Data Operations Specialist (2213) at Accenture Federal Services

Huntsville, AL 35816

About the Job

Data Operations Specialist

at Accenture Federal Services

Huntsville, AL

Who We Are:

At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations.

Join Accenture Federal Services to do the work you love in an inclusive, collaborative, and caring community, where you can be empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more.

Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

Accenture Federal Services is helping US Federal Agencies use data, analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reinvent their enterprises and optimize business functions for breakthrough innovation and enhanced national security and public satisfaction. Our Decision Science practice brings the latest advances in data science, data engineering and AI to the federal space. Balancing innovation with safety, security, and risk management, we support agencies from strategic assessments through the development and deployment of scalable generative AI applications.

As a Data Operations Specialist, you serve on a cross-functional team formulating real-world problems into practical, efficient, and scalable AI, Machine Learning, Operations Research, cloud and technology platform solutions. You work collaboratively within a geographically distributed team, exploring and implementing data management techniques to solve real-world problems. You have an understanding and ability to remain at the forefront of knowledge about generative AI, LLM, and multi-modal models, with a focus on exposing new datasets to the content generation function. You understand approaches to data visualization, data engineering, data architecture, application architecture, data science, machine learning and human-centered design, and support cross-functional teams with varied tasks to ensure use of quality data.

The Work:

Maintain a visible presence with the client, account leadership and project team members and stakeholders through style recognition and relationship building, and effective written and verbal communications about your data management contributions, such as data model diagrams, data catalogs, business rules matrices and architectural diagrams
Support discussions to gather data requirements; provide data governance, data management and data architecture suggestions to help solve business problems.
Collaborate with diverse, cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize data management requirements, ensuring that the approach meets the needs and expectations of stakeholders
Develop and execute data solutions with team, timeline, fiscal and infrastructure dependencies, that includes integration with larger efforts around solution planning, design, build, testing, deployment, service introduction, change management, project management and service support
Demonstrate strong attention to detail in designing and documenting data application interfaces and data flows from multiple source tables and objects to more efficient data structures
Enable team design, development, testing and implementation of AI/ML models, especially LLM and other Generative AI models
Create positive experiences and deliveries contributing to functional and non-functional testing, including test strategy development, data verification and validation efforts with the client, and data quality testing
Contribute to co-creation of user, technical and project management documentation, facilitating understanding, knowledge transfer and future development
Be prepared to support activities on the on-site delivery lead or scrum master, during temporary periods of absence

Eligibility Requirements:

Candidates must be U.S. Citizens (no dual citizenship)
Active Secret clearance or Interim Secret clearance

Here's What You Need:

Minimum of 3 years of experience working with data in an information technology environment: data management tasks such as data queries, data quality management, application programming interfaces (API), extract-transform-load (ETL) operations, database design and administration
Proficient programming skills with a language suited for data operations such as SQL, Scala or Python
Experience with DevOps or DevSecOps continuous development/continuous improvement pipelines using development applications such as Azure DevOps or Github
Experience and ability to develop and manage application and system documentation such as requirements traceability matrices, test reports and run books
Experience appropriately managing data and information in a DoD or Federal controlled information domain
Strong presentation and written communications skills, and interest in developing presentations and other requirements or change management documents
Minimum of an Associate's degree

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, New York, Washington, and the District of Columbia. The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, New York, Washington, and the District of Columbia is:

$87,800—$142,199 USD

What We Believe

We have an unwavering commitment to diversity with the aim that every one of our people has a full sense of belonging within our organization. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture Federal Services has the responsibility to create and sustain an inclusive environment.

Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Accenture Federal Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion or sexual orientation.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

For details, view a copy of the Accenture Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy Statement.

Requesting An Accommodation

Accenture Federal Services is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture Federal Services and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired.

If you are being considered for employment opportunities with Accenture Federal Services and need an accommodation for a disability or religious observance during the interview process or for the job you are interviewing for, please speak with your recruiter.

Other Employment Statements

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture Federal Services or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process.

The Company will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. Additionally, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company's legal duty to furnish information.

Salary

87,800 - 142,199 /year