Data Engineer II — Build Scalable Data Pipelines & Analytics

Strategic Data Systems, Inc.; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation time

Paid bench time

Training allowance

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Strategic Data Systems, Inc. in Cincinnati, OH is seeking a Data Engineer II to join a team that builds, supports, and modernizes key data products powering Retail performance management and analytics.

Ideal candidates have 2–5 years of experience, strong SQL, and experience with data movement and ETL. Nice-to-have skills include DataStage, Snowflake, and IBM Db2. This contract-to-hire role offers enterprise data project exposure.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in data engineering or related field.
• Strong SQL skills with ability to write and optimize queries.
• Experience with data movement and ETL processes, data transformations and validation.
• Ability to work with large, complex datasets across multiple source systems.
• Curiosity to learn business context, data flows, and patterns.

Responsibilities

• Build, support, and modernize critical data products for retail performance management.
• Partner with CP&I and Retail LOB to deliver trusted data and insights.
• Move, standardize, and operationalize customer-facing data into enterprise data domains.
• Ensure data quality through testing and validation.

Skills

SQL

Data movement

ETL

Data integration

Curious mindset

Driven

Self starter

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

DataStage

Snowflake

IBM Db2

dbt

Job description

Strategic Data Systems, Inc. in Cincinnati, OH is seeking a Data Engineer II to join a team that builds, supports, and modernizes key data products powering Retail performance management and analytics.

Ideal candidates have 2–5 years of experience, strong SQL, and experience with data movement and ETL. Nice-to-have skills include DataStage, Snowflake, and IBM Db2. This contract-to-hire role offers enterprise data project exposure.