Senior Data Engineer - Enterprise Data Platform Architect

Jobtailor; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to architect and implement enterprise data platforms, including data lakes, warehouses, and real‑time pipelines. You will lead standards for ETL/ELT, data modeling, and quality controls, driving performance optimization across databases and pipelines.

The role focuses on scalable, secure data architectures and governance best practices, with end‑to‑end ETL/ELT development for structured and unstructured data ingestion and transformation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering with a proven track record of building scalable data solutions.
• Expertise in SQL and relational database management systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle).
• Proficiency in Python (or similar languages) for data processing and automation.
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud‑native data services: AWS (Redshift, Glue, S3) Azure (Synapse, Data Factory) GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow)
• Hands‑on experience with big data tools: Apache Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, Snowflake, Databricks
• Expertise in data modeling.
• Strong knowledge of data security, governance, and compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement enterprise‑grade data platforms, including data lakes, warehouses, and real‑time pipelines.
• Define and enforce data engineering standards, including ETL/ELT frameworks, data modeling, and quality controls.
• Lead performance optimization of databases, queries, and pipelines (e.g., partitioning, indexing, cost‑efficient cloud solutions).
• Design and implement scalable data architecture that ensures high availability, security, and performance.
• Define best practices for data modeling, storage, retrieval, and governance.
• Architect and develop end‑to‑end ETL/ELT pipelines for structured and unstructured data ingestion, processing, and transformation.

Skills

SQL

Python

Cloud platforms

Big data tools

Data modeling

Data governance

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Oracle

Redshift

Glue

S3

Synapse

Data Factory

BigQuery

Dataflow

Spark

Kafka

Airflow

dbt

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to architect and implement enterprise data platforms, including data lakes, warehouses, and real‑time pipelines. You will lead standards for ETL/ELT, data modeling, and quality controls, driving performance optimization across databases and pipelines.

The role focuses on scalable, secure data architectures and governance best practices, with end‑to‑end ETL/ELT development for structured and unstructured data ingestion and transformation.