Data Engineer â Senior

Njoyn; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive insurance options

401(k) matching and employee share buy

Paid time off for vacation, holidays,

Paid parental leave

Tuition assistance

Wellness programs

Job summary

CGI Federal in Huntsville, AL seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design, develop, and operate petabyte-scale data pipelines for a major federal modernization program. You will ensure secure, reliable data flows from legacy systems to cloud environments, collaborating with Cloud, DevSecOps, and migration teams.

The role requires a TS clearance, US citizenship, and 8+ years of data engineering experience, with strong ETL, data modeling, and automation capabilities, preferably in AWS.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret security clearance required.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in data engineering.
• Hands-on experience building pipelines for structured and unstructured data.
• Strong data modeling, transformation logic, and automation.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• DevSecOps tooling and scripting proficiency.
• Analytical, documentation, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines enabling ingestion, transformation, and loading of large datasets.
• Implement ETL/ELT processes supporting multi source, multi format data migration.
• Develop data models, schemas, mapping artifacts, and integration structures for legacy to cloud migration.
• Enhance automation, performance tuning, throughput, and fault tolerance within cloud based pipelines.
• Lead data cleansing, normalization, enrichment, and validation efforts across legacy sources.
• Perform root cause analysis on data anomalies and guide corrective actions.
• Coordinate with QA/Test Engineers to embed data validation and automated testing into pipeline workflows.
• Support data engineering activities within AWS cloud environments (preferred).
• Collaborate with Cloud Engineers, DevSecOps teams, Migration Engineers, and system developers to integrate data flows with program architecture.
• Ensure compliance with security, logging, auditing, and handling requirements across environments.
• Mentor Data Migration Engineers and Mid Level Data Engineers on pipeline operations and data best practices.
• Participate in technical reviews, sprint activities, and architecture discussions.
• Support migration readiness assessments, backlog refinement, and multi team planning.

Skills

ETL/ELT development

Data modeling

Cloud data pipelines

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

DevSecOps tooling

Scripting languages

Job description

Job order - J0926-2506 - Permanent Full Time

Title Data Engineer – Senior

Category Database Administration

City Huntsville, Alabama, United States

CGI Federal is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support large scale data engineering and migration activities for a major federal modernization program. This role is responsible for designing, developing, optimizing, and operating data pipelines supporting petabyte scale migration, transformation, and storage of structured and unstructured datasets. The Senior Data Engineer ensures data flows are reliable, repeatable, secure, and aligned to architectural standards required for transferring legacy datasets into modern cloud environments. This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

Your future duties and responsibilities

Data Pipeline Development & Engineering

• Design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines enabling ingestion, transformation, and loading of large datasets.
• Implement ETL/ELT processes supporting multi source, multi format data migration.
• Develop data models, schemas, mapping artifacts, and integration structures for legacy to cloud migration.
• Enhance automation, performance tuning, throughput, and fault tolerance within cloud based pipelines.

Data Quality, Transformation & Validation

• Lead data cleansing, normalization, enrichment, and validation efforts across legacy sources.
• Perform root cause analysis on data anomalies and guide corrective actions.
• Coordinate with QA/Test Engineers to embed data validation and automated testing into pipeline workflows.

Cloud Integration & System Support

• Support data engineering activities within AWS cloud environments (preferred).
• Collaborate with Cloud Engineers, DevSecOps teams, Migration Engineers, and system developers to integrate data flows with program architecture.
• Ensure compliance with security, logging, auditing, and handling requirements across environments.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Mentor Data Migration Engineers and Mid Level Data Engineers on pipeline operations and data best practices.
• Participate in technical reviews, sprint activities, and architecture discussions.
• Support migration readiness assessments, backlog refinement, and multi team planning.

Documentation, Reporting & Risk Management

• Produce detailed documentation including pipeline diagrams, mapping specs, data dictionaries, and process guides.
• Track migration progress, pipeline performance, data quality status, and operational risks.
• Identify blockers affecting migration throughput and support timely mitigation.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

• Must have Active Top Secret Security Clearance.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL development, or large scale data operations.
• Hands on experience building pipelines for structured/unstructured data across enterprise environments.
• Strong proficiency in data modeling, transformation logic, and automation.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS preferred), DevSecOps tooling, and scripting languages.
• Excellent analytical, documentation, and problem solving skills.

Desired qualifications/non essential skills required

• Experience with petabyte scale or multi system migration programs.
• Background supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or national security customers.
• Experience with CI/CD integration, automated testing pipelines, or micro service architectures.
• Advanced knowledge of ETL frameworks, distributed compute tools, or cloud native data services.

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $89,600.00 $198,400.00.

CGI Federal's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid parental leave
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Wellness and Well being programs

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