Spark Data Engineer at Swoon Spark Data Engineer at Swoon in Greenway, Virginia Posted in about 15 hours ago.

Type:

full-time

Hiring:

Spark/Scala Data Engineer Location:

McLean, VA -

Hybrid Work Model:

Hybrid - must be able to work onsite in

McLean, VA Duration:

12-month contract

Pay:

$70/hr W2 We're looking for an experienced Data Engineer to support a large-scale ETL modernization initiative. This role will focus on migrating legacy ETL workloads into a modern Spark/Scala-based architecture while ensuring data accuracy and consistency throughout the migration.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Build and maintain large-scale data pipelines using Apache Spark and Scala
• Modernize legacy ETL workloads into a newer data architecture
• Support legacy-to-modern ETL migrations
• Perform data comparison, reconciliation, and validation between legacy and modern pipelines
• Identify and troubleshoot data discrepancies during migration
• Ensure migrated pipelines maintain data quality and accuracy

Must-Haves:

• Strong Data Engineering background
• Hands-on Apache Spark experience
• Strong Scala experience
• Data pipeline development experience
• ETL modernization or migration experience
• Data comparison, validation, or reconciliation experience
• Experience working with legacy-to-modern architecture migrations
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule in McLean, VA The existing environment includes Ab Initio, but prior Ab Initio experience is NOT required.

This is a traditional Data Engineering position. AI/GenAI experience is not required. If you're a Senior Data Engineer with strong Spark/Scala experience and are open to a hybrid opportunity in McLean, VA, I'd love to connect.