Data Engineer Team Lead

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of data engineers working on new pipeline development and operations & maintenance (O&M).
• Drive the technical strategy for the data pipeline ecosystem, ensuring stability, scalability, and efficiency.
• Enforce the use of reusable pipeline templates, automated monitoring patterns, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) deployment standards established by the architecture team.
• Oversee the development of new data pipelines using modern, modular patterns like Databricks Delta Live Tables.
• Direct the optimization of existing pipelines through the implementation of automated monitoring, alerting, and proactive schema drift detection.
• Facilitate code reviews, enforce documentation standards, and ensure the team adheres to agile best practices.
• Collaborate with the Solution Architect to identify and implement technical improvements, such as leveraging GPUs for large-scale transformations.

Must have

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering or software engineering
• Expert-level proficiency with Python, SQL, Spark, or PySpark
• Deep experience with cloud data platforms (e.g., AWS or Azure) and data engineering platforms like Databricks, Palantir, or Snowflake
• Demonstrated experience leading projects
• US Citizenship (No Dual Citizenship)

Nice to have

• Experience working in high-security DoD environments (e.g., SIPR, JWICS)
• Hands-on experience with Databricks Delta Live Tables, Terraform for IaC, and CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with data orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow) and data quality frameworks (e.g., Great Expectations)
• Experience with streaming data technologies (e.g., Kafka) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Extensive experience with the development and maintenance of scalable ETL/ELT tools and services

Security Clearance

• Active Secret or TS or TS/SCI clearance

Pay and benefits

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, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia. 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 deadline to apply.

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

$160,700—$306,500 USD

What We Believe

As a company wholly dedicated to serving the US federal government, we bring together the best talent to help reinvent how federal agencies operate and deliver greater value for their mission and the American people. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain a culture where everyone feels welcomed and included.

This is grounded in our core values and our experience that hiring and developing great people who reflect different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds is key to driving innovation and delivering the results that our clients and the country count on.