Data Engineer SME

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Data Science and Data Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Data Engineering, Data Modeling, Enterprise Data
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
ship Required:
No

Job Description:

We need an experienced Data Engineer at the IRS ISS program. The Infrastructure Shared Services (ISS) contract provides enterprise-wide IT solutions, including engineering, development, integration, and operations across IRS platforms and cloud environments. In this role, you will design, develop, and optimize large-scale data pipelines, models, and transformation logic to support IRS systems such as the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP). You will lead efforts to modernize legacy data stores into cloud-native architectures, integrate with BI and reporting tools, and ensure compliance with governance and security requirements. This is a full-time opportunity. We can offer a competitive salary, and a comprehensive benefits package.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and optimize scalable ETL/ELT pipelines across IRS data platforms.
• Build and maintain data models, data lakes, and data warehouses (Databricks, Snowflake, Redshift, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Support the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) with data engineering, metadata management, and governance practices (Informatica EDC, Axon, DPM).
• Lead efforts to modernize legacy mainframe-based data stores (VSAM, QSAM) into relational and NoSQL environments.
• Develop XML/JSON schemas and record layouts for electronic intake of tax forms and schedules.
• Implement unified APIs and support ontology and data dictionary development across IMF, CADE2, BMF, and other IRS data sources.
• Provide data lineage mapping and metadata documentation to support IRS modernization and auditability.
• Implement data quality checks, reconciliation processes, and error correction.
• Ensure compliance with data encryption, lifecycle management, and regulatory standards.
• Support business intelligence and reporting platforms (Tableau, Power BI, Business Objects) with data feeds and semantic models.
• Perform data validation, defect triage, and technical support for filing season database conversions (CADE2, CADE2 ODS).
• Provide technical guidance and best practices to IRS stakeholders on data usage.
• Collaborate with compliance and tax processing systems to provide cross-taxpayer analytical data extracts.
• Maintain technical documentation for pipelines, workflows, and schemas for knowledge transfer.

REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years of relevant hands-on experience in leading and implementing data engineering solutions.
• Prior experience supporting data engineering in enterprise environments for the IRS
• Demonstrated hands-on coding experience.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional technical teams.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Math, Engineering, or Information Systems (required).
• Databricks and/or Palantir certification - required

The likely salary range for this position is $170,000 - $230,000. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
Any Location / Remote

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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