Data Engineer #1037316
Job Description:

• Employees in this job function are responsible for designing, building, and maintaining data solutions including data infrastructure, pipelines, etc. for collecting, storing, processing and analyzing large volumes of data efficiently and accurately

 
Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to understand current and future data requirements
• Design, build and maintain reliable, efficient and scalable data infrastructure for data collection, storage, transformation, and analysis
• Plan, design, build and maintain scalable data solutions including data pipelines, data models, and applications for efficient and reliable data workflow
• Design, implement and maintain existing and future data platforms like data warehouses, data lakes, data lakehouse etc. for structured and unstructured data
• Design and develop analytical tools, algorithms, and programs to support data engineering activities like writing scripts and automating tasks
• Ensure optimum performance and identify improvement opportunities

 
Skills Required:

• Google Cloud Platform
• ETL
• Apache Spark
• Data Architecture
• Python
• SQL
• KAFKA

 
Skills Preferred:

• Java
• Powershell
• Data Acquisition
• Data Analysis
• Data Collection
• Data Conversion
• Data Integrity
• Data/Analytics dashboards

 
Experience Required:

• Engineer 2 Exp: 4+ years Data Engineering work experience

 
Experience Preferred:

• Data Pipeline Architecture & Development: Design, build, and maintain highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and performant data pipelines to ingest and process data from 10+ siloed sources, including both structured and unstructured formats.
• ML-Driven ETL Implementation: Operationalize ETL pipelines for intelligent data ingestion, automated cataloging, and sophisticated normalization of diverse datasets.
• Unified Data Model Creation: Architect and implement a unified data model capable of connecting all relevant data elements across various sources, optimized for efficient querying and insight generation by AI agents and chatbot interfaces.
• Big Data Processing: Utilize advanced distributed processing frameworks (Apache Beam, Apache Spark, Google Cloud Dataflow) to handle large-scale data transformations and data flow.
• Cloud-Native Data Infrastructure: Leverage GCP services to build and manage robust data storage, processing, and orchestration layers.
• Data Quality, Governance & Security: Implement rigorous data quality gates, validation rules, bad record handling, and comprehensive logging. Ensure strict adherence to data security policies, IAM role management, and GCP perimeter security.
• Automation & Orchestration: Develop shell scripts, Cloud Build YAMLs, and utilize Cloud Scheduler/PubSub for E2E automation of data pipelines and infrastructure provisioning. Collaboration with AI/ML Teams: Work closely with AI/ML engineers, data scientists, and product managers to understand data reqts, integrate data solutions with multi-agentic systems, and optimize data delivery for chatbot functionalities.
• Testing & CI/CD: Implement robust testing strategies, maintain high code quality through active participation in Git/GitHub, perform code reviews, and manage CI/CD pipelines via Cloud Build.
• Tuning & Optimization: Continuously monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot data pipelines and BQ performance using techniques like table partitioning, clustering, and sharding.

 
Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree

 
Education Preferred:

• Certification Program

 
Additional Info:
 
At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra.  We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
 

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

 
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!
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