Data Engineer IV

Primary Talent Partners, LLC; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 114,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Primary Talent Partners, LLC in Charlotte, NC seeks a Data Engineer IV for a 12-month W2 contract. You will lead hands-on development across multiple initiatives, set up environments, and govern enterprise-scale data pipelines.

The role emphasizes data quality, observability, and scalable automation, with responsibilities to mentor engineers and collaborate with analytics and platform teams. Hybrid work in Charlotte is preferred.

Qualifications

• Lead hands-on development and provide technical direction.
• Establish development environments, security controls, and migration strategies across AWS accounts.
• Architect, develop, and govern enterprise-scale data pipelines, ETL processes, and orchestration workflows.
• Identify data gaps and implement scalable automation to improve analytics.
• Design reliable data pipelines with quality, observability, and resiliency.
• Build and optimize large-scale data warehousing for performance.
• Influence architectural decisions and communicate complex concepts to stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and foster technical growth in data teams.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives across data engineering, analytics, architecture, and platform teams.
• Manage competing priorities in a fast-paced enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on development and provide technical direction across initiatives.
• Architect and govern enterprise-scale data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Drive data quality, observability, and resiliency in pipelines.
• Mentor engineers and lead data engineering teams.
• Collaborate with analytics, architecture, and platform teams.

Skills

Data engineering

ETL pipelines

Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional

Education

AWS Certified Data Engineer

Tools

Python

SQL

Spark

AWS

Databricks

Job description

Primary Talent Partners has a new contract opening for a Data Engineer IV with our large power and utilities client in Charlotte, NC. This is a 12-month contract with a potential for extension.

Pay:

$83.00 - $93.00/hr; W2 contract, no PTO, no Benefits. ACA-compliant supplemental package available for enrollment. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must be able to sit on Primary Talent Partners W2 without sponsorship.

Core Experience and Abilities:

• Ability to lead hands-on development efforts while providing technical direction, code reviews, and engineering oversight across multiple initiatives
• Experience establishing development environments, infrastructure standards, security controls, and migration strategies across multiple AWS accounts and environments
• Ability to architect, develop, and govern enterprise-scale data pipelines, ETL processes, data ingestion frameworks, and orchestration workflows
• Proven ability to identify data gaps, define strategic remediation plans, and implement scalable automation solutions that improve analytical capabilities across the organization
• Ability to design and implement highly reliable data pipelines with strong focus on data quality, observability, resiliency, and operational supportability
• Experience building and optimizing large-scale data warehousing solutions that prioritize both business user experience and system performance
• Ability to drive technical decision-making, influence architectural direction, and effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proven track record mentoring engineers, fostering technical growth, and building high-performing data engineering teams
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving data engineering, analytics, architecture, platform engineering, and business stakeholders
• Strong problem-solving and leadership skills with the ability to manage competing priorities in fast-paced enterprise environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hybrid in Charlotte, NC preferred
• AWS Certified Data Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect, or equivalent cloud certifications
• Experience implementing enterprise data governance and metadata management platforms
• Experience with real-time analytics, event-driven architectures, and streaming data platforms
• Knowledge of modern data architecture patterns including Data Mesh, Lakehouse, and domain-oriented design
• Experience leading large-scale cloud transformation or enterprise data modernization programs
• Experience creating AI applications using AWS Bedrock or similar Generative AI platforms
• Experience building AI-ready data pipelines and ML workflows, including feature engineering and MLOps
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, Spark, and Generative AI technologies for scalable data and analytics solutions
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, Databricks, and cloud-based AI/data platforms
• Knowledge of LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, and AI-powered search solutions
• Strong understanding of responsible AI, data governance, data quality, security, and AI compliance practices

Primary Talent Partners is an Equal Opportunity / Affinity Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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