Kforce Inc ยท 3 days ago
Senior Data Engineer
Topeka, KS
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$63/hr - $86/hr
8+ years expKforce Inc is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join a contract opportunity with one of their clients. The role involves developing ELT processes, optimizing data pipelines, and building data tools to support analytics and data science teams.
ConsultingEmploymentFinancial ServicesHuman ResourcesStaffing Agency
Responsibilities
Responsible for the physical data structures, data integration, build, and care of solutions
Develop ELT processes and frameworks to efficiently extract, load, and transform data from various sources
Demonstrate commitment to software development best practices, including documentation, reusable code design, test driven implementation, and integrated software testing
Monitor and optimize the performance of data pipelines to ensure high data quality and availability
Build data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader
Investigate and mitigate data quality issues
Discover and present opportunities for improvement
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or engineering-related field or equivalent work experience
8+ years of professional experience in data engineering
Hands-on data engineering experience with cloud-based relational database platforms, preferably Snowflake. Suitable alternatives include Google BigQuery, Databricks, Azure SQL, Postgres, and AWS Redshift
Hands-on experience with modern ELT transformation tools, preferably dbt. Suitable alternatives include Databricks, Talend, Google Dataflow, Azure Data Factory, AWS Glue, and Matillion
Hands-on data engineering experience with GCP cloud data ecosystem preferred. Will consider Azure and AWS if candidate has either Snowflake or dbt
Experience with workflow orchestration/scheduling solutions, preferably Airflow
Experience migrating from legacy to new data pipelines
Experience creating synthetic test data for data pipelines
Experience delivering software on at least 2 projects with a total project team size greater than 4 team members
Applied experience in Agile, SAFe, or Scrum
Preferred
Nice to have experience consuming and developing REST APIs, preferably with GraphQL
Familiarity with SAP systems (ECC, C4C, S4 HANA) a plus
Benefits
Medical/dental/vision insurance
HSA
FSA
401(k)
Life, disability & ADD insurance
Company
Kforce Inc
Kforce is a solutions firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and professional staffing services.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2024-05-20IPO
2014-06-08Acquired
Leadership Team
Aaron Travis
Digital Experience Delivery Director | Kforce Consulting Solutions
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