Remote Lead Data Engineer

Post Date

Apr 24, 2024

Location

Cincinnati,
Ohio

ZIP/Postal Code

45242
US
Jul 16, 2024 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Data Warehousing

Req #

CIN-699674

Pay Rate

$55 - $83 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

A large retail company is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to join their team in Cincinnati, OH. While a Cincinnati candidate would be ideal, the Hiring Team is open to an all-star candidate sitting remotely. The client is an enterprise grocery store chain, and the Sr. Data Engineer will be brought on to assist in the establishing of a data platform and data strategy for internal shared services teams. Working alongside a Lead DevOps individual and 2 Data Engineers, the Lead Data Engineer will help establish the platform over the course of 6-8 weeks. After that time, additional Engineers may be brought on for more backlog project work. The platform is already in existence in Azure, but the Lead and Data Engineering team will help make it accessible, serving it to business users in the enterprise.



Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:



Design, develop, and implement patterns and framework for ingestion & movement of data through the layers (medallion architecture)



Evaluate, recommend, and implement Databricks infrastructure (compute clusters, cluster policies, SQL warehouses, etc.) to support project needs while optimizing for cost and demand for data.



Design, develop, and implement processes to document, share & govern our data via Unity Catalog and Alation

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Required Skills & Experience

7+ years' overall experience in the Data Engineering space, specifically with Azure Data tools like Azure Databricks, Databricks Workflows, Databricks Delta Live Tables, Delta Lake, Azure Data Factory (ingestion & orchestration), Azure SQL Database, etc.



At least 2 years' experience in a Lead capacity, including both technical direction and mentorship of less experienced engineers/analysts



Experience planning design, development, execution and monitoring of complex data integrations to support project delivery



Experience with CICD: implementing and streamlining CICD processes with engineering teams



Knowledge of CICD practices for Azure Data Factory & Azure Databricks



2-3 years of Hands on Experience working with in Azure Databricks including workflows, Delta Live Tables and Databricks Unity Catalog



SQL



Exceptional communication skills, proven through leadership examples

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional



Experience in the retail industry



Experience with Unity Catalog



Experience standing up and building a data platform



Oracle Database Technologies



Kafka

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.