Data Engineer Support Specialist

Chicago, IL, US • Posted 16 days ago • Updated 4 hours ago

Contract Independent

On-site

Compensation information provided in the description

Judge Group, Inc.

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Job Details

Skills

Engineering Support
Storage
FOCUS
Tier 2
Tier 3
Production Support
Data Lake
Data Storage
Streaming
Testing
Collaboration
Debugging
Issue Resolution
Bridging
Log Analysis
Real-time
Data Quality
SQL
Apache Kafka
Kubernetes
Splunk
SPL
Management
Privacy
Marketing

Summary

Location: Chicago, IL
Salary: $80.00 USD Hourly - $100.00 USD Hourly
Description:
We are seeking a highly technical Data Platform Support Engineer to provide dedicated production support for our data ingestion and storage ecosystem. This role is critical for reducing the support burden currently placed on developers, enabling the team to focus on strategic platform enhancements.

This is a long term contract that is hybrid 3 days onsite per week in Downtown Chicago

Key Responsibilities

Provide Tier-2/Tier-3 production support for data ingestion pipelines and Data Lake storage systems.
Troubleshoot issues across SQL engines, Kafka streaming, Kubernetes workloads, and logging/monitoring layers.
Interface closely with the testing team to collaborate on debugging and issue resolution.
Participate in incident bridges, log analysis, and real-time remediation efforts.
Optimize query performance, analyze failed jobs, and investigate data quality inconsistencies.

Required Skills & Experience

1. SQL Expertise

Preferred: Experience with Starburst/Trino, Presto, or Athena.

2. Kafka

3. Kubernetes

4. Splunk - Ability to query logs using SPL.

5. HashiCorp Vault - Practical experience with secrets management.

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Contact:

This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Please apply with us today!

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Dice Id: cxjudgpa
Position Id: 1117174
Posted 16 days ago

Company Info

About Judge Group, Inc.

The Judge Group, is a leading professional services firm specializing in talent, technology, and learning solutions. We consult, staff, train, and solve. Through our work we make people and organizations better.

Our services are successfully delivered through a network of more than 30 offices across the United States, Canada, and India. The Judge Group is proud to partner with the best and brightest companies in business today, including over 60 of the Fortune 100. We serve organizations in financial services, healthcare, life sciences, insurance, government (including aerospace and defense), manufacturing, and technology and telecommunications.

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