Data Engineer

Are you an experienced Data Engineer in search of your next contract opportunity? Our high-profile client is seeking to hire a Lead Data engineer to join their talented team on a 6-month contract with a strong probability of extension.

Apply for this amazing opportunity if this sounds like a good fit for you!

Advantages

What’s in it for you!

As a consultant with our client, you’ll receive :

• Highly competitive market hourly rates
• A 6 month contract with a strong probability of extension
• Remote interview process

Responsibilities

Design and implement data pipelines, ETL / ELT workflows, and data architectures using Snowflake and Azure services for efficient data processing.

Optimize Snowflake performance through query tuning, data partitioning, and leveraging Azure tools for scalable management.

Ensure data security, compliance, and governance with encryption, access controls, and auditing in Snowflake and Azure.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align data solutions with business goals and technical requirements.

Mentor junior engineers, promoting best practices and continuous learning in data engineering.

Qualifications

15+ years of data engineering experience

Experience being the technical lead of a group of data engineers, mentorship, and driving solutions to meet complex requirements

Good understanding of modern data platforms including data lakes and data warehouse, with good knowledge of the underlying architecture, preferably in Snowflake

Proven experience in assembling large, complex sets of data that meets non-functional and functional business requirements

Experience in identifying, designing, and implementing integration, modelling, and orchestration of complex Finance data and at the same time look for process improvements, optimize data delivery and automate manual processes

Working experience of scripting, data science, and analytics (SQL, Python, PowerShell, JavaScript)

Working experience of performance tuning and optimization, bottleneck problems analysis, and technical troubleshooting in a, sometimes, ambiguous environment

Working experience of working with cloud based systems (Azure experience preferred)

Working knowledge of CI / CD

Technical expertise to build code that is performant as well as secure

Technical depth and vision to perform POC’s and evaluate different technologies

Experience with Real Time Analytics and Real Time Messaging

Working knowledge of building data integrity checks as part of delivery of applications

Experience working with Kafka technologies

Design, implement and monitor 'best practices' for Dev framework

Experience working with large volume data; retail experience strongly desired

Summary

If you are a Lead Data Engineer and the prospect of joining a dedicated team intrigues you, then this role with our high-profile client could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Apply below or reach out to your Randstad representative for more information.

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