Senior Azure Data Engineer - Remote Data Platform Architect

Eliassen Group; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Azure Data Engineer for a remote contract-to-hire engagement. You will migrate from an on-prem Oracle Data Warehouse and IBM DataStage to an Azure data lake, designing pipelines with Databricks and Data Factory, and guiding data architecture decisions.

This role emphasizes hands-on development and collaboration with engineers, analysts, and business partners to build reliable, scalable data products. Healthcare/finance data experience is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience with Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory in enterprise environments.
• Strong SQL and Python or PySpark development skills.
• Experience designing batch ETL/ELT pipelines and data-quality checks.
• Knowledge of medallion or lakehouse architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain data pipelines using Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.
• Support migration of on-prem Oracle and DataStage workloads to Azure cloud data lake.
• Develop scalable ingestion, transformation, and data-processing solutions.
• Implement medallion architecture across Bronze, Silver, Gold layers.
• Build data-quality checks and validation into pipelines and workflows.
• Automate validation and testing to improve data product reliability.
• Guide technical discussions on data architecture and engineering standards.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, data-quality issues, and performance problems.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, architects, and business partners.
• Participate in reviews, documentation, testing, and deployment activities.
• Promote reusable development patterns and sound engineering practices.

Skills

SQL

Python/PySpark

Data modeling

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Tools

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Git

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

Data Lake / Lakehouse

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Azure Data Engineer for a remote contract-to-hire engagement. You will migrate from an on-prem Oracle Data Warehouse and IBM DataStage to an Azure data lake, designing pipelines with Databricks and Data Factory, and guiding data architecture decisions.

This role emphasizes hands-on development and collaboration with engineers, analysts, and business partners to build reliable, scalable data products. Healthcare/finance data experience is advantageous.