Remote Data Engineer - Cloud Pipelines & Analytics

ICF International; United States; Remote; USD 81,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF International in the United States is seeking a Data Engineer to develop and support reliable data pipelines, database solutions, and reporting integrations across PostgreSQL, SQL, Databricks, and the DataConnect reporting environment using AWS QuickSight.

The ideal candidate translates requirements into maintainable code and collaborates with senior engineers, data scientists, analysts, and DevOps to deliver secure, scalable data solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years of hands-on software development or data engineering experience.
• Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Candidate must reside in the United States and be authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain data pipelines and transformation workflows using SQL, Python, Databricks, and cloud technologies.
• Develop and optimize PostgreSQL database objects, queries, data models, and data-access patterns.
• Build and maintain integrations that support DataConnect reporting through AWS QuickSight and Databricks.
• Develop API services and reusable components that facilitate secure data access and system integration.
• Support extraction, transformation, and loading of data from multiple sources while meeting functional and non-functional requirements.
• Create and maintain data-quality checks, validation jobs, monitoring, and operational alerts.
• Troubleshoot data issues and improve pipeline reliability, performance, availability, and refresh timeliness.
• Write unit and integration tests for data-processing code and participate in code reviews.
• Translate technical specifications and business requirements into code, data designs, and implementation documentation.
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers on CI/CD, infrastructure as code, deployment, and environment support.
• Apply security and privacy controls for data at rest and in transit.
• Contribute to Agile planning, refinement, estimation, and continuous improvement activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data pipelines

Data quality

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Databricks

PostgreSQL

AWS QuickSight

APIs

Job description

ICF International in the United States is seeking a Data Engineer to develop and support reliable data pipelines, database solutions, and reporting integrations across PostgreSQL, SQL, Databricks, and the DataConnect reporting environment using AWS QuickSight.

The ideal candidate translates requirements into maintainable code and collaborates with senior engineers, data scientists, analysts, and DevOps to deliver secure, scalable data solutions.