IT Specialist (Data Engineer)

Railroad Retirement Board • Birmingham, AL

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About The Position

This position is located in the Railroad Retirement Board's Bureau of Information Services. The incumbent 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 announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies. This is a bargaining unit position represented by the Council of AFGE Locals in the Board.

The IT Specialist (Data Engineer) designs and optimizes data pipelines and large-scale data systems, and manages data infrastructure in on-premises and cloud environments. The position also applies Data Operations (DataOps) practices and serves as the agency's recognized technical authority for data engineering.

This position is at the GS-13 level. There is no education substitution. Appointment requires U.S. citizenship, applicable Selective Service registration, suitability for Federal employment based on a background investigation, and completion of any required assessments. A probationary period may be required. Work outside normal duty hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays, may be required due to operational needs.

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 competencies.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Must be suitable for Federal employment, as determined by a background investigation.
• Must complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment, if required.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Experience obtained by the announcement closing date is considered; applicants must document employment dates and hours worked per week when part-time.

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 employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package. Specific benefits depend on position type; applicants are directed to contact the hiring agency for details.

What This Job Offers

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