Senior Data Engineer – Federal BI & Analytics

CGS Federal; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

401k

Job summary

CGS Federal is seeking a Data Engineer to support a growing Data Analytics and Business Intelligence platform for federal customers. The role emphasizes turning data into actionable insights and working across technologies while solving challenging problems.

The candidate should have 7+ years IT experience with data pipelines, ETL, Python/SQL, and strong knowledge of big data tools. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to success.

Qualifications

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Clearance.
• 7+ years of IT experience with large, complex data sets and models.
• Experience building data pipelines from diverse data sources.
• Proficiency in ETL, testing, and validation.

Responsibilities

• Develop data pipelines to store, manage, and provision data to consumers.
• Participate actively in an Agile/Scrum team and follow Agile practices.
• Write code to ensure performance and reliability of data extraction and processing.
• Support automated data ingest processes.
• Promote lean-agile engineering, API-first design, simple design, CI/CD, and automated testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into data strategies.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data pipelines

ETL

Agile/Scrum

Big data

CI/CD

APIs

R

SAS

Tools

PostgreSQL

Git

Tableau

PowerBI

Linux shell

Job description

CGS Federal is seeking a Data Engineer to support a growing Data Analytics and Business Intelligence platform for federal customers. The role emphasizes turning data into actionable insights and working across technologies while solving challenging problems.

The candidate should have 7+ years IT experience with data pipelines, ETL, Python/SQL, and strong knowledge of big data tools. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to success.