Data Engineer Senior at ASM Research, An Accenture Federal Services Company
Fairfax, VA
$95,000–$130,000from the description
Jul 24, 2026
Fairfax, VA
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level data engineering role focused on building and maintaining large-scale data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and core data infrastructure within a highly regulated federal environment. Day-to-day work spans distributed processing frameworks, data modeling across relational and non-relational stores, data quality and lineage mechanisms, and security compliance. The role suits an experienced data engineer comfortable working with government or mission-critical systems and able to obtain a SECRET clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
Location is not specified in the posting; the role supports federal clients and requires US citizenship plus the ability to obtain a Secret clearance, suggesting an on-site or hybrid arrangement near a federal client site, but no city or metro is stated.
The degree requirement lists a Bachelor's in CS/IS/Engineering 'or equivalent relevant experience,' so no hard degree gate is set.
The clearance gate is stated as 'ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET-level background investigation' — candidates do not need an active clearance on day one, but must be eligible (US citizenship required).
Experience range is 5–8 years; 5 is used as the minimum.
Apache Spark is listed with Kafka and Flink as examples of distributed frameworks; Flink is captured as an alternative to Spark. Kafka is also listed independently as a streaming platform requirement.
Snowflake and S3 appear as parenthetical examples of storage platforms in the responsibilities section (not the Required Qualifications block), so they are marked preferred.
Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) and professional certifications appear under Preferred Qualifications.
SOC confidence is Medium: the role is a genuine hybrid of pipeline/warehouse building (15-1243) and software development (15-1252); the emphasis on data modeling, schemas, and data architecture tips it toward 15-1243.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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