IT Specialist (Data Engineer)

Railroad Retirement Board • Birmingham, AL

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About The Position

This position is in the Railroad Retirement Board’s Bureau of Information Services. The IT Specialist (Data Engineer) designs, builds, and maintains scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to collect, store, process, and deliver large datasets in support of the agency’s mission. The role may be used to fill one or more vacancies and is represented by the Council of AFGE Locals in the Board.

The position serves as the agency’s recognized technical authority for data engineering and provides expert guidance to cross-functional teams. The incumbent plans and operates data infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments, applying DataOps practices to improve the quality, speed, and reliability of data delivery.

Requirements

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service.
• Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing end-to-end data pipelines.
• Experience designing and building large-scale data systems and databases optimized for OLTP and OLAP environments.
• Experience managing data infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure.
• IT-related experience demonstrating attention to detail, customer service, oral communication, and problem solving.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Males born after December 31, 1959, must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Must complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment, if required.
• Applicants who are current or former Federal employees and held a GS grade within the past 52 weeks must meet time-in-grade requirements: 52 weeks at the next lower grade level.
• Experience documentation must include exact employment dates and hours worked per week for part-time work.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize end-to-end data pipelines to ingest, process, and transform large volumes of structured and unstructured data from agency and external sources.
• Design and build large-scale data systems and database architectures supporting Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) environments.
• Manage the strategic planning, operation, and maintenance of data infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments to ensure efficiency, security, scalability, and availability.
• Implement Data Operations (DataOps) best practices to improve the quality, speed, and reliability of data delivery across the agency.
• Serve as the agency’s recognized technical authority for data engineering and provide expert guidance to cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package, with benefits available to employees and their families; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

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