Specialist, Federal Data Engineer
KPMG US
McLean, VA1+ yrs1h agovia LinkedIn
This job at a glance
- Who can apply
- 1 year+ of experience · Bachelor's degree
- Must know
- PythonSQLSparkOperationsStakeholder managementETL
- Work
- On-site in McLean
- Pay
- Not stated by the employer.
- Skill demand
- Operations51%SQL3%Python1%of 100 similar entry-level jobs posted in the US this week
- Listed
- Oct 30, 2026 · still open
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About the Role
KPMG Advisory practice is seeking an Specialist to join our Federal Advisory practice.
Key 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 utilize 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.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- 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.
Qualifications
- A minimum of one year of technical data engineering experience.
- U.S. Federal government consulting experience preferred.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
- Ability to travel as required to support firm engagements.
- Applicant must possess or be eligible for a U.S. Government clearance.