Job Details
Our Columbus, Ohio client is looking for a Data Engineer (Python focused) contractor to help support the IT organization s data strategy in support of business customers, as well as internal initiatives. If you are a Data Person, who knows how to build data pipelines, aggregate data from multiple sources into a common data store and have experience with industry-leading cloud data platforms and scripting, we d love to talk with you.
This is a 6-12 month contract-to-hire opportunity. Candidates must be GC or US Citizens.
Fully remote with a preference of residing in or near Columbus, Ohio.
Responsibilities:
- The Data Engineer will work closely with IT Data Architect, Integration Engineers, Business Operations customers, and Services Partners to help advance data and analytics ambitions.
- This role will serve as a hands-on contributor and be a thought leader in the areas of data engineering, cloud data strategy, Business Intelligence, Data Modeling and ETL/ELT.
- Works with the IT Data Engineering Team and assist in developing the next generation data and analytics infrastructure.
- Writes high quality SQL code to retrieve and analyze data from database tables (primarily Databricks)
- Develops high quality SQL models for ad-hoc requests, as well as ongoing reporting / dashboarding.
- Works directly with business stakeholders to translate between data and business needs.
- Continually improves SQL models through automating or simplifying self-service support for datasets
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or other similarly technical related field, Mathematics, or specialized training/certification. Or equivalent work experience.
- 1- 3-years minimum professional experience in cloud data engineering and science and associated technologies utilizing cloud data platforms such as Databricks, AWS RedShift, and Snowflake.
- 1-3+ years of experience in Python.
- 1 - 3-years minimum experience with advanced SQL data modeling and query optimization
- Proficiency in using visualization tools such as Tableau, Domo, or Power BI.
- Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Strong verbal, written & presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical information to personnel at all levels of the organization
Nice to have:
- Specific experience with Data Warehouse/Data Lake configuration and development using Databricks platform.
- Experience with Tableau / Sigma Computing
- Experience operating in an Agile development environment.
- Familiarity with usage of Agile tools (JIRA / Confluence)
- Understanding of CI/CD deployment models and release strategy as well as SCM tools (Git preferred) and code management best practices.
- Experience in AWS environment.
- Experience with cloud ELT platforms such as AWS Glue, Talend Stitch, or FiveTran