Data Engineer (Remote)

Overview

GovCIO is seeking a Data Engineer to support operational solutions in our multi-cloud lakehouse environments on Azure and AWS. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced operations and maintenance environment. The ideal candidate will have expertise in data engineering and analytics, with hands-on experience in Databricks, Azure Synapse Analytics, and a solid understanding of the Medallion Architecture. This customer-facing role will be instrumental in ensuring customer satisfaction.

 

This position will fully remote within the United States.

 

Responsibilities

• Responsible for delivery of data engineering work (ingestion, conditioning and publishing) aligned with published standards (ingestion, conditioning). 
• Data pipeline development and data integration.
• Write QA notebook(s) for all engineering work to be checked by CX Insights QA personnel, aligned with published policy.
• Align engineering work with published performance and monitoring of data pipeline standards.
• Remediation of data pipelines.
• Comply with all Data Quality and governance standards.
• Documentation for Data Products
• Assist in reducing technical debt related to the items listed above.
• Coordinate with/provide feedback to architects for architectural solutions.
• Development of Proof of Concepts
• Documentation within the ticket for short-term work delivery adjustments including quality notebooks.
• Quickly Respond to Feature Requests from customers.
• Troubleshoot, resolve, properly capture in systems of record customer reported bugs.
• Experience with the following process, tools, and platforms:
  • Azure cloud experience is a must
  • Azure API experience
  • Azure Synapse Analytics
  • Spark
  • Databricks
  • Python
  • Medallion Architecture in Data Lakehouse environment
  • ELT/ETL process
  • CI/CD pipelines
• Collaborate with Architects, data engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable and reliable data solutions.
• Role model the attributes of an ideal team player, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Ability to understand the business and its objectives and be able to translate complex data concepts into terms that non-technical stakeholders can understand
• Evaluates, sizes and selects technology components, such as software, hardware, and (limited) networking capabilities, for database management systems and application databases.
• Develops, maintains, evaluates and documents administration of database tools and strategies.
• Designs and implements data models and data access layers for new product functionality.
• Writes and tunes SQL queries for performance and scalability.
• Implements comprehensive backup and database replication solutions

 

 

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related scientific/technical discipline 
• 12+ years of experience in IT, with at least 5 years in cloud architecture roles.
  • 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
• Proven expertise in Azure (e.g., Data Lakehouse, Synapse, Data Factory).
• Extensive hands-on experience with Databricks
• Strong understanding and practical application of Medallion Architecture in data lakehouse environments.
• Solid knowledge of data modeling, ETL/ELT processes, and big data technologies.
• Proficiency in Python and Spark.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, ARM templates).
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or Databricks Certified Data Engineer.
• Experience with real-time data processing (e.g., Kafka, Event Hubs).
• Familiarity with data governance tools (e.g., Unity Catalog, Purview).
• Exposure to AI/ML model deployment in cloud environments.
• AWS experience is nice to have

Clearance Required:  Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust clearance.

Company Overview

GovCIO is a team of transformers--people who are passionate about transforming government IT. Every day, we make a positive impact by delivering innovative IT services and solutions that improve how government agencies operate and serve our citizens.But we can't do it alone. We need great people to help us do great things - for our customers,