Data Engineer

Founded in 2007, Initiate Government Solutions (IGS) is a Woman-Owned Small Business and a fully remote IT services provider supporting federal partners nationwide. We deliver innovative Enterprise IT and Health Services solutions with a strong focus on data analytics, health informatics, cloud migration, AI, and the modernization of federal information systems.

Our vision is to be a health IT trendsetter, continuing to solve the nation’s most challenging healthcare IT issues by conceiving, designing, and building solid, creative, and innovative open-source solutions. 

Our mission is to innovate, design, and deliver tailored solutions that balance technical advancement with cost-awareness while providing exceptional service.

IGS is currently recruiting a remote Data Engineer to support our work with a federal customer.

Assignment of Work and Travel:

This is a remote access assignment. The Candidate will work remotely daily and will remotely access customer systems and therein use approved customer provided communications systems. Travel is not required; however, the candidate may be required to attend onsite client meetings as requested.

The Data Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines, ingestion frameworks, and cloud-native data solutions that support advanced analytics, reporting, AI/ML initiatives, and operational decision-making. The ideal candidate will possess hands-on experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Databricks, and Apache Kafka, along with expertise in modern data engineering methodologies, DevSecOps practices, and cloud-based data platforms.

Responsibilities and Duties (Included but not limited to):

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-scale data ingestion and transformation pipelines using Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Apache Kafka.
• Build and optimize ELT/ETL processes for data sources.
• Develop scalable data solutions supporting analytics, reporting, AI/ML, and operational business use cases.
• Implement data ingestion frameworks for batch, streaming, and real-time data processing workloads.
• Design and maintain data models, semantic layers, conformed dimensions, and consumption-ready datasets.
• Support the modernization and migration of enterprise data assets into cloud-based Lakehouse architectures.
• Develop and optimize data solutions leveraging Azure cloud services and distributed data processing frameworks.
• Integrate data assets across enterprise systems while maintaining data lineage and governance standards.
• Implement automated data quality validation, reconciliation, and monitoring processes.
• Establish data freshness, accuracy, and completeness controls aligned with platform governance requirements.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated deployment pipelines for data engineering solutions.
• Implement CI/CD processes for data pipelines and platform services.
• Other duties as assigned

• 5+ years of experience developing enterprise data engineering solutions. 
• Hands-on experience with: Azure Data Factory (ADF),Azure Databricks, Apache Kafka, Python and/or PySpark, SQL and relational database technologies, Azure cloud services.
• Experience building and maintaining large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines. 
• Strong understanding of data warehousing, Lakehouse architecture, and distributed data processing. 
• Experience implementing data quality, monitoring, and operational support processes. 
• Experience working with source control tools such as Git and Azure DevOps. 
• Strong knowledge of Agile software development methodologies.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust 
• Ability to work in the United States without sponsorship 

Preferred Qualifications and Core Competencies:

• Azure Data Engineer Associate Certification or equivalent cloud certification highly desired
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within cross-functional Agile teams. 
• Experience supporting large-scale cloud modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
• Active Public Trust 

Successful IGS employees embody the following Core Values:

• Integrity, Honesty, and Ethics: We conduct our business with the highest level of ethics. Doing things like being accountable for mistakes, accepting helpful criticism, and following through on commitments to ourselves, each other, and our customers. 
• Empathy, Emotional Intelligence: How we interact with others including peers, colleagues, stakeholders, and customers’ matters. We take collective responsibility to create an environment where colleagues and customers feel valued, included, and respected. We work within a diverse, integrated, and collaborative team to drive towards accomplishing the larger mission. We conscientiously and meticulously learn about our customers’ and end-users’ business drivers and challenges to ensure solutions meet not only technical needs but also support their mission.
• Strong Work Ethic (Reliability, Dedication, Productivity): We are driven by a strong, self-motivated, and results-driven work ethic. We are reliable, accountable, proactive, and tenacious and will do what it takes to get the job done. 
• Life-Long Learner (Curious, Perspective, Goal Oriented): We challenge ourselves to continually learn and improve ourselves. We strive to be an expert in our field, continuously honing our craft, and finding solutions where others see problems.  

Compensation: There are a host of factors that can influence final salary, including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications.

Benefits: Initiate Government Solutions offers competitive compensation and a robust benefits package, including comprehensive medical, dental, and vision care, matching 401K and profit sharing, paid time off, training time for personal development, flexible spending accounts, employer-paid life insurance, employer-paid short and long term disability coverage, an education assistance program with potential merit increases for obtaining a work-related certification, employee recognition, and referral programs, spot bonuses, and other benefits that help provide financial protection for the employee and their family.

Initiate Government Solutions participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program.