Data Engineer III – Data Ingestion & Platform Modernization- Remote

Data Engineer III - Data Ingestion & Platform ModernizationRemote (working CST)6- month contractPay Rate: $70.00 - $77.00per hr.Our client needs a Data Engineer -This role supports a major enterprise data modernization initiative within a large banking environment. The organization is actively migrating from on-prem systems and a legacy Cloudera-based data lake into a Snowflake-based cloud data platform, while also supporting multiple high-priority business and regulatory initiatives. This position is part of a highly visible engineering team responsible for building and maintaining scalable data ingestion pipelines across multiple enterprise systems.Key Business Initiatives SupportedProject Turbo (top profitability initiative): improving small business checking processesR2 (top deposit initiative): enabling enterprise-wide data availability for testing and iterationOpen banking regulatory data ingestion (non-Kafka streaming required for this role)Enterprise data lake modernization and migration into SnowflakeCore ResponsibilitiesBuild and support end-to-end data ingestion pipelines from multiple source systems into SnowflakeMove and transform data from on-prem environments into cloud platformsSupport ingestion from diverse data sources:Flat filesRDBMS systems (Oracle, SQL Server)Mainframe extractsSSIS-based pipelinesWork with ingestion/orchestration tools such as Precisely and ClickPerform data obfuscation and transformation as requiredMove data into AWS S3 landing zones and Snowflake staging/landing layersDevelop and optimize SQL for complex transformations and joinsSupport Python-based data engineering scripts and workflowsContribute to ingestion pipeline re-engineering and optimizationIntegrate data from enterprise systems including SharePoint and Jira into SnowflakeRequired Skills:5+ years of relevant experienceStrong experience in data engineering and big data environmentsAdvanced SQL (complex joins, optimization, performance tuning)Python development experienceSnowflake experienceCloudera or similar big data platform experienceExperience with ingestion tools such as Precisely and ClickUnderstanding of enterprise data ingestion patternsExperience with multiple data sources (RDBMS, flat files, mainframe, APIs)Bonus Skills:AWS S3 experienceExperience with Jira and SharePoint data extraction/integrationExperience working in highly regulated or banking environments