CGI Group, Inc. - Data Engineer – Senior

Data Engineer is needed in Huntsville, United States.

Client: CGI Group, Inc.

Location: Huntsville, AL

Contract: undefined

Job Description

CGI Federal is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to support large-scale data engineering and migration for a major federal modernization program. The role will focus on designing, developing, optimizing, and operating secure, reliable data pipelines for the migration, transformation, and storage of petabyte-scale structured and unstructured datasets into modern cloud environments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Designing, building, and optimizing scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines.
• Supporting multi-source and multi-format data ingestion, transformation, and loading.
• Developing data models, schemas, mapping specifications, and integration structures for legacy-to-cloud migration.
• Improving pipeline automation, performance, throughput, reliability, and fault tolerance.
• Leading data cleansing, normalization, enrichment, validation, and anomaly investigation.
• Embedding data quality checks and automated testing into pipeline workflows.
• Supporting data engineering activities in AWS and integrating data flows with broader cloud architectures.
• Ensuring compliance with security, logging, auditing, and data-handling requirements.
• Mentoring data migration and mid-level data engineers.
• Participating in technical reviews, sprint activities, architecture discussions, readiness assessments, and planning.
• Producing pipeline diagrams, mapping specifications, data dictionaries, and process documentation.
• Monitoring migration progress, pipeline performance, data quality, and operational risks, while helping resolve blockers.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Active Top Secret security clearance.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Bachelor’s degree and at least 8 years of experience in data engineering, ETL development, or large-scale data operations.
• Hands-on experience building pipelines for structured and unstructured data in enterprise environments.
• Strong skills in data modeling, transformation logic, and automation.
• Familiarity with cloud environments, preferably AWS, as well as DevSecOps tools and scripting languages.
• Excellent analytical, documentation, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with petabyte-scale or multi-system migration programs.
• Experience supporting DOJ, FBI, Intelligence Community, or national security customers.
• Experience integrating CI/CD, automated testing pipelines, or microservice architectures.
• Advanced knowledge of ETL frameworks, distributed computing tools, or cloud-native data services.

Additional Information

This position supports a U.S. government contract and requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to complete a background investigation. Investigation requirements may vary based on the assignment and security clearance level and may include a credit check where permitted by law.