Senior Data & Software Engineer

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.

About the role

Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. The Senior Data & Software Engineer works with a small team to build complex data flows for a custom application.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to understand data requirements, assess feasibility, and design appropriate solutions with minimal oversight.
• Leverage strong problem-solving and debugging skills for data quality issues, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks.
• Leverage a background in large-scale data migration or platform modernization efforts.
• Contribute to data engineering documentation, best practices, and design patterns.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years' experience with the following:
  • Apache Spark & PySpark
  • Using orchestration tools to deploy data pipelines, including configuring and updating Spark Jobs
  • Advanced Python skills (including Pandas & NumPy)
  • Building end-to-end data pipelines leveraging Python
  • Docker, Podman
  • AWS S3, Lambda & Step functions
  • Apache Iceberg, Airflow
  • SQL (with Trino)
  • NoSQL, DynamoDB
  • Containerizing and deploying applications in cloud environments like AWS
  • Working with MySQL and PostgreSQL including performance tuning, schema design, and query optimization for complex, analytical workloads
  • Leveraging industry standard tools for code control (Git, IaaC control, etc.)
  • Working with data catalogs, tracking data lineage, and handling a variety of data formats, including Geospatial
  • Using Bash scripting for automation and data processing tasks
  • Integrating AI/ML services and models
• Active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Unity Catalog OSS, Apache Polaris
• Apache Superset
• Terraform or CloudFormation
• OpenLineage
• H3, PostGIS

Pay

The base pay range for this position in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is $111,800—$221,800 USD.