Senior Federal Data Engineer (Remote)

ICF; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF seeks a Senior Data Engineer for a fully remote role supporting federal programs. You will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and cloud architectures in AWS/Azure, ensuring security, compliance, and performance across government data systems.

You will collaborate with data scientists, analysts, developers, and government stakeholders while adhering to ATO/RMF requirements and CI/CD practices. US citizenship and TS clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance (Interim ok)
• 5+ years of experience designing and supporting enterprise data solutions in federal or regulated environments
• Must be a US Citizen due to federal contract requirements.
• Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Data engineering

Cloud data platforms

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Security & compliance

US citizenship

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Oracle

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Azure SQL

S3

Redshift

Databricks

Synapse

Job description

ICF seeks a Senior Data Engineer for a fully remote role supporting federal programs. You will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and cloud architectures in AWS/Azure, ensuring security, compliance, and performance across government data systems.

You will collaborate with data scientists, analysts, developers, and government stakeholders while adhering to ATO/RMF requirements and CI/CD practices. US citizenship and TS clearance are required.