Azure Data Engineer

Overview

GDC IT Solutions is currently seeking an Azure Data Engineer in the Maryland area.

Position Overview:

As a strong Azure Data Engineer (ETL Developer) candidate you must be able to support a dynamic federal government project. The ideal candidate will be responsible for the design, development, and implementation of the extract, transform, load (ETL) and reporting of the data warehouse dataset, as well as determining data accuracy and determine optimal structure for analysis and reporting purposes.

Responsibilities

Designing, developing, testing, and deploying data pipelines, data warehouses, and data lakes using Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, ADLS, T-SQL scripts and Python notebooks.

Manage data quality and integrity, resolving issues, and creating technical documentation.

Automate data platform operations and manage the post-production system and processes.

Design efficient data models from a logical design based on business requirements and available use patterns.

Ability to triage and self-direct, prioritize and manage time effectively

Minimum Qualifications

Must be a US Citizen

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, IT, Computer Engineering, or related field

Minimum of 4 years of experience in data engineering and data warehousing using Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, ADLS.

Minimum of 2 years of specialized experience in Dimensional data modeling, T-SQL development, Python, and familiar with Spark

Experience with methodologies agile development and DevOps tools, such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, or GitLab

Preferred Experience:

Exposure to metadata management including data catalogs using Microsoft Purview

Exposure to Microsoft Fabric

Experience with creating Power BI reports and dashboards

Experience with data quality, data governance, and data security best practices