Senior Federal Data Engineer — Remote, TS Clearance

ICF; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 99,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

ICF is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and cloud-based architectures supporting federal programs. You will collaborate with data scientists, analysts, developers, and government stakeholders to enable data-driven decision-making across mission-critical systems.

The role is fully remote with potential travel to the DC area for onsite meetings. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in enterprise data solutions within federal or regulated

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance (Interim ok).
• US citizenship due to federal contract requirements.
• 5+ years of experience designing and supporting enterprise data solutions in federal or regulated environments.

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

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

ICF is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and cloud-based architectures supporting federal programs. You will collaborate with data scientists, analysts, developers, and government stakeholders to enable data-driven decision-making across mission-critical systems.

The role is fully remote with potential travel to the DC area for onsite meetings. Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience in enterprise data solutions within federal or regulated