Senior Data Engineer

Description
About the Role
The team needs a senior Databricks-focused data engineer who can design scalable, multi-site data architecture supporting the long-term roadmap toward AI, context engineering, and continuous data-product evolution. This person must have strong data modeling, Databricks expertise, and a solid understanding of data governance, including how controls are applied on pipelines and how architectural decisions reinforce governance standards.
The role involves no maintenance work; it is fully focused on a simultaneous rollout of six sites, continuously integrating new datasets and ensuring the architecture scales as additional factories and business units come online. This requires someone who can think big-picture, avoid rebuilds, and ensure the architecture supports future growth without rework.
They must also be confident and diplomatic enough to push back on highly experienced data scientists, who currently handle much of the modeling and data landing themselves. The engineer needs to represent the broader vision, guide conversations, and ensure alignment across the team-not simply take orders.
The team already has execution-level data engineers and support from Databricks' practice group, so what's needed is a strategic leader, not another ticket-based executor. Needs strong understanding of data governance, pipeline controls, and be able to explain how that impacts architectural decisions.
Lumentum is seeking a Data Engineer to help centralize and optimize data across six manufacturing factories and fabs. Currently, reporting is siloed, and systems are isolated. This role will focus on extracting data from multiple sources, consolidating it into a centralized data lake (Databricks), and enabling advanced analytics and machine learning models for improved manufacturing efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
Extract and integrate data from diverse manufacturing systems (MES and related platforms) into a centralized data lake.
Design and implement scalable data models and architectures to support analytics and AI/ML initiatives.
Collaborate with data scientists to prepare structured datasets for machine learning and predictive analytics.
Work closely with manufacturing teams to understand processes, metrics, and data flows.
Ensure data quality, consistency, and accessibility across multiple sites.
Skills
Databrics, data management
Top Skills Details
Databricks,data management
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Required Skills & Experience
Database expertise and strong knowledge of AWS cloud services.
Experience with data modeling and modern data architecture principles.
Familiarity with manufacturing systems (MES) and related operational data.
Prior experience in semiconductor or high-tech manufacturing companies (e.g., Texas Instruments, Applied Materials).
Ability to understand manufacturing processes and associated performance metrics.
Proficiency in Databricks or similar platforms for data engineering.
Strong SQL and data integration skills; ability to pull and transform data rather than just build metrics.
Experience Level
Intermediate Level
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of San Jose, CA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $100.00 - $130.00/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 Feb 27, 2026.
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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.