Senior Data Engineer

Strictly W2 Only - No C2C Job Title: Sr Data Engineer Location: Frisco, TX 75034 Duration: 12 Months Work Type: Hybrid ⚠️ Local candidates preferred, US Citizens and Independent Visa holders - NO OPT, CPT and H1's Key Responsibilities: End-to-End Data Engineering • Own full lifecycle delivery of enterprise HR analytics data products: Ingestion, Modeling, Transformation, Semantic layer, BI visualization • Work directly with HR business stakeholders to translate business objectives into scalable technical solutions Databricks & Snowflake Engineering • Build production-grade pipelines using: Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL, Delta Lake, Snowflake, Iceberg tables • Apply Medallion Architecture: Bronze, Silver, Gold Microsoft Fabric & Power BI • Design and implement: Microsoft Fabric semantic models, OneLake-backed certified datasets, Fabric IQ semantic layers • Build Power BI dashboards and enterprise reporting solutions Data Modeling & Governance • Design: Conceptual models, Logical models, Physical models • Define: Data contracts, SLAs, Source-to-target mappings, Data lineage • Support enterprise business glossary alignment DevOps & Reliability • Implement: CI/CD, Automated testing, Monitoring, SLA alerting, KTLO support • Participate in DevOps/on-call ownership model Must Haves • 7+ years of hands-on data engineering experience • Strong experience designing enterprise-scale data products end-to-end • Expert-level skills in: SQL, Python, PySpark, Spark SQL • Strong hands-on experience with: Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Workflow orchestration • Strong production Snowflake experience: Iceberg tables, Modern open table formats • Strong Microsoft Fabric experience: OneLake, Fabric IQ, Semantic layer design • Strong Power BI experience: Semantic modeling, Certified datasets, Executive reporting • Strong experience with: Data modeling, ETL/ELT, Data quality frameworks, CI/CD • Ability to work directly with business stakeholders and translate requirements into technical solutions • Excellent communication and leadership skills Preferred Experience • HR Analytics / Workforce data • Workday / ServiceNow HR • Kafka / Streaming technologies • AI/ML pipelines • Azure-native data platforms • GDPR / CCPA / HR data governance ⚠️ Missing Databricks + Snowflake + Microsoft Fabric + Power BI experience → Rejection Nice to Have • Kafka / Event Hub • Spark Structured Streaming • AI/ML workloads • Data observability platforms • Azure certifications • HR data privacy/governance