Data Engineer

Description
The Data Engineering & Platform Administrator plays a central role in building, maintaining, and optimizing the organization's data ecosystem. This position combines hands-on data engineering with the administration of key data platforms, ensuring reliable data pipelines, scalable infrastructure, and high-quality data models that support analytics and business decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Administration & Automation
Manage and administer Informatica, Snowflake, and DBT environments, ensuring availability, performance, and security.
Develop automation and tooling to streamline platform operations, reduce manual effort, and improve developer productivity.
Oversee user access, configuration, environment management, and operational monitoring across all supported platforms.
Partner with infrastructure and security teams to maintain compliance and optimize resource usage.
Data Pipeline Development & Operations
Design, build, and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines to support ingestion, transformation, and delivery of data across the organization.
Monitor and troubleshoot pipeline performance, ensuring timely and accurate data flow.
Implement best practices for version control, CI/CD, testing, and observability within the data pipeline ecosystem.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and deliver reliable solutions.
Data Modeling & Analysis
Develop and maintain logical and physical data models that support analytics, reporting, and operational use cases.
Conduct data profiling, quality checks, and root-cause analysis to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
Work closely with analysts, data scientists, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into well-structured datasets and semantic layers.
Document data structures, lineage, and transformation logic to support transparency and governance.
Qualifications
Experience administering Informatica, Snowflake, and DBT in production environments.
Strong experience in ETL/ELT development and data pipeline orchestration.
Proficiency in SQL and familiarity with modern data modeling techniques (e.g., dimensional modeling, data vault, semantic modeling).
Understanding of cloud data architectures and DevOps practices.
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively across technical and business teams.
Skills
Data, Sql, Data warehouse, Azure, Etl, Cloud, Python, Snowflake
Top Skills Details
Data,Sql,Data warehouse,Azure,Etl,Cloud,Python
Additional Skills & Qualifications
None
Experience Level
Intermediate/Advanced Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Webster, NY.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $60.00 - $75.00/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 fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Jan 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.