Data Engineer

West 4th Strategy • Full-time • Lanham, Maryland, United States • 6h ago

Data Engineer

ROLE

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

7+ years of relevant hands-on experience in leading and implementing government contract programs.
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

LOCATION

Lanham, MD 20706

CLEARANCE

U.S. citizenship is required
Active IRS MBI Clearance

CLIENT

Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Infrastructure Shared Services (ISS)

WORK HOURS

40 hours per week
8 hours per day

EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION

Employment Classification Eligibility — W2

RELOCATION

Not eligible for relocation benefits

West 4th Strategy is an Equal Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, pregnancy, political affiliation, military or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal or state law.

Other Considerations: applicants will be subject to a background investigation. Individual’s primary workstation is located in an office area. The noise level in this environment is low to moderate. Regularly required to sit for extended periods up to 80% of the time; frequently required to move about to access file cabinets and use office equipment such as PC, copier, fax, telephone, cell phone, etc. Occasionally required to reach overhead, bend, and lift objects of up to 10 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the use of computer monitor screens up to 80% of the time.

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