AI and Data Engineer

Accenture Federal Services • Tampa, FL

20h

About The Position

At Accenture Federal Services, our purpose is to make the US federal government stronger and safer, and to improve the lives of its citizens. We are a technology company within the global Accenture network, with over 13,000 employees dedicated to leveraging technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. We foster a collaborative and supportive community where employees are empowered to grow through hands-on experience, certifications, and industry training. We are looking for a skilled Data Engineer with experience in building and maintaining computer vision data pipelines. The ideal candidate will have strong ETL expertise, be comfortable working with images, videos, and metadata, and understand how to design scalable processing systems for high-volume media data.

We are seeking a highly skilled Data Engineer with hands-on experience building and maintaining computer vision data pipelines. The ideal candidate has strong ETL expertise, works comfortably with images, videos, and associated metadata, and understands how to design robust, scalable processing systems for high‑volume media data flows

Requirements

• Proven experience building and maintaining computer vision or media‑centric data pipelines.
• Strong ETL background involving complex transformations, metadata generation, and media normalization.
• Hands‑on experience with NiFi (data flow management)
• Hands‑on experience with Prefect (workflow orchestration)
• Hands‑on experience with Docker (containerization)
• Hands‑on experience with FFmpeg (video and audio processing)
• Hands‑on experience with OpenCV (image processing and analysis)
• Experience working with images, videos, and related metadata structures.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and scalable data processing patterns.
• Detail‑oriented, curious, and comfortable working in fast‑moving technical environments.
• Strong communicator with the ability to partner across engineering, data science, and product teams.
• Someone who enjoys building reliable, high‑impact systems that enable computer vision capabilities at scale.
• An active TS/SCI federal security clearance is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Java (core development)
• Experience with KLV metadata extraction (e.g., 0903, 0601).
• Familiarity with computer vision model deployment, training workflows, or deep learning frameworks.
• Exposure to streaming media systems or real‑time video processing.
• Knowledge of cloud environments and orchestration platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain end‑to‑end data pipelines for computer vision workloads, including ingestion, transformation, and delivery of image, video, and metadata assets.
• Implement and manage automated workflow orchestration using NiFi and Prefect.
• Develop high‑performance media processing services and tools using Java, FFmpeg, and OpenCV.
• Containerize and deploy data services using Docker.
• Collaborate closely with computer vision engineers, MLOps, and platform teams to ensure data readiness and pipeline reliability.
• Optimize processing steps for speed, accuracy, and cost efficiency.
• Establish monitoring, logging, and testing strategies to ensure pipeline stability and data quality.

Benefits

• hands-on experience
• certifications
• industry training
• Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed