Senior Data Engineer
IQUASAR LLC•Washington, DC
•Hybrid
About The Position
Makpar has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Data Engineer to join our growing team. This role requires expertise in Databricks, SQL, and ETL pipelines, with strong experience building scalable data frameworks to support enterprise decision-making. We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer for a contract position.
Requirements
- Active Secret clearance (mandatory requirement).
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related field.
- 7+ years of professional experience in data engineering.
- Expert-level proficiency in Databricks, Apache Spark, and SQL.
- Experience with Kafka, Airflow, or AWS Glue for ETL.
- Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines and GitHub/GitLab version control.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and collaboration skills.
Responsibilities
- Plan, design, build, test, deploy, and maintain highly scalable web-based services utilizing modern
- Build, test, and orchestrate data pipelines in Databricks.
- Design and optimize data structures, schemas, and ETL processes.
- Translate business use cases into SQL queries, reports, and dashboards.
- Manage database objects in development environments without impacting production.
- Automate workflows using Databricks Workflows or the Jobs API.
- Integrate code into GitHub/GitLab and support CI/CD practices.
- Diagnose data gaps/quality issues and design test cases for validation.
- Collaborate with developers and analysts to synchronize code and ensure reliability.
Benefits
- Flexible work from home options available.
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