

Lead Data Engineer (Contract)
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This role is for a Lead Data Engineer (Contract) in Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid) with a pay rate of "X" and a contract length of "Y". Requires 10+ years in Data Engineering, expertise in Snowflake, SQL, Python, and Big Data concepts.
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United States
π± - Currency
$ USD
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π° - Day rate
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ποΈ - Date discovered
June 15, 2025
π - Project duration
Unknown
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ποΈ - Location type
Hybrid
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π - Contract type
Unknown
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π - Security clearance
Unknown
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π - Location detailed
United States
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π§ - Skills detailed
#Cloud #Data Management #Data Integration #Python #Leadership #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Batch #Unix #Apache Iceberg #Data Quality #Data Engineering #Snowflake #PySpark #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Spark (Apache Spark) #Security #AWS Glue #Big Data
Role description
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Key Skills - Snowflake, SQL, Python, Spark, AWS- Glue, Big Data Concepts
Role Type - Contract
Location - Jersey City, NJ (Hybrid)
β’ 10+ years of relevant experience in Data Engineering and delivery.
β’ 10+ years of relevant work experience in Big Data Concepts. Worked on cloud implementations.
β’ Strong experience with SQL, python and Pyspark
β’ Snowflake expertise (hands-on & architectural understanding) , challenging situation in the project(most common question)this must be data related, or implementation related only
β’ ETL/Data Management proficiency, mastery in: Query optimization, data quality, performance tuning, big data problems, RBAC, row/column-level security, CDC, Incremental vs Batch, Unix commands, job scheduling, CI/CD pipeline
β’ Team leadership (8-10+ members) , End-to-end project implementation with clarity, complex challenges in the project, describe the specific problem and its solution
β’ Excellent communication skills
β’ Stakeholder management & cross-functional collaboration (knowledge on data quality checks, profiling, STTM, data integration from multiple sources, reusable framework)
β’ Release planning, change management, training, KT, L2/L3 support
β’ Apache Iceberg + AWS glue good to have