Accenture Federal Services · 1 month ago
Data Engineer Specialist
Arlington, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$93K/yr - $176K/yr
4+ years expAccenture Federal Services is dedicated to helping the US federal government enhance national security and public welfare through technology. As a Data Engineer, you will develop and maintain data pipelines and integrations that support governance policies and ensure effective metadata management.
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Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Develop, maintain, and enhance data pipelines that automatically harvest metadata from various data sources (e.g., databases, data lakes, APIs) and ingest it into the enterprise data catalog (e.g., Collibra)
Implement custom integrations using the data catalog's APIs and SDKs to connect with platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, and S3
Work with senior engineers and analysts to implement technical data quality rules and monitoring solutions within data pipelines
Support the technical administration and operational health of the data catalog platform, troubleshooting ingestion issues and ensuring system stability
Write and maintain clear, concise documentation for the data pipelines and integrations you build
Collaborate with data source owners and other engineering teams to ensure successful metadata extraction and lineage tracing
Contribute to the scripting and automation of recurring data governance tasks
Qualification
Required
4+ years of hands-on experience in a data engineering role
Strong programming proficiency in Python and advanced SQL
Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes
Hands-on experience working with REST APIs to integrate different systems
Experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, AWS S3, Azure Data Lake)
A foundational understanding of metadata management and data governance concepts
US Citizenship (No Dual Citizenship)
Active TS and TS/SCI clearance
Preferred
Hands-on experience developing integrations for an enterprise data catalog platform (e.g., Collibra, Alation)
Experience with workflow orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Prefect)
Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform)
Exposure to streaming data technologies (e.g., Kafka)
Company
Accenture Federal Services
Accenture Federal Services is a leading US federal services company and subsidiary of Accenture.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Ron Ash
CEO and Chairman of the Board
Bharat Patel
Managing Director, AI Missions
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