Data Engineer

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Job#: 3010944

Job Description:

Role: Data Engineer

Location: Hybrid - 2 days/week onsite in Greater Lansing, MI area

Duration: Long-term contract

Description:

We are looking for a Data Engineer to join our Data Engineering Team. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 3 years of experience with excellent analytical reasoning and critical thinking skills. T

he candidate will be a part of a team that creates data pipelines that use change data capture (CDC) mechanisms to move data from on-premises to cloud-based destinations and then transform data to make it available to Customers to consume.

The Data Engineering Team also does general extraction, transformation, and load (ETL) work, along with traditional Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) work.

• Responsibilities:
• Participates in the analysis and development of technical specifications, programming, and testing of Data Engineering components.
• Participates in creating data pipelines and ETL workflows to ensure that design and enterprise programming standards and guidelines are followed. ?Assist with updating the enterprise standards when gaps are identified.
• Follows technology best practices and standards and escalates any issues as deemed appropriate. Follows architecture and design best practices (as guided by the Lead Data Engineer, BI Architect, and Architectural team.
• Responsible for assisting in configuration and scripting to implement fully automated data pipelines, stored procedures, and functions, and ETL workflows that allow data to flow from on-premises data sources to cloud-based data platforms (e.g. Snowflake) and application platforms (e.g. Salesforce), where data may be consumed by end customers.
• Follows standard change control and configuration management practices.
• Participates in 24-hour on-call rotation in support of the platform.
  
  

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Database Platforms: Snowflake, Oracle, and SQL Server
• OS Platforms: RedHat Enterprise Linux and Windows Server
• Languages and Tools: PL/SQL, Python, T-SQL, StreamSets, Snowflake Cloud Data Platform, and Informatica PowerCenter, Informatica IICS or IDMC.
• Experience creating and maintaining ETL processes that use Salesforce as a destination.
• Drive and desire to automate repeatable processes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and communication, as well as the willingness to collaborate with teams across the organization.
  
  

Desired Skills/Qualifications:

• Experience creating and maintaining solutions within Snowflake that involve internal file stages, procedures and functions, tasks, and dynamic tables.
• Experience creating and working with near-real-time data pipelines between relational sources and destinations.
• Experience working with StreamSets Data Collector or similar data streaming/pipelining tools (Fivetran, Striim, Airbyte etc...).
  
  

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6 months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.