Senior Software Engineer - Event-Driven Data Pipelines

Accenture Federal Services; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design and implement robust event-driven architectures that enhance observability and track events across diverse data pipelines. You will build modular, scalable systems with strong access control, fault tolerance, and real-time alerting.

Proficiency in Python, Kafka, JSON, and experience with Grafana/ELK for dashboards and monitoring is essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software development or a related field.
• Experience in the following areas: Python
• Integrating testing with development workflows
• Deploying Python applications on cloud architectures
• Logging and monitoring for software applications

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust event-driven architectures for observability and tracking across data pipelines.
• Build modular systems for easy integration with new data formats and domains.
• Prioritize access control, fault tolerance, and real-time alerting in architectures.
• Develop dashboards and monitoring using Grafana/ELK to ensure system health.

Skills

Python

Kafka

JSON

Grafana

ELK stack

Distributed systems

Observability

Testing integration

Cloud deployments

Logging & monitoring

Tools

Kafka

ELK stack

Job description

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Software Development Engineer to design and implement robust event-driven architectures that enhance observability and track events across diverse data pipelines. You will build modular, scalable systems with strong access control, fault tolerance, and real-time alerting.

Proficiency in Python, Kafka, JSON, and experience with Grafana/ELK for dashboards and monitoring is essential.