Senior Data & Software Engineer

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The Senior Data & Software Engineer works with a small team to build complex data flows for a custom application. Successful candidate will have advanced Python programming skills, familiarity with Java, an understanding of data security, privacy, governance and compliance principles, and a demonstrated history of building production data pipelines and ETL workflows at scale.

• Work with stakeholders to understand data requirements, assess feasibility, and design appropriate solutions with minimal oversight.
• Leverage strong problem-solving and debugging skills for data quality issues, pipeline failures, and performance bottlenecks.
• Leverage a background in large-scale data migration or platform modernization efforts.
• Contribute to data engineering documentation, best practices, and design patterns.

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience with the following:

• Apache Spark & Py Spark
• Using orchestration tools to deploy data pipelines, including configuring and updating Spark Jobs
• Advanced Python skills (including Pandas & Num Py)
• Building end-to-end data pipelines leveraging Python
• Docker, Podman
• AWS S3, Lambda & Step functions
• Apache Iceberg, Airflow, etc.
• SQL (with Trino)
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  SQL, DynamoDB
• Containerizing and deploying applications in cloud environments like AWS
• Working with MySQL and PostgreSQL including performance tuning, schema design, and query optimization for complex, analytical workloads
• Leveraging industry standard tools for code control (Git, IaaC control, etc.)
• Working with data catalogs, tracking data lineage, and handling a variety of data formats, including Geospatial
• Using Bash scripting for automation and data processing tasks
• Integrating Al/ML services and models

• Unity Catalog OSS, Apache Polaris
• Apache Superset
• Terraform or Cloud Formation
• Open Lineage
• H3, PostGIS

• Active TS/SCI with Poly security clearance is required

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, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland.

The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here.

We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed Final date to receive applications.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$111,800—$221,800 USD

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