Senior Data Engineer (Clearance Required) Remote US

The Work: We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support federal government programs by designing building and maintaining scalable secure and compliant data solutions. This role partners closely with data scientists analysts developers and government stakeholders to enable data-driven decision-making across missioncritical systems.

Job Location: This is a fully remote role which may require occasional travel to the DC Metro area as needed for onsite client meetings. Preference to candidates located within the Washington DC Metro area.

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.

Our core work hours are 8am - 5pm Eastern Time with the option to start earlier or work later depending on your time zone.

What You Will Do:

• Design build and maintain data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes supporting large-scale federal data systems
• Develop and optimize cloud-based data architectures in AWS or Azure environments (e.g. S3 Redshift RDS Databricks Synapse)
• Integrate structured and unstructured data from multiple government and thirdparty sources
• Ensure data quality integrity availability and performance across systems
• Support ATO RMF and federal security requirements including documentation and audit support
• Collaborate with DevOps teams on CI/CD infrastructure as code (IaC) and deployment automation
• Translate business and mission requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Produce and maintain technical documentation for data flows pipelines and architectures
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and work closely with crossfunctional teams

What You Will Bring With You:

• Active Top Secret clearance (Interim ok)
• 5 years of experience designing and supporting enterprise data solutions in federal or regulated environments
• Must be a US Citizen due to federal contract requirements.
• Candidate must reside in the U.S. be authorized to work in the U.S. and all work must be performed in the U.S.

What We Would Like You To Bring With You:

• Bachelors Degree in related field
• Prior experience supporting federal or DoD programs preferably DCSA
• Strong experience with relational databases (e.g. Oracle PostgreSQL SQL Server Azure SQL or similar)
• Knowledge of data modeling techniques ETL/ELT processes and data integration patterns
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure AWS or GCP) and modern data services
• Experience supporting security governance and compliance requirements
• Experience with data warehousing reporting and analytics platforms
• Familiarity with DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines and infrastructureascode

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Working at ICF

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Work Authorization and Sponsorship

All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. This position is not eligible for new H-1B visa sponsorship by ICF. Candidates who currently hold valid work authorization may be considered for a change of employer petition subject to company policy and applicable immigration requirements.

Reasonable Accommodations

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Pay Range

There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position including but not limited to relevant work experience skills certifications and competencies that align to the specified role geographic location education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: