Job Description

Job Title: Senior Data Engineer

Location: Omaha, NE

Employment Type: Contract



Job Summary:
As a Senior Data Engineer, you will lead and own the Enterprise Data Platform and its data products, playing a pivotal role in enabling data-driven decision-making across the organization. You will collaborate with cross-functional Portfolio and Business Teams to ensure data accessibility, quality, and reliability. Acting as a subject matter expert and mentor, you will drive the success of data initiatives, streamline data processes, and empower teams to collaborate effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development and implementation of data-related features and stories within the Enterprise Data Platform.
• Collaborate with data scientists, business analysts, and cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and priorities.
• Break down complex data tasks into manageable components and assign tasks to team members for delivery.
• Ensure high data quality standards, maintaining accuracy and reliability of data.
• Create and manage data models, validating them with key business representatives, data owners, data architects, and end-users.
• Build automations to validate source-to-target data accuracy during build, testing, and support phases.
• Identify and resolve data-related issues proactively or based on input from end-users.
• Create complex and efficient SQL data transformations and views for various use cases.
• Perform SQL performance tuning, including identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks, join optimization, data model optimization, and data pre-processing.
• Oversee the creation of automated test cases to ensure data values are within expected ranges, complete, and within quality parameters.
• Develop job schedules for data flows and ensure seamless data integration.
• Mentor junior team members and offshore data engineers.
• Operate within a DevOps framework for maintaining source control and deploying database objects; create automated test cases when checking in DB objects.
• Ensure the health and quality of operational support provided by third-party services.

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university preferred or 5+ years of experience in an IT data-related role.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with analysts, offshore resources, and leadership; prior experience leading junior team members.
• Demonstrated knowledge of business concepts and processes related to supported data domains.
• Deep experience (5+ years) in writing and debugging complex SQL on RDBMS platforms like Snowflake, SQL Server, and Oracle.
• Proficient in Python and PySpark for data processing and transformation.
• Experience with DevOps frameworks and source control
• Proficient in using ETL tools like Informatica IICS, Talend, Data Services, and SSIS.
• Experience with cloud-based technologies like Databricks, Snowflake, and Palantir.
• Experience operating within an Agile framework to break down, estimate, assign, and complete work.

Jim Halpin
Senior Unit Manager
LaSalle Network

LaSalle Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer m/f/d/v.

LaSalle Network is the leading provider of direct hire and temporary staffing services. For over two decades, LaSalle has helped organizations hire faster and connect top talent with opportunities, from entry-level positions to the C-suite. With units specializing in Accounting and Finance, Administrative, Marketing, Technology, Supply chain, Healthcare Revenue Cycle, Call Center, Human Resources and Executive Search. LaSalle offers staffing and recruiting solutions to companies of all sizes and across all industries.

LaSalle Network is the premier staffing and recruiting firm, earning over 100 culture, revenue and industry-based awards from major publications and having its company experts regularly contribute insights on retention strategies, hiring trends and hiring challenges, and more to national news outlets. LaSalle Network offers temporary Field Employees benefit plans including medical, dental and vision coverage. Family Medical Leave, Worker's compensation, Paid Leave and Sick Leave are also provided.

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