Senior Specialist, Federal Data Engineer

Senior Specialist, Federal Data Engineer

Join KPMG US as a Senior Specialist in the Federal Advisory practice. The KPMG Advisory practice is our fastest growing practice, and we expect continued demand for skilled professionals who thrive in a collaborative, team‑driven culture. With extensive learning and career development opportunities, a world‑class training facility, and leading market tools, we support both professional and personal growth.

• Develop code to prepare, extract, and enrich a variety of structured and unstructured data sources, working with the business to understand available resources and data constraints.
• Create production‑quality data pipelines and machine‑learning pipelines that can be deployed at scale.
• Translate advanced business analytics problems into technical approaches that yield actionable recommendations in diverse domains such as risk management, product development, marketing research, supply chain, and public policy.
• Support leading teams in developing client solutions utilizing analytics, exploratory data analysis, data wrangling, and ETL.
• Provide oversight, scoping, technical assistance, and quality control over the development of analytics solutions using tools such as Python, R, SQL, and SAS.
• Perform operations to prepare data for analysis, including data cleansing, integration, and transformation.
• Lead discussions with clients on the value proposition of analytics, analytic methodologies, and outputs of analytic solutions.
• Develop documentation and guides for analytics usage and maintenance.

• A minimum of three years of data engineering/analytics experience.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Experience developing end‑to‑end data pipelines, data warehousing, and analytics solutions leveraging Databricks and AWS services such as S3, Redshift, Glue, and Lambda.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud architecture, focusing on AWS and Databricks.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Scala, and SQL.
• Ability to travel as required to support firm engagements.
• Initial project will be located in the St. Louis, MO region, requiring daily on‑site presence.
• Applicant must possess a U.S. Government Secret clearance.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

General Business

KPMG offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401(k) plans, and a robust suite of personal wellbeing benefits. Depending on job classification, work hours, and years of service, KPMG provides Personal Time Off per fiscal year and two breaks each year that do not require the use of PTO. Additional benefit details are available on the KPMG US Careers site under “Benefits & How We Work.”

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KPMG complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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