Senior Federal Data Engineer — Remote (TS)

ICF; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure data solutions for federal programs. You will partner with data scientists, analysts, developers, and government stakeholders to enable data-driven decisions across mission-critical systems.

Responsibilities include building data pipelines in AWS/Azure, integrating diverse data sources, ensuring data quality and security compliance, supporting DevSecOps and IaC, and producing documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in related field.
• Prior experience supporting federal or DoD programs, preferably DCSA.
• Strong experience with relational databases (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Azure SQL, or similar).
• Knowledge of data modeling techniques, ETL/ELT processes, and data integration patterns.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) and modern data services.
• Experience supporting security, governance, and compliance requirements.
• Experience with data warehousing, reporting, and analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure‑as‑code.

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

Top Secret clearance

US Citizenship

5+ years data engineering

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Oracle

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

Azure SQL

S3

Redshift

Databricks

Synapse

Job description

ICF seeks a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure data solutions for federal programs. You will partner with data scientists, analysts, developers, and government stakeholders to enable data-driven decisions across mission-critical systems.

Responsibilities include building data pipelines in AWS/Azure, integrating diverse data sources, ensuring data quality and security compliance, supporting DevSecOps and IaC, and producing documentation.