Data Analytics Engineer

Trident Consulting is seeking a “Data Analytics Engineer” for one of our clients in “Atlanta, GA - Onsite” — a global leader in technology.

• Job Title: Data Analytics Engineer
• Location: Atlanta, GA - Onsite
• Type: W2 Contract
• Rate: $60-65/Hr

Job Description: dbt, Trino, LightDash Data Analytics Engineer

• About the Role
• We're looking for an Analytics Engineer who is passionate about transforming vast data landscapes into compelling business insights. In our team, we work across multiple teams to understand performance, capacity and cost engineering using a massive amount of data and data sources. This role offers the chance to engage with a data warehouse of multi-petabyte scale, enhancing your expertise and delivering a significant contribution to the company's success. You'll be instrumental in maintaining data pipelines and collaborating across the company, all while using a diverse set of technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain data transformation pipelines.
• Ensure seamless data ingestion, transformation, scheduling, and preparation for analytics.
• Partner with domain experts across Workday.
• Apply an array of tools for data processing and analysis using Trino/Presto, Jupyter Notebooks, Python, Apache AirFlow, AWS RDS, MySQL/Postgresql, git, and more.
• Innovate and automate data models, influencing pipeline architecture.
• Engage with various teams to provide insightful, data-driven recommendations.

• About You
• You possess a keen interest in working on modeling a complex distributed system and are excited about creating data-driven solutions for a fast pace software company. Your curiosity propels you forward to break down and solve some of the company's most challenging problems. Learning new tools and methods comes naturally to you. Becoming a part of our team is more than just accepting a job; it's embarking on a riveting adventure of discovering.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience in Data Warehousing, Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, or Software Development, or Data Science
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science. Master's degree or advanced certification in Data Science or Analytics is a plus.
• Experience with dbt and Semantic Layer technologies like LookML, Cube, or MetricsFlow.

Other Qualifications:

• Skilled in a range of modern data stack (MDS) tools.
• Experience with data modeling, data warehousing, and building ETL pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud services like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Knowledge of data pipeline and workflow management tools like Apache Airflow.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.
• Experience with business intelligence tools and data visualization techniques.
• At ease within the open-source environment.
• Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, GitOps practices is a bonus.

• About Trident Consulting
• Trident Consulting is an award-winning staffing and consulting firm headquartered in San Ramon, CA. Since 2005, we’ve partnered with Fortune 500 and high-growth companies to deliver high-quality talent across technology, engineering, business operations, and professional services.

We specialize in contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placements, supporting roles across IT, data & analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, finance & accounting, HR, operations, and more. With a strong focus on hard-to-fill and niche positions, our global recruiting engine enables us to deliver speed, quality, and scale.