Data Engineer - Remote
Vaco
Raleigh, NC, United States
$150K a year
Remote
Full-time
Title : Data Engineer - Remote
Pay / Salary / Benefits / Perks : Up to $150k / yr
Work from Home Policy : Fully Remote
Interview Process : Streamlined process, 3 interviews
Key Skills : 6+ years of experience in data engineering, Azure, ETL
Responsibilities :
- Lead a team of engineers to develop data pipelines, ETL processes, and data storage solutions.
- Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and support to team members.
- Define and implement best practices, standards, and processes for data engineering.
- Ensure adherence to industry standards and compliance with data governance policies.
- Drive innovation and continuous improvement in data engineering practices.
- Manage data infrastructure on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Oversee data modeling, schema design, and data governance initiatives.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts and resolve complex technical issues.
- Collaborate with senior leadership to define data engineering strategy, roadmap, and priorities.
- Manage projects to ensure successful delivery of data engineering projects.
Qualifications :
- 6+ years of experience in data engineering, with at least 2 years of experience in a leadership or managerial role.
- Experience with :
- Data pipelines
- ETL processes
- Data storage solutions
- Data warehousing
- Data lake houses (Databricks or Snowflake)
- Cloud-based data platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Python or similar languages for data manipulation, scripting, and automation.
- Solid understanding of data modeling, schema design, and data governance best practices.
- Proven leadership and team management skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications :
- Master's degree in a related field.
- Certification in cloud computing (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Data Engineer Associate, Google Cloud Certified - Professional Data Engineer).
- Strong project management skills, with experience in managing complex data engineering projects from conception to completion.
- Experience with :
- Framewords such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc.
- AWS Technologies : RDS, Lambda, SNS, SQS, AppSync, EventBridge
- Containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
11 days ago