Job Details

Staffing Pros, a division of VETS Inc., has a full-time opening for a Visualization & Analytics Engineer in Washington, DC. An active Top Secret Clearance is required for this role.

The ideal candidate has experience integrating Tableau with AWS (including Athena and S3-based data lakes), building scalable dashboards, and understanding how front-end visualization layers connect to backend data sources. Experience with AWS QuickSight and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Tableau dashboards to support business intelligence and analytics requirements.
• Integrate Tableau with AWS services, including:
• Athena queries and metadata management
• S3 data lakes and Lake Formation-based access control
• AWS Glue Data Catalog
• Build and optimize Tableau data extracts, published data sources, and performance-tuned dashboards.
• Develop and maintain AWS QuickSight dashboards, datasets, analyses, and user permissions.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to ensure clean data pipelines and proper data modeling for reporting use cases.
• Understand and document how UI visualization layers (Tableau, QuickSight) connect to and query backend databases, warehouse structures, S3 buckets, and data lake zones.
• Work with DevOps teams to implement CI/CD processes for dashboard versioning, infrastructure-as-code, metadata management, and automated deployments.
• Troubleshoot dashboard performance issues and optimize queries in Athena and other AWS data services.
• Ensure governance, security, and role-based access control across visualization and data platforms.
• Partner with business users to translate requirements into actionable analytics products.

Required Qualifications

• 3-7 years of experience in business intelligence, analytics, or data visualization roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server/Online (dashboard design, data modeling, extracts, performance optimization).
• Proven experience integrating Tableau with AWS Athena and S3.
• Practical knowledge of AWS analytics stack, including:
• Athena
• S3
• Glue (ETL & Data Catalog)
• Lake Formation
• IAM permissions and policies
• Experience building dashboards and datasets in AWS QuickSight.
• Strong understanding of data lakes, data warehouses, and backend architectures.
• Proficient in SQL for building and optimizing data queries.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (GitLab, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins) and version control best practices.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and translate business needs into technical solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Python, PyAthena, or AWS SDK for analytics automation.
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Background in data engineering or data modeling.
• Experience with API integrations, REST endpoints, or embedding dashboards in applications.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder-management abilities.
• Detail-oriented with a mindset for scalable design.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex data and performance issues independently.
• Collaborative team player with an analytical, problem-solving approach

EEO Statement

Staffing Pros a division of VETS-inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.