Job Description
Senior Data Engineer
Columbia, MD
Contract
Visa : USC, EAD, GC on W2
The Senior Data Engineer is responsible for orchestrating, deploying, maintaining, and scaling cloud and/or on-premise infrastructure supporting big data and enterprise data platforms (Relational and NoSQL, distributed and converged systems).
This role focuses on:
- Reliability
- Automation
- Performance optimization
- Delivering data-driven insights and business value
20% – Infrastructure Development
- Develop and maintain data infrastructure systems (data warehouses, data lakes).
- Build and maintain data access APIs.
- Prepare and manipulate data using multiple technologies.
- Interpret and analyze data using statistical techniques.
- Deliver ongoing reports and actionable insights.
- Support data-driven decision-making for key projects.
- Design and execute quality control procedures across multiple systems.
- Develop logical and physical data models.
- Evaluate and enhance data warehouse architecture.
- Apply metadata standards and modeling conventions.
- Plan data classes, indexing, replication, backup, retention, and recovery strategies.
- Create frameworks for structured and unstructured data collection.
- Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices.
- Participate in professional workshops and industry networking.
- Apply data extraction, transformation, and loading techniques.
- Integrate large datasets from multiple sources.
- Implement best practices in:
- Data auditing
- Scalability
- Reliability
- Application performance
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in:
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Engineering
- Related field
Additional 4 years of relevant experience (on top of required experience).
Experience
- 5+ years of experience in:
- Database design
- Data modeling tools
- ETL/ELT development
- Application development
- Relational database development
- Data architecture
Expert Level
- SQL / NoSQL / Python (at least one programming language)
- Database design & implementation
- Data exchange formats
- Data movement concepts
- Strong analytical & problem-solving skills
- Organizational and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Must disclose any debarment or exclusion impacting Federal healthcare program eligibility.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Capable of handling shifting priorities and deadlines.
- Strong customer service skills (internal & external stakeholders).
- Ability to manage demanding or complex situations professionally.
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Columbia, Maryland |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 2,500 to 4,999 employees |
| Website | https://systemone.com |
About Company
Every day, System One focuses on services and solutions that require a high degree of specialization, in-demand technical skills, and large-scale operational expertise. We are essential partners to those on the front lines of our nation’s most critical infrastructure, technology, and life sciences initiatives.
Founded more than 40 years ago as a staffing partner to the engineering industry, today System One is a diversified organization operating in over 50 locations and putting more than 9,000 people to work in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
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