Data Engineer II

# Senior Data Engineer, Operations - Remote (US)

## About the Role

A tech consulting firm is seeking a **Senior Data Engineer** to manage, optimize, and support production data pipelines. This role focuses on the operational reliability of data ingestion and transformation processes, including debugging, triaging, and providing ongoing production support.

The successful candidate will bring strong **Python and SQL programming skills**, experience with **CI/CD practices**, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. This is a fully remote opportunity for candidates located within the contiguous United States, with opportunities for growth.

## Key Responsibilities

• - Manage and optimize production data pipelines.
• - Debug issues affecting production data pipelines and processes.
• - Triage data pipeline and production-related issues.
• - Provide operational support for data ingestion processes.
• - Support and maintain data transformation processes.
• - Apply programming skills in Python and SQL to data engineering tasks.
• - Work with CI/CD practices as part of data engineering and production operations.
• - Work independently in a fast-paced consulting environment.

## Required Qualifications

• - Strong programming skills in **Python**.
• - Strong programming skills in **SQL**.
• - Experience with **CI/CD practices**.
• - Experience managing and optimizing production data pipelines.
• - Experience debugging and triaging data pipeline or production issues.
• - Experience providing operational support for data ingestion and transformation processes.
• - Ability to work independently.

## Preferred Qualifications

- No additional preferred qualifications are explicitly specified in the source job description.

## Skills & Competencies

• - Data engineering
• - Production data pipelines
• - Data ingestion
• - Data transformation
• - Python
• - SQL
• - Debugging
• - Issue triage
• - Production operations and support
• - CI/CD practices
• - Independent problem-solving
• - Adaptability in a fast-paced environment

## Education & Experience

**Education**

- No specific education requirement is stated in the source job description.

**Experience**

• - Experience managing and optimizing production data pipelines.
• - Experience debugging, triaging, and supporting data ingestion and transformation processes.
• - Experience with CI/CD practices.

## Work Arrangement & Schedule

• - **Work arrangement:** Fully remote
• - **Location:** United States, within the contiguous United States
• - **Employment type:** Full-time
• - **Engagement:** Independent contract agreement
• - **Schedule:** No specific schedule or weekly hours are stated in the source job description.

## Compensation & Benefits

• - **Compensation:** USD; no specific salary or rate is provided in the source job description.
• - **Benefits:** No specific benefits are provided in the source job description.

## Compliance / Additional Information

• - This is a fully remote position within the contiguous United States.
• - The position is offered under an independent contract agreement.