Data Platform Engineer

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Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to join our secure cloud platform team supporting government customers at Hill Air Force Base. This role is execution-focused with strong data platform engineering depth — you will design, build, and operate the streaming and batch data pipelines, lakehouse patterns, and platform services that enable rapid, secure delivery across a complex government program. The ideal candidate brings hands-on GitOps and infrastructure-as-code expertise, is comfortable in classified multi-network environments, and embodies extreme ownership.

What Success looks like:

• Data pipelines are reliable, automated, and instrumented with observability and quality gates.

• Platform services (Kafka, Airflow, Spark, EMR/Glue/Redshift) are standardized and version-controlled.

• Infrastructure is defined as code and operated through GitOps — no snowflake systems.

• Security and compliance controls are embedded into pipelines and platform services.

• You operate with minimal supervision and proactively close gaps.

What you’ll do:

• DevOps & Platform Engineering

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD for data pipelines and platform services

• Build and manage IaC using Terraform, Ansible, and AWS CDK

• Operate tooling: Crossplane, Backstage, Argo CD

• Implement GitOps workflows using GitLab/GitHub

• Manage Kubernetes and Docker for data services

• Cloud Infrastructure & Operations

• Design secure, scalable data platform architectures on AWS GovCloud and Azure Government

• Optimize network architecture for data movement

• Manage IAM and secrets for pipelines

• Administer Linux/Windows systems with monitoring and logging

• Troubleshoot and optimize pipelines (Kafka/Spark tuning, S3/Redshift patterns)

• Security & Compliance

• Implement security controls aligned with NIST, FedRAMP, and DISA STIG

• Embed data governance: classification, lineage, retention, encryption

• Integrate automated security and policy-as-code checks

• Support audits, ATO, and compliance assessments

• Manage encryption, keys, and access in classified networks

• Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Operate within SAFe Agile ceremonies

• Mentor peers and drive engineering standards

• Identify optimization opportunities across platform components

• Document runbooks and operational procedures

Ideal Technical Background:

• Kafka, Airflow, Spark; AWS EMR, Glue, Redshift

• Lake/lakehouse architecture and large-scale data movement

• GitOps & IaC: Terraform, Ansible, AWS CDK

• CI/CD: GitLab/GitHub

• Kubernetes, Docker

• Crossplane, Backstage, Argo CD preferred

• Python, Bash, PowerShell; Linux/Windows

• Strong AWS experience (GovCloud preferred)

What you’ll need:

• 5 years of cloud, infrastructure, or data platform engineering experience

• 3 years of designing secure data platform architectures

• Hands-on experience with IaC and DevOps in production

• Experience in classified environments (ex: NIPR/SIPR/JWICS)

• Background in data engineering and security hardening

Bonus Points if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree

• AWS or Azure certifications

• Security+ or equivalent

• CKA/CKAD

• CISSP or advanced security certifications

• Agile/Scrum certifications

• Familiarity with accreditation frameworks

• Data modeling and warehouse design (Redshift or equivalent)

• Streaming patterns and stateful processing

• Data catalog and lineage tooling

• GPU-accelerated data processing (CUDA/cuDNN) as a plus

• Multi-cloud architecture and advanced networking

• Configuration management (Ansible/Chef/Puppet)

Clearance:

Must have an active Top Secret level 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 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, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Washington, Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the city of Cleveland is:

$100,200—$203,400 USD

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