TEKsystems · 10 hours ago
Lead Data Engineer
Westerville, OH
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$60/hr - $85/hr
4+ years expTEKsystems is a leading provider of business and technology services, and they are seeking a Lead Data Engineer to support M&A data intake following the Cadence Bank acquisition. This role is pivotal in building and operationalizing data necessary for enterprise data and analytics initiatives, focusing on data quality and optimizing data pipelines for various stakeholders.
Information Technology
Responsibilities
Architecting, creating and maintaining data pipelines
Assist with renovating the data management infrastructure to drive automation in data integration and management
Work in partnership with data science teams and with business analysts in refining their data requirements for various data and analytics initiatives and their data consumption requirements
Train counterparts across the organization in data pipelining and preparation techniques, which make it easier for them to integrate and consume the data they need for their own use cases
Work with data governance teams and participate in vetting and promoting content created in the business and by data scientists to the curated data catalog for governed reuse
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently across multiple tasks while meeting aggressive timelines
Strategic, intellectually curious thinker with focus on outcomes
Professional image with the ability to form relationships across functions
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in computer science, statistics or related field, or equivalent related work experience
4+ years of related experience in data management disciplines including data integration, modeling, optimization and data quality, and/or other areas directly relevant to data engineering responsibilities and tasks
4+ years of experience working in cross-functional teams and collaborating with business stakeholders in support of a departmental and/or multi-departmental data management and analytics initiative
Experience with data preparation tools and database programming languages
Python
SQL
AWS
Lambda
Athena
Terraform
Preferred
Master's degree in computer science, statistics or related field
Hands on data testing experience
Strong experience with data engineering tooling (e.g., Glue, Landa, Athena, AWS)
Strong experience with open-source and commercial data science platforms
Learn and/or Agile methodology
Strong experience with various Data Management architectures and processes
Strong ability to design, build and manage data pipelines for data
Strong experience in working with large, heterogeneous datasets in building and optimizing data pipelines, pipeline architectures and integrated datasets
Demonstrated success in working with large, heterogeneous datasets to extract business value
Strong experience in working with DevOps capabilities like version control, automated builds, testing and release management capabilities
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently across multiple tasks while meeting aggressive timelines
Strategic, intellectually curious thinker with focus on outcomes
Professional image with the ability to form relationships across functions
Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job
Benefits
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Company
TEKsystems
At TEKsystems, they understand people. Every year they deploy over 80,000 IT professionals at 6,000 client sites across North America,
10001+ employees
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Vice President, TEKsystems Global Services
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