Consultant, Data & Analytics Security Clearance

Position: Consultant, Data & Analytics with Security Clearance
Job Requirements As this consultant, Data Engineer you will leverage your core skills in data engineering to design, build, and optimize the scalable data infrastructure that enables high-quality analytics across the team. You will develop secure, automated data pipelines; integrate and prepare large, complex datasets; and implement distributed data-processing workflows to ensure data is accurate, reliable, and accessible. In this role, you will collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and technical stakeholders to support a wide range of data needs, including work that may involve machine learning and AI tools for data gathering, analysis, or visualization.

You will draw on technologies such as Python, SQL, PySpark, Databricks, and cloud-native platforms to deliver robust, fault-tolerant systems that power data-driven decision making. The Impact You Will Create:
This program supports the CDC's Division of HIV Prevention in enhancing a centralized data repository and an internal Power BI dashboard that brings together data from across the division. The work focuses on improving data accessibility, quality, and usability by modernizing the underlying data architecture, building automated and scalable data pipelines, and supporting interactive visualizations that help CDC staff monitor trends and make data-informed decisions.

The team collaborates closely with CDC stakeholders to refine requirements, improve data flows, and ensure the tools are reliable, user-friendly, and aligned with CDC standards. Fearless Impact:
* Collaborates with cross-functional teams
* Earn the trust of your customers and teammates by delivering world-class services.

* Be reliable in completing assigned objectives on time.
* Alert your teammates and supervisor immediately when you think a deliverable is at risk.
* Gather intelligence and listen to what your client, other people within the customer's organization, and other contractors say about your project, and report back to your Fearless teammates and supervisor (whether it's good, bad, or just informational).
Fearless Customer Impact:
* Deliver expected outcomes relative to data that enable smarter, faster, and more informed customer decisions
* Offer and implement innovative solutions that introduce advanced analytics, machine learning, and emerging technologies for greater data accuracy and insight
* Serve as a trusted advisor in your area of expertise Your Responsibilities in This Role:
* Design, build, and maintain scalable, distributed data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows.

* Implement data modernization methods, including use of APIs, machine learning technologies (e.g., NLP), and artificial intelligence capabilities.

* Build secure, fault-tolerant, compliant data infrastructure aligned with CDC and federal standards.

* Assemble, clean, and optimize large, complex datasets to meet functional and non-functional business requirements.

* Develop automated processes for data delivery, data quality validation, and performance optimization.

* Utilize PySpark or Databricks to build and maintain distributed data processing pipelines.

* Collaborate with Data Scientists, Analysts, and cross-functional teams to improve data models and support data-driven decision making.

* Support ad-hoc data and analysis needs to better understand program and customer behaviors.

* Evaluate tools, technologies, and platforms for data ingestion, machine learning, orchestration, and analytics.

* Monitor data volume, data quality, data pipeline performance, and system reliability.

* Troubleshoot and resolve data and pipeline issues, performing root-cause analysis where needed.

* Build analytical tools, dashboards, and interfaces that deliver actionable insights to stakeholders.

* Document technical processes, data flows, and pipelines in accordance with CDC documentation requirements. Ensure all electronic deliverables are Section 508 compliant.

* Follow federal security, encryption, and records management requirements (FIPS-validated encryption, Privacy Act compliance, NARA standards). Work Experience

Skills and Qualifications We Require at Fearless:
At Fearless, we seek candidates who blend technical know-how with sharp problem-solving and advisory skills to drive real impact in the communities we serve. Here are the key qualifications for this role. Fearless Skills and Competencies Required Level of Proficiency:
Practical Application:
You can complete tasks in the required competency/skill-based areas as requested. Help from an expert may be necessary from time to time, but you can usually perform the skill independently.
* Analytical Thinking:
The ability to observe and interpret information, break down complex problems into parts, identify patterns/relationships, and draw logical conclusions to develop effective solutions.
* Synthetic Thinking:
The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new,…