Data Engineer

Kforce Inc; Okemos (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA

FSA

401(k)

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Kforce is seeking a Data Engineer in Lansing, MI to support ETL, EDW, and data pipelines. The role emphasizes data integration, CDC, and moving data from on-premises environments to cloud platforms.

Candidates should have 3+ years in data engineering with Oracle/SQL Server/Snowflake experience and strong collaboration skills. Responsibilities include building ETL workflows, maintaining data warehouses, and contributing to improvements across the data engineering team.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of data engineering experience in ETL and data integration.
• Experience with Oracle, SQL Server, and Snowflake data platforms.
• Hands-on PL/SQL and T-SQL scripting and ETL tooling.
• Experience shipping EDW projects and data pipelines.
• Strong communication and teamwork across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain ETL workflows and data pipelines.
• Move data from on-premises to cloud platforms using CDC techniques.
• Create and maintain data marts and EDW components.
• Automate data pipelines with stored procedures and scripting.
• Participate in on-call rotation and ensure change control.

Skills

Data engineering

ETL development

PL/SQL

T-SQL

CDC experience

Cloud data pipelines

SQL Server

Oracle

EDW concepts

Team collaboration

Tools

Snowflake

Oracle

SQL Server

Windows Server

RHEL

Job description

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client in Lansing, MI that is seeking a Data Engineer to join their Data Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of data engineering experience, along with strong analytical reasoning and critical thinking skills. This role will support general extraction, transformation, and load (ETL) work, traditional Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW), and the development of data pipelines that use change data capture (CDC) mechanisms to move data from on-premises environments to cloud-based platforms. Responsibilities:

• Participate in the analysis and development of technical specifications, programming, and testing of Data Engineering components
• Create and maintain data pipelines and ETL workflows while following established programming standards and guidelines
• Contribute to team standards and process improvements when gaps are identified
• Follow technology, architecture, and design best practices and raise issues as appropriate
• Develop and maintain ETL workflows to populate on-premises Enterprise Data Warehouses and create flat-file extracts
• Develop ETL workflows using PL/SQL-based solutions to populate data marts for enterprise reporting
• Configure and develop scripts to implement automated data pipelines, including stored procedures, functions, and other scripting components
• Develop ETL workflows that move data from on-premises sources to cloud-based data platforms and application platforms
• Follow established standards for change control and configuration management
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting the data platform

Requirements

• 3+ years of data engineering experience
• Experience with database platforms such as Oracle, SQL Server, and Snowflake
• Experience with Windows Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Proficiency with PL/SQL and T-SQL
• Experience with enterprise ETL/data integration tools
• Understanding and hands-on experience loading and maintaining an Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
• Strong interest in automating repeatable processes
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with teams across an organization

Desired Skills & Qualifications

• Experience creating and maintaining data solutions within Snowflake
• Experience with change data capture (CDC) and cloud data pipelines
• Experience working with on-premises-to-cloud data integrations

Pay Range

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

Benefits

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

Bonuses and Commissions

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.