Azure Data Engineer

Eliassen Group; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking an Azure Data Engineer to modernize an enterprise data platform by migrating on-prem Oracle and IBM DataStage workloads to an Azure data lake architecture. You will design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines using Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.

The role requires strong SQL and Python/PySpark skills, experience with medallion architecture, and collaboration with engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Hands-on data engineering in enterprise environments.
• Experience with Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.
• Strong SQL and Python (PySpark) development skills.
• Experience designing and developing batch ETL/ELT workflows.”
• Experience implementing data-quality, data-validation, and reconciliation processes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain data pipelines using Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.
• Support migration of data and ETL workloads to an Azure cloud data lake.
• Develop scalable ingestion, transformation, and data-processing solutions.
• Design and implement medallion architecture patterns across Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers.
• Build data-quality, reconciliation, and validation checks into pipelines and workflows.
• Automate validation and testing to improve reliability of data products.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and data-quality issues.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, architects, and stakeholders to translate requirements into data solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, documentation, testing, deployment, and continuous-improvement activities.
• Promote reusable development patterns and best engineering practices.

Skills

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Factory

SQL

Python / PySpark

ETL/ELT

Medallion Architecture

Data Modeling

CI/CD

Git

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Azure Data Engineer

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Development

Industry: Insurance

Workplace Type: Remote

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -102026-108887

Date Posted: 10/01/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/H3AF3G

Remote in either Remote or MN or ND or SD or WI or IA

Our client seeks an Azure Data Engineer to modernize an enterprise data platform by migrating data and workloads from an on-premises Oracle data warehouse and IBM DataStage environment to a cloud-based Azure data lake architecture. You will design, build, and optimize scalable data pipelines using Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory, implement data-quality and validation processes, and promote data through medallion architecture layers. You will collaborate with engineers, architects, analysts, and business partners to build reliable, maintainable, and trusted data products. Healthcare or health-plan domain knowledge is beneficial, but strong Azure Databricks and data-platform engineering capabilities are the primary priorities.

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $65.00 to $75.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain data pipelines using Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.
• Support the migration of data and ETL workloads from an on-premises Oracle and DataStage environment to an Azure cloud data lake.
• Develop scalable ingestion, transformation, and data-processing solutions.
• Design and implement medallion architecture patterns across Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers.
• Build data-quality, reconciliation, and validation checks directly into data pipelines and engineering workflows.
• Automate validation and testing to improve the reliability of data products.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, data-quality issues, and performance problems.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, architects, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical data solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, documentation, testing, deployment, and continuous-improvement activities.
• Promote reusable development patterns and sound engineering practices across the team.

Experience Requirements

• Hands-on data engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated experience with Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.
• Strong SQL and Python or PySpark development skills.
• Experience designing and developing batch data pipelines and ETL or ELT workflows.
• Experience implementing data-quality, data-validation, and reconciliation processes.
• Knowledge of medallion or lakehouse architecture, including Bronze, Silver, and Gold data layers.
• Experience working with relational databases and large, complex datasets.
• Understanding of data modeling, schema design, partitioning, and performance optimization.
• Experience with Git or another version-control platform.
• Experience working with CI/CD and automated deployment practices.