GCP Data Engineer for Federal Missions (TS Clearance)

Accenture Federal Services; Arlington (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a data engineer to design, build, and optimize cloud-based data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform. You’ll work with data scientists and cloud engineers to ensure scalable data processing and secure access aligned with federal requirements.

Role emphasizes ETL/ELT, modern data warehousing, and real-time streaming with Python, SQL, and Apache Beam. A Top Secret clearance is required, with compensation disclosed for many states.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5+ years of experience in data engineering, data warehousing, or big data processing.
• 2+ years hands-on experience building data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform (BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Composer).
• Strong programming skills in Python and advanced proficiency in SQL.
• Experience with ETL/ELT concepts and tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines and ETL processes in large-scale data systems and data lakes using GCP native services.
• Implement performance tuning, partitioning, caching, and shuffle optimization.
• Integrate data from databases, APIs, and cloud storage; migrate legacy data stores to cloud-native architectures.
• Develop scalable batch and real-time streaming data pipelines using Python, SQL, and Apache Beam.
• Implement data governance and data quality checks with strict security requirements.
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to optimize data models and query performance.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines from development through production.

Skills

Python

SQL

GCP (BigQuery/Dataflow)

ETL/ELT

Data warehousing

Cloud data pipelines

Tools

BigQuery

Dataflow

Cloud Composer

Dataproc

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a data engineer to design, build, and optimize cloud-based data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform. You’ll work with data scientists and cloud engineers to ensure scalable data processing and secure access aligned with federal requirements.

Role emphasizes ETL/ELT, modern data warehousing, and real-time streaming with Python, SQL, and Apache Beam. A Top Secret clearance is required, with compensation disclosed for many states.