Senior Specialist, Federal Data Engineer

KPMG

$90K — $130K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of technical data engineering experience; U.S. Federal government consulting experience preferred
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
  • Proficiency in programming languages: Python, PySpark, SQL
  • Experience in data quality management ensuring data integrity and accuracy
  • Knowledge of ETL processes for data ingestion and transformation
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies and CI/CD release management
  • Proven capability in rapidly ingesting, transforming, engineering, and visualizing data
  • Must possess a U.S. Government Secret clearance

Responsibilities

  • Utilize data wrangling tools and coding languages to extract insights from analytics
  • Assist in technical processes from ideation to delivery by researching and building scalable analytic tools
  • Conduct peer code reviews to maintain code quality and provide documentation for users
  • Execute essential data operations such as cleansing, integration, and transformation
  • Develop data engineering designs and act as a liaison between business and technical stakeholders
  • Monitor data system performance, identify issues, and optimize code and resources

Benefits

  • Wide range of medical and dental plans
  • Vision coverage and life insurance options
  • 401(k) plans with firm contributions
  • Comprehensive personal well-being benefits to support mental health
  • Generous Personal Time Off allocations based on service
  • Scheduled breaks per fiscal year without requiring PTO usage
  • Employee holiday calendar for observed days off
Full Job Description
KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Specialist to join our Federal Advisory practice.

Responsibilities:
  • Utilize data wrangling tools and coding languages such as Python, PySpark, and SQL to extract valuable insights from data through analytics
  • Assist in technical processes from ideation to delivery: Research, experiment, and utilizing data methodologies to build pipelines / scalable analytic tools using leading technologies
  • Regularly conduct peer code reviews to ensure code quality and provide expert documentation / operating guidance for users
  • Execute data operations essential for analysis, including tasks such as data cleansing, data integration, and data transformation
  • Develop data engineering designs and translate efforts between business / technical stakeholders
  • Monitor performance and reliability of data systems, identifying / resolving issues while proactively optimizing logic and model performance by code tuning, streamlining, resource allocation

Qualifications:
  • A minimum of three years of technical data engineering experience; U.S. Federal government consulting experience preferred
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
  • Experience with programming languages (Python, PySpark, SQL)
  • Experience with data quality management: Ability to ensure data integrity, accuracy, consistency through data validation, cleansing, and error handling techniques
  • Experience with data processing / ETL knowledge: Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes and tools for data ingestion, integration, transformation
  • Expertise with development tools / methodologies (Agile, git, test driven development, CI/CD release management)
  • Proven ability to rapidly ingest, transform, engineer, and visualize data
  • Ability to travel as required to support firm engagements
  • Applicant must possess a U.S. Government Secret clearance


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