Data Engineer

About The Role

This position requires the successful candidate to work on a W2 directly with FDM. We cannot accept C2C, 1099 or employment sponsorship (e.g. H1-B) for this position.

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy delivering client and industry driven solutions through our 5 core specialist Practices; Software Engineering, Data & Analytics, IT Operations, Change & Transformation, and Risk, Regulation & Compliance.

FDM is seeking a Data Engineer located in Charlotte to support a project in the Financial Services sector. Involvement in this project is anticipated to last initially 12 months but may be extended.

This role will be hybrid with requirements to be in office 3 days per week.

About You

Data engineering roles requiring Informatica, Python, and Hadoop focus on legacy platform cloud modernization, building high-performance data pipelines, and migrating massive enterprise data stores to modern cloud ecosystems like Azure, Databricks, and Snowflake.

Key Responsibilities

• Legacy Modernization: Drive the migration and re-architecture of on-premises data warehouses, legacy Informatica ETL workflows, and Hadoop/Big Data systems into cloud-native environments.
• Pipeline Development: Build, optimize, and maintain data integration, cleaning, transformation, and control processes using Python and advanced SQL.
• Data Quality & Governance: Establish rigorous data quality controls, metadata tracking, lineage verification, and Authoritative Data Sourcing (ADS) compliance.
• System Resiliency: Apply non-functional requirements (NFRs) focused on security, high availability, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and system observability.

Required & Desired Qualifications

• Experience: 5 to 12+ years in data or software engineering, with significant enterprise background in distributed data architectures.
• Core Languages: Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python (Scala or Java considered strong pluses)

Ecosystems: Hands-on background with Informatica ETL, Hadoop ecosystem components (Hive, HBase, Spark, Kafka), and mainstream RDBMS (Oracle).

Cloud & DevOps: Familiarity with modern containerization and cloud platforms (Azure, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD automation pipelines)

About Us

About FDM

FDM powers the people behind tech and innovation. We spot trends, find top talent, and help businesses stay ahead.

With 35+ years of experience, we coach, mentor, and launch fresh thinkers from diverse backgrounds into world-class careers. Partnering with top global companies, we deliver the right talent at the right time-while guiding our people toward exponential growth.

Global impact - 18 centers across North America, APAC, the UK, and Europe

25,000+ careers launched - and counting

300+ trusted client partners

Committed to Equal Opportunities

Tech careers should be for everyone. With 75+ nationalities represented, FDM thrives on diversity, fuels innovation through unique perspectives, and celebrates success together. As an Equal Opportunity Employer and FTSE4Good-listed company, we ensure every qualified applicant gets a fair shot-no barriers, just opportunities.

Additional Considerations

FDM Group, Inc. is registered to operate and hire employees in select states within the US. We will consider employment applications exclusively from candidates who are either residing in one of the following states or willing to relocate to them: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

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