Data Engineer Associate - Contract

Gallagher•Rolling Meadows, IL

2d•Remote

About The Position

The Associate Data Engineer reports to the Data Engineering Lead and supports the development and ongoing operation of enterprise data integrations and pipelines across Gallagher. This role partners with data engineers, data scientists, analysts, and application teams to deliver reliable, secure, and well-documented data solutions that enable analytics and product initiatives. Please note additional position details below: This is a Temp-To-Hire, W-2 position. We are not able to do 1099 or C2C. It is a fully remote role that will need to be based in the U.S. You must meet our U.S. Eligibility requirements for work authorization as noted under "Additional Information" at the bottom of the job description.

Requirements

A relevant technical BS Degree with 2+ years of experience or Master’s Degree in Information Technology, Data Science, Computer Engineering or related.
1+ years of writing SQL queries against any RDBMS with query optimization
1+ years of experience leveraging technologies such as Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, and SQL Server.
Strong experience with Python, Java, and XML.
Familiarity with structuring a Data Lake for reliability, security, and performance
Familiarity with Medallion architecture, AI frameworks, and AI data readiness, Machine learning algorithms.
Skills to read and write effective, modular, dynamic, parameterized, and robust code, and establish and follow already established code standards.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting abilities
Good understanding of unit testing, software change management, and software release management.
Knowledge of Dev-Ops, ML-Ops and AI-Ops processes.
Experience performing root cause analysis on data and processes to answer specific business questions, and identify opportunities for improvement.
Excellent communication skills

Nice To Haves

Experience working within an agile team is preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop integration workflows, to make sure the solutions are built accurately and according to spec.
Develop and maintain requirements, design documentation, and test plans.
Seek out, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery.
Coordinate with BI Engineers, Financial Applications, and Oracle HR teams around data management, reconciliation, test data setup, etc.
Develop and maintain data pipelines to ingest data from a wide variety of data sources (structured and unstructured) into Snowflake.
Construct and maintain enterprise-level integrations using the Snowflake platform, Azure Synapse, Azure SQL, and SQL Server.
Create data tools for data analytics and data science team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader.
Design analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to deliver actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency, and other key business performance metrics.
Assist with building Semantic Views, and Agents using Cortex AI Functions in Snowflake to support deep learning and interactive user queries.
Troubleshoot issues, helping to drive root-cause analysis, and work with infrastructure teams to resolve incidents and arrive at a permanent resolution.
Partner with data and analytics teams to strive for greater functionality in our data systems.
Coordination for development and support with globally located resources.
Understand the layout and working of existing integrations that send and receive data between Oracle, Concur, JDE, Corporate Data Platform, and other systems.

Benefits

Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one!
Life and accident insurance
401(K) and Roth options
Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
Educational expense reimbursement
Paid parental leave
Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
Training programs
Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
Charitable matching gift program