Senior Data Engineer

JSG is seeking a Senior Data Engineer for a contract to hire role for a client in Woodland Hills, CA. This position is On-site, and our client is looking for local candidates based in Southern California. This role will require the employee to initially be on a W2 with JSG. Heavy use of Python (90%) and SQL (10%) for data processing, orchestration, and automation is required. The Senior Data Engineer will design, scale, and optimize the company’s enterprise data platform. This role will build and maintain cloud-native data pipelines, lakehouse/warehouse architectures, and multi-system integrations that support Finance, CRM, Operations, Marketing, and guest experience analytics. The engineer will focus on building secure, scalable, and cost-efficient systems while applying modern DevOps, ETL, and cloud engineering practices requiring a strong technologist with hands-on expertise across data pipelines, orchestration, governance, and cloud infrastructure. Key Responsibilities • Design, build, and maintain ELT/ETL pipelines across Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric Gen 2, Azure Synapse Analytics, and legacy SQL/Oracle platforms. • Implement medallion/lakehouse architecture, CDC pipelines, and streaming ingestion frameworks. • Leverage Python (90%) and SQL (10%) for data processing, orchestration, and automation. • Manage AWS and Azure multi-account environments, enforcing MFA, IAM policies, and governance. • Build serverless architectures (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, EventBridge, SQS, Step Functions) for event-driven data flows. • Integrate infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, MWAA/Airflow, dbt) for automated testing and deployments. • Deploy infrastructure as code using Terraform and Azure DevOps for reproducible, version-controlled environments. • Implement observability and monitoring frameworks (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, Azure Monitor) to ensure system reliability, performance, and cost efficiency. • Collaborate with stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-efficient data solutions. • Background in Finance a or Consumer facing industries is preferred Salary: $67 - $70 per hour JSG offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance options, short-term disability, 401(k), weekly pay, and more. Johnson Service Group (JSG) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. JSG provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.