Accenture Federal Services is looking to solve the business problem of improving the US federal government's ability to make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people by leveraging technology and ingenuity. Specifically, this role aims to build foundational frameworks for the data organization through automation and innovation in data engineering.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with a strong focus on automation and platform development
- Expert-level skills in Python and SQL
- Proven experience building and optimizing data pipelines on platforms like Databricks or Snowflake
- Hands-on expertise with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins)
- Deep understanding of data architecture, data modeling, and modern data warehousing concepts
- Experience with data orchestration tools like Airflow
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor a team of automation-focused data engineers responsible for building and maintaining core data infrastructure frameworks
- Design and develop standardized, reusable ETL/ELT data pipeline templates for ingestion, transformation, and data product creation
- Architect and implement the CI/CD for Data (DataOps) strategy, enabling automated testing, validation, and deployment of data pipelines
- Integrate and manage automated data quality, testing, and monitoring tools (e.g., Great Expectations) directly into the core pipeline templates
- Develop and maintain a library of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) modules (e.g., Terraform) for provisioning common data engineering resources
- Collaborate with platform and data engineering teams to identify complex problems, troubleshoot bottlenecks, and engineer automated solutions
- Drive innovation by researching, prototyping, and implementing new technologies and patterns to improve the efficiency and reliability of our data engineering processes
Other
- 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership or mentorship role, supervising a team or guiding junior engineers
- Active TS or TS/SCI clearance
- Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.
- Strong project management skills with experience in cross-functional initiatives
- As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included.
