Lead Data Engineer

Description
The Data Engineer Lead plays a pivotal role in building and operationalizing the minimally inclusive data necessary for the enterprise data and analytics initiatives following industry standard practices and tools, as well as, being interested in leading and developing current team members, while also serving as a technical leader. This position primarily leads the building, managing and optimizing data pipelines and then moving these data pipelines effectively into production for key data and analytics consumers like business/data analysts, data scientists or any persona that needs curated data for data and analytics use cases across the enterprise. This role will also test for data quality to ensure our client's data conforms to business rules and is accurate, complete, consistent, and uniform.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Architecting, creating and maintaining data pipelines.
Assist with renovating the data management infrastructure to drive automation in data integration and management.
Work in partnership with data science teams and with business analysts in refining their data requirements for various data and analytics initiatives and their data consumption requirements.
Train counterparts across the organization in data pipelining and preparation techniques, which make it easier for them to integrate and consume the data they need for their own use cases.
Work with data governance teams and participate in vetting and promoting content created in the business and by data scientists to the curated data catalog for governed reuse.
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently across multiple tasks while meeting aggressive timelines.
Strategic, intellectually curious thinker with focus on outcomes.
Professional image with the ability to form relationships across functions.
Provides leadership, coaching, and mentoring to team members, and develops team to work with all areas of the organization.
Works with stakeholders to ensure that business needs are clearly understood and that services meet those needs.
Anticipates and analyzes trends in technology while assessing the emerging technology's impact(s).
Coaches' individuals through change and serves as a role model.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in computer science, statistics or related field
7+ years of related experience in data management disciplines including data integration, modeling, optimization and data quality, and/or other areas directly relevant to data engineering responsibilities and tasks
7+ years of experience with database programming languages and advanced analytics

Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree in computer science, statistics or related field
Hands on data testing experience
Demonstrated success working with data preparation tools
Extensive experience with data engineering tooling (e.g., Glue, Landa, Athena, AWS)
Expert knowledge of BI software tools
Expert experience with open-source and commercial data science platforms
Learn and/or Agile methodology
Strong experience with various Data Management architectures and processes
Strong ability to design, build and manage data pipelines for data
Strong experience in working with large, heterogeneous datasets in building and optimizing data pipelines, pipeline architectures and integrated datasets
Demonstrated success in working with large, heterogeneous datasets to extract business value
Strong experience in working with DevOps capabilities like version control, automated builds, testing and release management capabilities
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences
Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently across multiple tasks while meeting aggressive timelines
Strategic, intellectually curious thinker with focus on outcomes
Professional image with the ability to form relationships across functions
Ability to train more junior analysts regarding day-to-day activities, as necessary
Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams
Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job
Financial Services Background
Skills
Python, Sql, Aws, lambda, Athena, Data, terraform, snowflake
Top Skills Details
Python,Sql,Aws,lambda,Athena
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Columbus, OH.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $85.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long-term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Columbus,OH.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Feb 24, 2026.
>About TEKsystems:
We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.