Consulting Data Engineer – Remote

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New York / $75 - $95 hour

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Salary
SALARY:

$75 - $95

Location

LOCATION

New York

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Contract

Big Data Engineer / Solutions Architect

Role Overview

As a Data Engineer / Solutions Architect within a Professional Services organization, you will partner with customers on short to midterm engagements to address complex data and analytics challenges using a modern cloud-based data platform. This role combines hands-on technical delivery with customer-facing consulting, helping clients design, build, and operationalize data solutions that maximize the value of their data.

You will deliver data engineering, analytics, and cloud-focused projects that often involve integration with existing customer systems, enablement and training, and other technical tasks. This is a billable, delivery-oriented role that requires strong execution against defined scopes with a high standard of customer service. You will report to a regional delivery leader.


Key Responsibilities

  • Deliverimpactful customer technical projects, including:
    • Designing and building reference architectures
    • Creating technical guides and implementation documentation
    • Productionalizing customer use cases
  • Partner with engagement managers to scope professional services work based on customer objectives and technical requirements
  • Guide strategic customers through large-scale, transformational data initiatives, including third-party migrations and end-to-end solution design, build, and deployment
  • Provide architectural and design guidance to help customers successfully evaluate, adopt, and scale a modern data platform
  • Lead or bootstrap customer projects to ensure successful technical outcomes
  • Provide escalated technical support for customer operational issues during engagements
  • Collaborate closely with internal technical resources (engineering, architecture, project management, and support teams) and customer stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of all technical components
  • Share implementation feedback with product and support teams and help drive rapid resolution of engagement-specific issues

Required Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or analytics
  • Strong coding experience in Python and/or Scala
  • Working knowledge of two or more major cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), with deep expertise in at least one
  • Extensive experience with distributed data processing and large-scale compute frameworks
  • Understanding of runtime internals and performance optimization in distributed systems
  • Familiarity with CI/CD practices for production deployments
  • Working knowledge of MLOps concepts and workflows
  • Proven experience designing and deploying performant, end-to-end data architectures
  • Strong technical project delivery experience, including managing scope and timelines
  • Excellent documentation, whiteboarding, and technical communication skills
  • Experience working directly with customers, including managing expectations and resolving conflicts

**WE WILL NOT BE ENGAGING 3RD PARTY AGENCIES ON THIS ROLE**

Rate: $75/hr - $95/hr (dependent on experience)

Utilization: 40 hours / week

Term: 6 months, with strong potential for extensions

Location: Remote (time zone flexibility heavily preferred)


CONTACT

Scott Abuso

Senior Recruitment Consultant

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