Data Engineer

Job Description

Rea is a growing Top 100 business advisory & accounting firm providing our clients services in tax, accounting, and business consulting. We have a ‘People First’ culture and we focus on our employees’ well-being and professional development. With over 400 professionals and locations throughout Ohio, our firm has a culture that respects a work-life balance for our team. We also provide competitive compensation and a robust benefits plan.

The Data Engineer will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our organization's data platforms. This role will collaborate extensively with business stakeholders to source and manage data from across our organization and may serve client-facing requests as needed. This role involves data integration, pipeline development, automation, and supporting analytics through visualization and self-service tools.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines using SQL, Spark (Spark SQL / PySpark) and other technologies to support the organization’s growing data Lakehouse

Ensure that data platforms are properly architected for scalability, performance, and data integrity. Work cross-functionally to make sure data platforms are properly integrated with other systems

Design ETL/ELT processes to ingest data from various sources and integrate them into existing data platforms. Work cross-functionally to surface high-quality data for analytics, data visualization, and data science

Collaborate with internal teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Help other members of the organization develop data skills and an understanding of data quality and governance

Ensure data quality, consistency, security, and compliance across all projects. Monitor and tune data platforms as needed to ensure a high level of service for users

Create, maintain, and enhance documentation on systems and data products. Ensure that code is properly version controlled and managed as it moves from development to production

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Highly experienced with ETL/ELT concepts and tools for data integration and management

Highly experienced with SQL Server, Microsoft Azure, Azure Functions, Azure Storage, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Fabric

Highly experience with API integration techniques and data management

Highly experienced with SQL, Python, Spark (Spark SQL & PySpark), Git

Familiarity with other Microsoft data products such as Power BI, Power Automate, Power Platform

Understanding of data modeling concepts, dimensional modeling, normalization, and medallion architecture

Understanding of data security, data privacy and their related compliance standards

Proficiency with Git for source control management and an understanding of CI/CD concepts

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex data-related issues

Strong communication skills to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Experience with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence a plus

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Proven experience (5+ years) as a Data Warehouse Engineer or in a similar role

Proficiency in designing and implementing data solutions using technologies such as SQL, Spark, Azure, or other comparable technologies

Ability to travel to clients as needed

Benefits

Rea & Associates offers a wide variety of benefits to help support our employees' health, wellness and financial goals.

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

Retirement Plan (401k)

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)

Short Term & Long Term Disability

Training & Development

Wellness Resources

Four (4) weeks PTO

Twelve (12) paid holidays, of which three (3) are floating holidays

Rea does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies without pre-approval from Rea’s Talent team. Pre-approval is required before any external candidate can be submitted. Rea will not be responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes and for candidates who are sent directly to our hiring managers.

Full-time