Lead Data Engineer (Remote)

ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our core values include Embracing Difference; we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces, and hires dimensions of difference. 

 

Our SemanticBits team works side by side with customers to articulate a vision for success, and then make it happen. We know success doesn't happen by accident. It takes the right team of people, working together on the right solutions for the customer. We are looking for a seasoned Data Engineer to contribute to our work supporting the Department of State.

Responsibilities:  

• Design and build data processing pipelines using tools and frameworks in the Azure ecosystem.   

• Analyzes requirements and architecture specifications to create a detailed design document. - Responsible for data engineering functions including, but not limited to data extract, transformation, loading, integration in support of modern cloud computing platforms like Azure.   

• Develop, Construct, Test and maintain data architectures. 

• Ensure data architecture will support the requirements of the business. 

• Assist in the discovery of new opportunities for data acquisition.  

• Work with huge data sets and work with other Data Engineers and/or Scientists on analyzing this data using algorithms and machine learning.   

• Implement and configure big data technologies as well as tune processes for performance at scale.  

• Design and build ETL pipelines to automate the ingestion of structured and unstructured data.   

• Work with DevOps engineers on CI, CD, and IaC (Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Infrastructure as Code) processes; read specifications and translate them into code and design documents; and perform code reviews and develop processes for improving code quality.  

• Strong in scalability, performance, and availability of our systems.  

• Responsible for deploying the developed solution in Azure environment and examine the results for accuracy.   

Basic Qualifications:    

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar field with 7+ years’ experience as a data engineer or software developer. 
• 3+ years’ experience developing in SQL and Python. 
• Candidate must reside in the United States and be able to obtain a high level security clearance.  
• U.S. citizenship required (required by federal government for the position) 

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Master’s degree in computer science or related field and 5+ years of experience as Data Engineer, Software Developer, or Tech Lead. 
• Familiarity with other query languages Path, SPARQL, etc. -- e.g., XPath, MongoDB query language, Elasticsearch query language, JSON Experience with the following technologies is also highly desirable: Python, Airflow.  
• Federal Government contracting work experience.   
• Prior experience working fully remote. 
• Advanced Data Analytics / Machine Learning Techniques / Large Language models 

 

Professional Skills:  

• Strong technical communication skills; both written and verbal. 
• Strong problem solving and structuring skills.  
• Ability to identify and learn applicable new techniques independently as needed.  

Job Location: This position requires that the job be performed in the United States.  If you accept this position, you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations and blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses, and also prohibits personal VPN connections.

Working at ICF

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