Data Engineer

Immediate need for a talented Data Engineer. This is a 12 months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in McLean, VA (Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested. Job ID: 25-90168 Pay Range: $65 - $75/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location). Key Responsibilities: • Designs and builds data pipelines and platforms, leveraging cloud technologies like AWS, and works with programming languages such as Python. • Key responsibilities include developing robust cloud-based solutions, ensuring data quality and performance, and collaborating with Agile teams to implement data-driven features for millions of customers. • Experience with big data tools like Spark, as well as a strong software engineering mindset for building scalable, resilient systems. • Design and build: • Create and maintain data architecture and infrastructure for large-scale data platforms. • Develop and implement: • Write, test, and deploy code for data pipelines, using Python. • Collaborate: • Work with other engineers, product managers, and stakeholders in Agile teams to deliver technical solutions. • Performance and quality: • Ensure the performance, scalability, and reliability of data systems, which may handle tens of thousands of transactions per second. • Stay current: • Stay current with new technologies and share your knowledge with the engineering community. • Technical expertise: • Act as an authority on specific technologies, platforms, or domains, and mentor junior engineers Key Requirements and Technology Experience: • Key Skills; Python, AWS, Spark • Programming: • Proficiency in Python and SQL. • Big Data: • Experience with technologies such as Spark. • Cloud: • Strong experience with cloud platforms, particularly AWS (including services like Lambda, Glue, EC2). • Data Architecture: • Experience in designing and building scalable, resilient big data solutions. • Machine Learning: • A general understanding of machine learning principles and experience deploying models is often a plus. • Education: • A Bachelor's or Master's degree is often required, along with several years of experience in data engineering. Our client is a leading Financial Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration. Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. By applying to our jobs you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Pyramid Consulting, Inc. and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy here.