Snowflake Data Engineer

Job Title: Senior Data Engineer (Snowflake + AWS + dbt + PySpark)Location: Denver, CO (Hybrid)Employment Type: W2 Contract• Lead design of Snowflake-based cloud data platforms and enterprise data modernization• Build scalable ELT pipelines using dbt / Airflow.• Migrate legacy pipelines to governed dbt frameworks improving efficiency & cost• knowledge on data models (Kimball)• Manage workflow orchestration (Airflow/Astronomer) with SLA monitoring • Establish CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) for reliable deploymentsMandatory skills:• dbt, ETL/ELT pipeline development• Snowflake, AWS/Azure Data Lake• Python, SQL, PySpark, Spark• Airflow / workflow orchestration• CI/CD (GitHub Actions)Desired Skills:• AI/ML & GenAI (LLMs, Snowflake Cortex AI, LangChain)• Kafka / streaming pipelines• Hadoop, Hive ecosystem• Tableau, Power BI, Qlik• Data security (RBAC, masking)