Data Engineer

The role

This person will build, automate, and optimize infrastructure and processes for software delivery. They will design and enhance large-scale data pipelines using the Apache ecosystem to support data ingestion, processing, and analytics.

What you will do

• Building, automating, and optimizing infrastructure and processes for software delivery
• Working with developers to integrate automation and improve deployment workflows
• Monitoring application performance to maintain high availability
• Identifying bottlenecks and recommending architectural enhancements
• Championing containerization, configuration-as-code, and automated testing
• Aligning tooling, processes, and infrastructure with business needs
• Designing and enhancing large-scale data pipelines using Hadoop, HDFS, Apache NiFi, Apache Spark, and Accumulo
• Optimizing distributed systems performance and improving data reliability

Required qualifications

• Experience working in a cloud environment
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tool(s) (e.g.: Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
• Experience with containerization (e.g.: Docker)
• Experience with automated testing
• Top Secret clearance

Nice to have

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline development and automation
• Experience with troubleshooting and continuous process improvement
• Knowledge of tuning JVM/GC, YARN, tablet servers, or NiFi performance
• Experience supporting cyber operations or data engineering work in environments using Accumulo, NiFi, and Spark pipelines
• Hands-on experience with distributed data platforms including Hadoop and HDFS
• Practical experience designing, maintaining, or troubleshooting data ingestion flows using Apache NiFi
• Experience building or optimizing Spark-based data processing jobs (PySpark, Scala, or Java)
• Familiarity with Accumulo as a high-ingest, low-latency data store

Benefits

• Certifications
• Industry training

Before you apply

• A Top Secret clearance is required
• Applicants must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States
• Candidates currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible

About the company

Accenture Federal Services is a technology company within global Accenture that helps the US federal government. It is recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work.