AWS/ETL Engineer (Salesforce)

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in data engineering, systems integration, ETL development, and/or cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on expertise with AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, SQS (including DLQ patterns), S3, IAM, and CloudWatch
• Experience with Salesforce integration patterns, including outbound/inbound callouts, Apex, Flow automation, and document-generation tools such as S-Docs (or comparable tools, e.g., Conga, Nintex Drawloop).
• Working knowledge of, or ability to quickly ramp up on, VA Notify (or comparable notification/delivery-status APIs) for status, bounce, and failure reporting.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one scripting/programming language commonly used for integration and data processing (e.g., Python, Apex).
• Demonstrated experience with the full test lifecycle — unit, integration, end-to-end, and high-volume load/performance testing — and with CI/CD deployment across multiple environments (dev, QA, UAT, production).
• Experience working on federal government contracts, with familiarity with VA or other federal agency IT environments, security requirements, and compliance frameworks (FISMA, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53).
• Strong ability to produce clear architectural documentation (data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, decision logs) and to communicate findings to both technical and business stakeholders.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance; U.S. Citizenship required per VA contract requirements.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

• Salesforce certification (e.g., Platform Developer I/II, Salesforce Administrator, or Integration Architect) and/or AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate).
• Direct hands-on experience with S-Docs template design/automation and with VA Notify or another government notification-delivery API.
• Experience with VA-specific systems or programs (e.g., VistA, MASS, VBMS, or other VA data platforms) is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation, and CI/CD tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CodePipeline).
• Experience with observability/monitoring tooling for distributed, queue-based systems (e.g., CloudWatch dashboards/alarms, X-Ray, Splunk).
• Prior experience supporting a VA ATO process, governance review, or working directly with VA OIT.

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