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Senior Data Engineer — Cloud & Data Architecture
About The Role
We’re seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to help architect, design, and maintain next-generation data platforms that power analytics and innovation. In this role, you’ll be a key contributor on an Enterprise Data Lake team—designing robust ingestion pipelines, enabling real-time and batch data processing, and ensuring the scalability, performance, and reliability of critical cloud-based systems.
You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to bring data-driven insights to life, using your technical acumen and creativity to solve complex data challenges. This position is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of data architecture, software engineering, and cloud technologies.
Location & Work Arrangement
This position offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact on enterprise-wide data initiatives. You’ll be helping to shape the organization’s data landscape—enabling advanced analytics, automation, and smarter decision-making across business units. If you’re passionate about designing data systems that drive transformation and innovation, this role offers both the challenge and the influence you’re looking for.
Join a team where your technical expertise and problem-solving skills will directly support the evolution of intelligent, data-driven systems for a leading organization in the utilities and infrastructure space.
About WIT Recruiting
WIT Recruiting provides services for contract staffing, permanent placement, dedicated recruitment (RPO), and customized recruiting events.
Empowering Teams, Elevating Talent
WIT Recruiting is a Women Impact Tech vertical dedicated to building high-performing teams across all industries and talent pools. As the recruiting arm of WIT, we leverage our proven expertise in recruiting to deliver exceptional talent solutions (without the limits of traditional pipelines).
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About The Role
We’re seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to help architect, design, and maintain next-generation data platforms that power analytics and innovation. In this role, you’ll be a key contributor on an Enterprise Data Lake team—designing robust ingestion pipelines, enabling real-time and batch data processing, and ensuring the scalability, performance, and reliability of critical cloud-based systems.
You’ll collaborate closely with engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to bring data-driven insights to life, using your technical acumen and creativity to solve complex data challenges. This position is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of data architecture, software engineering, and cloud technologies.
Location & Work Arrangement
- Location: Columbus, Ohio
- On-site Requirements: In-office two days per week (Tuesday and Wednesday) until September, then three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday).
- Eligibility: Candidates must be eligible for full-time employment in the U.S. (U.S. Citizenship or Green Card required).
- Design, build, and deploy scalable software systems and data infrastructure that support enterprise-wide analytics and decision-making.
- Develop and maintain ingestion pipelines and ETL processes for real-time and batch data flows.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data needs and translate them into technical solutions.
- Ensure the performance, integrity, and security of data systems through rigorous testing and code reviews.
- Implement cloud-based architectures leveraging Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, and Databricks.
- Utilize strong programming skills in Python and other languages (C, C , C#, Java) to develop, optimize, and maintain data services.
- Document systems, troubleshoot issues, and continuously improve performance and cost efficiency.
- Explore emerging technologies and propose innovative approaches for modern data engineering.
- Work independently on complex initiatives while mentoring peers and contributing to a collaborative, Agile team environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 5 years of professional experience developing and maintaining technical solutions using languages such as C, C , C#, Java, or Python.
- Proficiency with Azure data services including Data Lake, Data Factory, and Databricks.
- Hands-on experience implementing cloud security best practices (Active Directory, encryption, network security groups, etc.).
- Strong command of database design, data modeling, and both legacy and modern system architectures.
- Ability to design architectures that handle both real-time and batch data processing workloads.
- Experience with unit, integration, and performance testing to ensure system reliability and quality.
- Track record of cost optimization and managing cloud resources efficiently.
- Demonstrated ability to work in Agile or Lean environments.
- Exceptional communication skills, technical leadership, and a collaborative mindset.
This position offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact on enterprise-wide data initiatives. You’ll be helping to shape the organization’s data landscape—enabling advanced analytics, automation, and smarter decision-making across business units. If you’re passionate about designing data systems that drive transformation and innovation, this role offers both the challenge and the influence you’re looking for.
Join a team where your technical expertise and problem-solving skills will directly support the evolution of intelligent, data-driven systems for a leading organization in the utilities and infrastructure space.
About WIT Recruiting
WIT Recruiting provides services for contract staffing, permanent placement, dedicated recruitment (RPO), and customized recruiting events.
Empowering Teams, Elevating Talent
WIT Recruiting is a Women Impact Tech vertical dedicated to building high-performing teams across all industries and talent pools. As the recruiting arm of WIT, we leverage our proven expertise in recruiting to deliver exceptional talent solutions (without the limits of traditional pipelines).
#WITRecruiting