Data Engineer

The work

As a Data Engineer in this role, you will play a pivotal part in advancing operational AI adoption by building and optimizing a modern Hub-and-Spoke data architecture. Your responsibilities will include designing and implementing distributed data processing solutions, developing streaming architectures, and constructing robust enterprise data layers to support mission‑critical applications.

• Design, build, and maintain distributed data processing pipelines to support operational AI adoption
• Develop and optimize streaming architectures for real‑time and batch data ingestion and transformation
• Implement and manage a Data Layer, ensuring robust data lineage and metadata management
• Create and maintain AI‑ready data pipelines that enable multi‑source data fusion and analytics
• Integrate and leverage technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Trino, Click House, Iceberg, and Open Search within the data ecosystem
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to support mission applications, enterprise AI governance, and agentic AI systems
• Ensure data pipelines are secure, scalable, and aligned with Dev Sec Ops  and cybersecurity best practices
• Support continuous monitoring, observability, and scalable software delivery for mission‑focused operational workflows
• Contribute to the integration of AI, data engineering, platform engineering, and analytics within a modern Hub‑and‑Spoke architecture
• Ensure comprehensive data lineage and metadata management, enabling AI‑ready data pipelines, and facilitating multi‑source data fusion to drive actionable insights
• Directly contribute to the integration of AI, Dev Sec Ops , platform engineering, and cybersecurity within a scalable, continuously monitored environment

Experience in any of the following:

• Distributed data processing
• Streaming architectures
• Enterprise Data Layer implementation
• Data lineage and metadata
• AI‑ready data pipelines
• Multi‑source data fusion

• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and adapt to evolving enterprise AI governance and agentic AI system requirements

• US Citizen
• Active TS/SCI Clearance

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland. The base pay range for this position in these locations is $86,400—$176,200 USD.

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