Cloud Engineer

DataStaff, Inc.; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

401k plan after 6 months

Job summary

DataStaff, Inc. seeks a Cloud Engineer to lead data integration initiatives in Raleigh, NC. The role is hybrid, requiring onsite presence at least one day per week.

You will design and operate secure pipelines and cloud-native data assets for statewide programs. Responsibilities include building medallion-based data warehouses, enforcing governance, and collaborating with architects, security teams, vendors, and agency partners to ensure reliable data delivery and compliance with HIPAA, CJIS,

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud data engineering and integration with modern lakehouse architectures.
• 5+ years ETL and pipeline development with orchestration and lineage.
• 3+ years data quality, metadata governance, and compliance practices.
• 3+ years security and privacy alignment with HIPAA, CJIS, and NIST plus DevSecOps awareness.
• 3+ years networking and cloud fundamentals including IAM across Azure/AWS/SAS Viya.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise data integration across statewide programs and agencies.
• Design, implement, and modernize the enterprise landing zone and cloud ingestion patterns.
• Build secure data pipelines and migrate legacy feeds to scalable cloud-native services.
• Develop cloud-based data warehouse capabilities with medallion structures (Bronze,Bronze,Gold).
• Define storage/partitioning conventions and promote governance and privacy controls.
• Evaluate emerging tools and AI-assisted development to improve reliability and readiness.

Skills

Cloud data engineering

ETL pipelines

Data governance

Security & privacy

Networking & IAM fundamentals

Tools

Azure

AWS

SAS Viya

Job description

DataStaff, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Engineer for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Raleigh, NC

*This position is hybrid; the candidate will be expected to be onsite at least one day a week.

Responsibilities:

This role serves as the technical and strategic lead for enterprise data integration across statewide programs and agencies. The Cloud Engineer designs, implements, and modernizes the enterprise landing zone, cloud ingestion patterns, and secure data pipelines, re-engineering legacy feeds such as SFTP, Azure Blob, and batch pathways into scalable, automated, cloud-native services aligned with state security policies and compliance requirements. The position collaborates with architects, security teams, vendors, and agency partners to ensure reliable, secure, standardized pipelines from ingestion through transformation and delivery, and it drives operational support across the full lifecycle.

Beyond integration, the role builds and maintains cloud-based data warehouse capabilities, including medallion structures (Bronze, Silver, Gold), to enable governed, analytics-ready transformations. It defines storage and partitioning conventions for performance and traceability, promotes governance alignment and privacy controls across frameworks such as HIPAA, CJIS, and NIST, and serves as the division’s ETL subject matter expert on metadata, lineage, and modeling. The engineer also advances innovation by evaluating emerging tools and AI-assisted development to improve reliability, efficiency, and readiness for future capabilities.

Required Skills:

• 5 Years - Cloud data engineering and integration, including modern lakehouse and medallion architectures
• 5 Years - ETL and pipeline development with robust orchestration, error handling, validation, and lineage
• 3 Years - Data quality, metadata management, and governance practices to ensure accuracy and compliance
• 3 Years - Security and privacy alignment across frameworks such as HIPAA, CJIS, and NIST, plus DevSecOps awareness
• 3 Years - Networking and cloud platform fundamentals, identity and access management, and distributed compute and storage in Azure, AWS, or SAS Viya

This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.