Data Engineer in St. Louis, MO

Accenture Federal Services; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 114,700 - 221,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative work environment

Ongoing training and certifications

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Data Engineer to create efficient data pipelines and ensure data quality, focusing on ETL processes to support migration to cloud environments. The ideal candidate will possess at least a Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant experience, along with active Secret Security clearance.

This position requires collaboration within Agile frameworks, design of scalable data architectures, and advanced skills in Python, SQL, and cloud ETL services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience.
• Active Secret Security clearance required.
• Experience with cloud-based ETL services.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable data architectures.
• Create and maintain robust data pipelines.
• Implement ETL processes to migrate data.

Skills

Data orchestration

Data quality processes

Cloud-based ETL services

Python

SQL

Spark

PySpark

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

AWS Glue

Google Cloud Dataflow

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Palantir

Snowflake

Job description

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger, 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.

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.

Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

The work:

Data Engineer is responsible for creating efficient data pipelines, ensuring data quality, and implementing ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes to facilitate the seamless migration and deployment of data across systems. The Data Engineer works within Agile frameworks to support the team's data‑driven approach to application migration, collaborating closely with other team members to ensure data integrity and accessibility throughout the transition to cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable, efficient data architectures to support the migration process
• Create data models and schemas that align with both source and target systems
• Develop and maintain robust data pipelines for data generation, collection, and processing
• Implement real‑time and batch processing pipelines as required by the migration strategy
• Design and implement ETL processes to migrate data between source and target systems
• Develop scripts and workflows for data extraction, transformation, and loading
• Develop and maintain data cleansing routines to address data inconsistencies
• Create monitoring systems to track data quality metrics throughout the migration
• Collaborate with the migration team to plan and execute data migration strategies
• Provide expertise on data‑related aspects of the migration process
• Troubleshoot and resolve data‑related issues during migration
• Optimize data processing and storage for improved performance in cloud environments
• Monitor and tune data pipelines for efficiency
• Implement data security measures to protect sensitive information during migration
• Ensure compliance with data protection regulations and organizational policies
• Develop and maintain data access controls and audit trails
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for data architectures and processes
• Work closely with data analysts, cloud engineers, and application developers
• Integrate data solutions with other components of the migrated applications
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand‑ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives)

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years experience
• Active Secret Security clearance required
• Experience with cloud‑based ETL services (e.g. AWS Glue, Google Cloud Dataflow, Azure Data Factory)
• Experience with Python, SQL, Spark, and PySpark
• Familiarity with data orchestration and data quality processes

Preferred experience

• Experience with data platforms like Databricks, Palantir, and Snowflake

You must live local to St. Louis, MO OR be willing to travel to St. Louis every week Monday‑Thursday

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the following states: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is $114,700—$221,100 USD. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. We accept applications on an ongoing basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

What We Believe

As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. We have an unwavering commitment to creating a culture in which all our people are respected, feel a sense of belonging, and have equal opportunity.

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Accenture Federal Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Additionally, as an affirmative action employer for veterans and individuals with disabilities, Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

Requesting an accommodation Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture Federal Services and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

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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. Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration. Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. The company 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. Additionally, 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 company’s legal duty to furnish information.

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