Data Engineer

International Business Machines Corporation; Minneapolis (MN); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting seeks a Data Engineer embedded with client teams to design and deliver hands-on data solutions on the AWS/Databricks platform. You will re-engineer legacy workloads, migrate data from MySQL to Databricks Lakebase, and integrate SAP and non-SAP data for domain-specific data products, with production-grade prototypes and client-facing communication.

The role involves traveling up to four days per week and is performable from anywhere in the US, collaborating across AWS and GCP for

Qualifications

• Experience designing and delivering complex data solutions on AWS and Databricks platforms.
• Strong experience with data migration, ETL/ELT, and data pipeline architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and build data pipelines and integrations using Fivetran, Databricks, and AWS services.
• Lead architecture and delivery for migrating a Tier-1 MySQL application to Databricks Lakebase with schema redesign and data migration.
• Collaborate with clients to understand needs and deliver data solutions across AWS and GCP for ML/GenAI use cases.
• Establish engineering standards: CI/CD, testing, observability, security, and cost control.

Education

Databricks Certification

Tools

Databricks

AWS

SQL

Python

Fivetran

Databricks Lakebase

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Apache Iceberg

Kafka

EventBridge

SQS

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

Introduction

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.

Introduction

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

Data Engineer embedded with the client's teams to design and deliver hands-on solutions on the AWS/Databricks platform. The role combines architecture and engineering, and you will build and prove solutions with the client. Work includes re-engineering legacy data workloads and supporting data migration from MySQL to Databricks Lakebase.

Responsibilities

• Work onsite or embedded with client teams to understand business problems and turn them into working technical solutions.
• Design and build data pipelines and integrations using Fivetran, Databricks, and AWS services.
• Lead technical design and delivery for migrating a Tier-1 application from MySQL to Databricks Lakebase, including schema re-design, data migration, cutover, and validation.
• Integrate SAP data through SAP BTP and BDC Connect, non-SAP data, and design domain centric data products.
• Build prototypes and reference implementations, then work with the client to harden them for production.
• Support data and AI use cases, including integration with GCP-based ML/GenAI components.
• Establish engineering standards: CI/CD, testing, observability, security, and cost control.
• Coach client and delivery team members, and communicate status, risks, and design decisions to stakeholders.
• Design end-to-end data solutions across multiple platforms, applying industry standards and best practices to meet client needs.
• Lead the development of data platform architectures, including cognitive components and unstructured data technologies, annotation, and related data and analytics.
• Manage and maintain large data repositories, ensuring scalability and performance.
• Create data solutions on cloud-native platforms (AWS, with GCP for ML/GenAI), tailored to client requirements.
• Collaborate with clients to understand their needs and deliver customized data solutions that meet their business objectives.

This job can be performed from anywhere in the US

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Must be able to travel 4 days per week (mandatory).
• Databricks Certified Data Engineer or Machine Learning Professional.
• Advanced hands-on expertise in data engineering and solution architecture, with demonstrated ability to design and deliver complex data solutions.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Databricks (Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, Unity Catalog), AWS, SQL, and Python, including large-scale batch and streaming workloads.
• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL, database migration/re-engineering, Fivetran or similar ingestion/ELT technologies, and modern data-sharing patterns.
• Experience with Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg, and other open table formats, including schema evolution, optimisation, and interoperability across engines.
• Hands-on experience designing scalable data platforms and pipelines using technologies such as Kafka, Amazon EventBridge, or Amazon SQS, along with Terraform and CI/CD practices.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Experience with Databricks Lakebase or similar managed PostgreSQL/OLTP-on-lakehouse technologies.
• Knowledge of SAP BTP, BDC Connect, SAP extraction patterns, or SAP IS-U.
• Exposure to GCP ML/GenAI services and cloud-native solution design across AWS and GCP.
• Experience with Git-based version control and branching strategies for data workloads.
• Experience in the utilities or energy industry, with relevant Databricks and/or AWS certification.