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Data Engineer (ETL)

Kforce Inc
Durham, NC Contractor
POSTED ON 7/6/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/31/2026
Responsibilities

Kforce has a client in Durham, NC that is seeking a Data Engineer (ETL). Responsibilities:

  • Champions innovative technology solutions to resolve sophisticated business problems
  • Works across groups to find opportunities for organization-wide technology initiatives
  • Brings external information, ideas, and expertise back to the team
  • Identify creative ways to drive desired outcomes and promote culture of innovation by setting examples
  • Collaborate with peers through code reviews, pair programming or interactive discussions daily
  • Bring a data-driven & collaborative approach to decision making, both in day-to-day work and in making strategic trade-offs.
  • Develop, Test, Deploy and maintain ETL Batch Jobs using Apache Spark/EMR Jobs
  • Utilize Apache Spark cluster-computing framework to process big data and write to No-SQL Database ex Cassandra or Yugabyte

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
  • Proven track record in data engineering
  • 10 years of experience developing Spark Services for Data movement
  • Hands on experience with Java clients for consuming REST and SOAP APIs and Scala spark batch application
  • Experience with cloud-based data warehousing and data lake solutions such as Snowflake
  • Experience with data storage and data management for large datasets like parquet, HDF5, etc.
  • Proven experience in building and deploying software solutions utilizing public cloud provider services like AWS
  • Good understanding of the software development process including analysis, design, coding, system and user testing, problem resolution and planning
  • Ability to work across multiple squads and adaptable to change
  • Embrace customer-first mentality and enjoy developing user-friendly internet facing web applications that tackle real life problems
  • Have a passion for following outstanding software engineering practices and always looking to improve your engineering skills and industry knowledge

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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