rate

$34 - $42 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

A client in the Washington DC area is seeking a Jr. Data Engineer in support of a federal client. Candidates must be within 50 miles of the DMV area and will be required to attend quarterly customer meetings as needed - outside of that candidates may perform job duties remotely. Candidates will design and implement innovative, AI-driven automation solutions across AWS and Azure hybrid environments. Candidates will be responsible for building intelligent, scalable data pipelines and automations that integrate cloud services, enterprise tools, and Generative AI to support mission-critical analytics, reporting, and customer engagement platforms

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Required Skills & Experience

-BS in Computer Science or related field with 2+ years of data engineering, automation experiences.
-Ability to earn agency public trust
-Design and maintain data pipelines in AWS using S3, RDS/SQL Server, Glue, Lambda, EMR, DynamoDB, and Step Functions.
-develop processes move data from multiple data systems including SQL to NoSQL systems
-Engineer, enhance ingestion pipelines with Apache Spark, Flume, Kafka for real-time and batch processing into Apache Solr, AWS Open Search platforms.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.