Lead Data Engineer – Databricks & Oracle ERP

Location: Houston, TX (USA)
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: Long-Term

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer with strong expertise in Databricks and Oracle ERP systems to lead the design, development, and optimization of enterprise-scale data solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of modern data engineering practices, cloud-based data platforms, and ERP data integration. This role requires a combination of hands-on technical expertise, architectural leadership, and the ability to collaborate with business and technical stakeholders across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable data pipelines and data platforms using Databricks.

• Architect and optimize ETL/ELT processes for integrating data from Oracle ERP systems, including Oracle EBS and Oracle Fusion ERP.

• Design and maintain enterprise data models, data warehouses, and lakehouse architectures to support reporting, analytics, and business intelligence initiatives.

• Collaborate with Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, and other business teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

• Ensure data quality, governance, security, and compliance standards are consistently maintained.

• Optimize Spark and SQL workloads to improve performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data engineering team members.

• Partner with architects, analysts, and application teams to deliver reliable and scalable data solutions.

• Support data modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.

• 13+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, or related disciplines.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks and Apache Spark.

• Strong expertise in PySpark, Spark SQL, and large-scale data processing frameworks.

• Experience working with Oracle ERP platforms, including Oracle EBS and/or Oracle Fusion ERP.

• Proven experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines and enterprise data integration solutions.

• Strong SQL development, performance tuning, and data modeling skills.

• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.

• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, and security best practices.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, and Databricks Workflows.

• Knowledge of Oracle Financials, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Procurement, or Order Management modules.

• Experience with real-time data processing and streaming technologies.

• Prior experience leading enterprise data engineering initiatives and distributed teams.

Work Authorization

U.S. Citizens and s are encouraged to apply.

H1B sponsorship is not available for this position.