We're looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join on a Contract with a Chicago-based Logistics company. This role will be a W2 Contract with benefits and will require onsite work on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. This team is dedicated to revolutionizing the logistics and transportation space in a much more sustainable way with zero-emission solutions.
In this opportunity, you'll be a Lead on the team helping migrate to newer technologies, standup new platforms to improve scalability, and help with architecture and design. The ideal candidate will come from a consulting background or a position where they gained the exposure to work with a variety or data projects.
Contract Duration: 6 - 12 Months Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 5 years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on building scalable data platforms.

• Design, develop, optimize, and maintain data pipelines, storage, compute components using Azure Services
• Understand the Data Platforms & Services strategy, information architecture and build modern data lake to support data needs.
• Foster a culture of sharing, re-use, design for scale stability, and operational efficiency of data and analytical solutions
• Lead the evaluation, implementation and deployment of emerging tools to modernize data platform
• Partner with analysts and architects to develop technical architectures for data engineering projects

Desired Skills & Experience

• 6 years of overall technology experience that includes at least 4 years of hands-on software development, data engineering, and systems architecture
• Experience deploying modern data solutions leveraging components like Azure functions, Azure Data Factory, Data Flows, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL, Azure Synapse, Streaming Analytics or equivalent
• Exhibit a thorough understanding of Data Lake architectures, including raw, enriched, and curated layer concepts, and ETL/ELT operations.
• Strong proficiency in PLSQL, Spark, PySpark, Python and Pandas
• Hands on experience in Azure Data Factory, Synapse, ADLS and Event Hub
• Experience with DevOps tools like Azure DevOps

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k) {including match- if applicable}

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

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