Senior Data Engineer
Job ID: 112953
Location: North Carolina, NC [Remote]
Category: App/Dev
Employment Type: Contract
Date Added: 10/12/2026
Role Summary
The Senior Data Engineer designs, builds, and maintains scalable data pipelines, transformations, and data products within a secure, regulated cloud environment. This fully remote role supports the development of a next-generation data and AI platform and collaborates with engineering, analytics, and data science teams to deliver reliable, governed, and analysis-ready data solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain data ingestion, transformation, and pipeline solutions.
- Develop governed, analysis-ready datasets from raw, structured, unstructured, and synthetic data sources.
- Enhance and scale the data platform in alignment with established architectural standards and engineering best practices.
- Contribute to Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and support CI/CD pipelines for production deployments.
- Monitor data quality, pipeline reliability, and platform performance.
- Troubleshoot and resolve data pipeline, integration, and operational issues.
- Implement data governance, cataloging, lineage, and access-control practices.
- Support data science, analytics, and machine learning teams by delivering reliable datasets and supporting tools.
- Follow applicable security, privacy, data handling, and compliance requirements.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation for data pipelines, processes, architecture, and platform capabilities.
- Collaborate with engineering and cross-functional teams to support platform delivery and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining production data pipelines.
- Hands-on experience with Databricks and Unity Catalog.
- Strong proficiency with Python and SQL.
- Experience developing ETL or ELT solutions and scalable data transformation workflows.
- Strong knowledge of data modeling principles and best practices.
- Experience with cloud-based data platforms; Azure experience is preferred, with AWS or Google Cloud experience also applicable.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, particularly Terraform.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based version control, and production deployment workflows.
- Familiarity with data governance, cataloging, lineage, and access-control technologies.
- Experience with orchestration and transformation tools such as Airflow or dbt.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Apache Spark, Delta Lake, dbt, Snowflake, or comparable lakehouse and data platform technologies.
- Experience working in secure, regulated, or accredited environments.
- Familiarity with FedRAMP, NIST 800-171, CMMC, or Controlled Unclassified Information requirements.
- Experience supporting government, defense, or other highly regulated programs.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant education and practical experience.
Additional Requirements
- This is a fully remote position.
- This position requires eligibility for a U.S. Government security clearance. In accordance with federal law, U.S. citizenship is required.
