Remote Federal Data Engineer - Cloud ETL & Compliance

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

Job summary

ICF Olson seeks a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data solutions for federal programs. The role partners with data scientists, analysts, developers, and government stakeholders to enable data-driven decisions across mission-critical systems.

This fully remote position may require occasional travel to the DC Metro area for onsite client meetings. Preference for applicants near Washington, DC. ICF enforces location controls and blocks foreign IPs and personal VPNs.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance is required.
• 2+ years designing and supporting enterprise data solutions in federal or regulated environments.
• BA/BS in a related field is required.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain data pipelines and ETL/ELT for large federal data systems.
• Develop and optimize cloud-based data architectures in AWS or Azure (e.g., S3, Redshift, RDS, Databricks, Synapse).
• Integrate structured and unstructured data from government and third-party sources.
• Ensure data quality, availability, and performance across systems.
• Support security requirements, including documentation and audit support.
• Collaborate with DevOps on CI/CD and infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Translate business and mission requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation for data flows, pipelines, and architectures.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Tools

Oracle

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Azure SQL

AWS

GCP

Job description

ICF Olson seeks a Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data solutions for federal programs. The role partners with data scientists, analysts, developers, and government stakeholders to enable data-driven decisions across mission-critical systems.

This fully remote position may require occasional travel to the DC Metro area for onsite client meetings. Preference for applicants near Washington, DC. ICF enforces location controls and blocks foreign IPs and personal VPNs.