Senior Data Engineer Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General (Remote, US)

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to support the Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General (SBA OIG), Technology Solutions Division (TSD). The focus of this role is to assist TSD with data products by providing highly skilled and authoritative expertise on data engineering methods and best practices, including code-first development approaches and modern pipeline design patterns, designing, implementing and maintain an efficient, secure, stable, and flexible data architecture that supports products and end-users, with all assets managed via source control. This is a 5.5-year remote contract role in the US. Must be available during normal business hours, Monday through Friday. This is a W2 role with Stage 4 Solutions. Health benefits and 401(k) are offered. Responsibilities • Develop new datasets to support fraud identification, audits, and investigations. • Optimizes the performance of common queries in the database. • Creates and implements data models to improve the efficiency and utility of the database. • Proposes and implements architectural improvements to reduce cloud costs. • Develops, optimizes, and maintains ELT/ETL pipelines • Monitors pipelines to ensure performance and regular updating of datasets. • Works with a Cloud Architect to develop new ways of accessing and transporting data. • Aids in the development of dashboards or reports to visualize data and storytelling. • Assists in ingestion, transformation, and configuration of data in cloud-based data lake or data warehouse. • Assists with exploration, structuring, and analysis of unstructured and semi-structured data from SQL and data lake environments. • In collaboration with data architecture staff, authors SOPs governing creation, maintenance, and monitoring of all assets in Azure environment. Qualifications • 5+ years of experience maintaining SQL databases and conducting advanced operations in SQL and T-SQL. • 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining ELT/ETL processes in cloud-based data analytics environments. • 3+ years of experience working in Azure Synapse and Azure Machine Learning, with the modern data stack. • 3+ years of experience manipulating data in Python. Pandas required. • Experience with PySpark/Polars and developing reusable, modular code preferred • Experience implementing pipelines and infrastructure using code-first approaches (Python SDK, CLI, REST APIs, or IaC tooling), implementing source control and CI/CD workflows and AI coding assistants and LLM integration patterns preferred • Microsoft Azure certifications are preferred. • Must be a U.S. citizen and able to successfully complete a Public Trust background investigation. • Bachelors degree Please submit your resume to our network at https://www.stage4solutions.com/careers (please apply to the Senior Data Engineer Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General (Remote, US) position). Please feel free to forward this project opening to others you think may be interested. Stage 4 Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing employees with an inclusive environment that is free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on job requirements and candidates' qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Pay Rate: $60/hr - $100/hr