Data Engineer III – Streaming & Kafka Remote (working CST) 9- month contract Pay Rate: $70.00 - $77.00per hr.
This is a highly specialized, high-priority 9-month contract role supporting critical enterprise data initiatives within a large banking organization. The role focuses on real-time data ingestion, event streaming, and modernization of enterprise data pipelines into Snowflake. This position is mission-critical and supports some of the bank's most visible and regulated data programs.
Key Business Initiatives Supported
Open banking regulatory data ingestion (Kafka-based streaming required)
Enterprise R2 deposit data initiative (top bank priority)
Snowflake migration and data lake modernization efforts
Core Responsibilities
Design, build, and support real-time and batch ingestion pipelines into Snowflake
Work extensively with Kafka-based event streaming systems
Support enterprise ingestion from multiple source types:
Event streams (Kafka)
RDBMS systems (Oracle, SQL Server)
Flat files and mainframe extracts
Build and maintain ingestion pipelines using Python and SQL
Support complex data transformation and movement across systems
Work with tools such as Precisely and Click for orchestration
Load data into Snowflake landing zones and downstream structures
Ensure reliability and scalability of streaming ingestion pipelines