Data Engineer (Proposal)

The World at Abt

Solving the world’s most pressing issues and improving the quality of life for people worldwide is what we do every day at Abt. Advancing data-driven innovations is no small task, but we are driven by big challenges.

We are a team of 2,000+ people in over 40 countries working in unison and focused on the bigger picture. Only by sharing our commitment, energy, and innovation do we affect change and push the boundaries of what’s possible. We welcome representative ideas, backgrounds, and viewpoints – joining Abt means access to exceptional thinkers at the top of their game. 

To thrive at Abt is to embrace flexibility and collaboration. Our open culture allows you to balance your work and personal life as needed to optimize personal well-being. We create value-driven partnerships around the world, but our greatest focus is on empowering our employees to advance our mission.

Ready to embrace rewarding and meaningful work? Now’s your chance.

The Opportunity

As a Data Engineer, you will design and maintain secure, reliable, and scalable data pipelines that power advanced analytics, reporting, and decision-making across mission-driven federal programs. You will support the integration of diverse data sources, optimize cloud-based data workflows, and enable downstream data science, AI/ML, and business intelligence solutions. This full-time role is contracted through TSPi, Abt Global’s digital services subsidiary.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop, build, and maintain data ingestion, ETL/ELT, and integration pipelines as defined in the data architectures across cloud environments such as Azure GovCloud or AWS GovCloud.
• Clean, validate, and transform large datasets to support analytics, dashboards, operational reporting, and machine learning workflows.
• Develop and support API-based integrations for seamless data exchange across internal and external systems.
• Automate data workflows and monitor day-to-day pipeline operations to ensure performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Implement best practices and controls for data security, governance, lineage, and compliance within regulated cloud environments.
• Optimize data flows to support predictive analytics, semantic models, and reporting tools.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and cloud engineers to support feature engineering, data modeling, and analytic solution development.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering standards, documentation, and cloud data operations.
• Manage pipeline performance, cost optimization and reliability, including monitoring of SLAs and data quality.

What We Value

• Bachelor’s degree with at least nine years, or master’s degree with at least seven years in data engineering, ETL development, or database engineering.
• Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, and cloud-based data engineering practices.
• Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines using modern orchestration tools and cloud services.
• Strong understanding of data quality, validation, and monitoring techniques.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and security/compliance frameworks in regulated environments.
• Ability to solve complex problems and collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams.
• Technical Environment (Experience with One or More is Valued)
  • Cloud Platforms: Azure GovCloud, AWS GovCloud
  • Data Storage & Processing: Cloud data lakes, lakehouse environments; Databricks, PySpark, Python, SQL
  • Data Integration & Streaming: Cloud-native ETL/ELT tools, APIs, Kafka/Event Hubs
  • Analytics Support: Power BI, semantic modeling concepts
  • Governance: Metadata, lineage, and access control tools (e.g., Collibra, Immuta)
  • Applications & CRM Platforms: Dynamics 365, Salesforce

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with government, healthcare, benefits, or payments data environments.
• Exposure to analytical concepts such as anomaly detection, pattern recognition, entity resolution, or risk scoring.
• Experience supporting ML feature engineering or operational analytics pipelines.
• Familiarity with federal compliance standards such as FISMA, FedRAMP, or similar frameworks.
• Experience working within a data lakehouse architecture

What We Offer

We foster an environment where you can Thrive Your Way. Our innovative total rewards programs are designed to help balance your work and personal life. The approach toward your wellbeing centers around comprehensive benefits, flexible schedules, and professional development.

Abt Global Inc. is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive work environment. Abt provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. 

This position offers an anticipated annual base salary range of approximately $120,000 to $193,000 and may vary by ten percent depending on candidate geographic location.  Salary offers are made based on internal equity and market analysis.  

Disclaimer: Abt will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.

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Abt Global is a mission-driven consultancy and research organization. Abt Global is an engine for social impact, fueled by caring, curiosity and cutting-edge research that moves people from vulnerability to security. Whether it's welfare or weather disasters, the environment or economics, agriculture or HIV and AIDS, we address the world's most pressing issues. Our work is diverse and so is our bold workforce. We never fail to ask ''What if?'' We identify patterns, we search for the best way.