Senior Data Engineer — Data Pipelines, Security & Analytics

Accenture Federal Services; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build data pipelines, design large relational databases and enable high‑performance analysis across structured data. You will help improve performance, security, and data practices while mentoring junior teammates.

You will work across defense, civilian, and health programs, engaging with open‑source and COTS/GOTS technologies and driving secure data architectures in a multi‑enclave federal environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 8+ years of data engineering, database design, or related fields.
• Strong SQL and relational database design skills.
• Experience with structured and semi-structured data and visualization technologies.
• Experience in secure data practices and data workflow improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop data processing workflows for desktop and web-based visual analytic tools.
• Support large-scale relational data analysis using visualization and high-performance computing.
• Build secure data ingest pipelines using open-source, COTS, and GOTS technologies.
• Design and optimize enterprise relational databases and establish standards for operations and security.
• Integrate new data systems with existing data warehouses and improve performance and functionality.
• Provide mentorship and contribute to system optimization and secure posture improvements.

Skills

Relational database design

SQL

ETL/ELT processing

Visualization technologies

High-performance computing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build data pipelines, design large relational databases and enable high‑performance analysis across structured data. You will help improve performance, security, and data practices while mentoring junior teammates.

You will work across defense, civilian, and health programs, engaging with open‑source and COTS/GOTS technologies and driving secure data architectures in a multi‑enclave federal environment.