Data Engineer

IBM

Boston (MA)

Hybrid

USD 85,000 - 128,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a skilled Data Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure that support analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making across the organization. You will collaborate with data analysts, data scientists, software engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure reliable access to high-quality data.

Your role focuses on designing, developing, and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines, data models, data warehouses, and data lakes, with

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines.
Build and optimize data models, data warehouses, and data lakes.
Integrate data from multiple internal and external sources.
Ensure data quality, consistency, and reliability across systems.
Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline and platform issues.
Improve data processing performance and cost efficiency.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements.
Implement and maintain data governance, security, and compliance standards.
Document data architecture, workflows, and best practices.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Data governance

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Airflow

AWS

GCP

Azure

Snowflake

BigQuery

Redshift

Docker

Kubernetes

dbt

Kafka

Job description

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Data Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and infrastructure that support analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making across the organization. You will work closely with data analysts, data scientists, software engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure reliable and efficient access to high-quality data.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines
Build and optimize data models, data warehouses, and data lakes
Integrate data from multiple internal and external sources
Ensure data quality, consistency, and reliability across systems
Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline and platform issues
Improve data processing performance and cost efficiency
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements
Implement and maintain data governance, security, and compliance standards
Document data architecture, workflows, and best practices

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
3–5 years of experience in data engineering or a related field
Strong proficiency in SQL and Python
Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines
Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and tools
Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow or similar
Understanding of database technologies, including relational and NoSQL databases
Knowledge of version control and CI/CD practices
Strong problem‑solving and communication skills

Preferred technical and professional experience

Experience with big data technologies such as Spark, Kafka, or Hadoop
Familiarity with modern data stack tools such as dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift
Experience with containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
Understanding of data governance and security best practices
Experience supporting analytics or machine learning workloads

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on‑going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can‑do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Job Title

Job ID

123095

City / Township / Village

MELBOURNE, SYDNEY

State / Province

Country

Australia

Work arrangement

Hybrid