Data Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Our client is seeking a Data Engineer to design, develop, and optimize scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows using GCP, BigQuery, Apache Spark, and Dataproc . This role will build and support large-scale batch and streaming data solutions while improving performance, reliability, data quality, and cost efficiency across Target’s data platforms. The ideal candidate has strong SQL, Python and/or Java/Scala, distributed data processing, DevOps/CI/CD, and production troubleshooting experience.

Work Details

• Location: Hybrid - Brooklyn Park, MN 55445
• Duration: 10/12/2026 - 4/9/2027
• Contract Length: 6 month contract
• Hours: 40/week
• Experience: 1-8 years

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on Data Engineering experience building production-grade data pipelines
• Strong ETL/ELT development experience
• Hands-on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience
• Strong BigQuery skills, including SQL development and query optimization
• Hands-on Apache Spark and distributed data processing experience
• Experience with GCP Dataproc
• Experience with Hadoop and/or Apache Kafka
• Strong SQL skills working with large datasets
• Proficiency in Python and/or Java/Scala
• Understanding of data modeling, partitioning, distributed processing, and common data/file formats
• Experience with DevOps/CI/CD, Git, automated deployments, and production support
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Nice to Have

• Looker and/or LookML
• GCS, BigLake, Hive, Apache Iceberg, and Parquet
• Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools
• Kafka-based streaming pipeline experience
• Experience migrating on-premises Hadoop/Hive workloads to GCP
• Large-scale data lake or data platform modernization experience
• Familiarity with data quality, governance, lineage, and metadata management
• Power BI

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows
• Build distributed processing solutions with Apache Spark and GCP Dataproc
• Develop and maintain analytical datasets and workloads in BigQuery
• Build batch and/or streaming solutions using Spark, Hadoop, and Kafka
• Develop ingestion and transformation pipelines across source systems, data lakes, and analytical platforms
• Optimize Spark and BigQuery workloads for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost
• Troubleshoot production pipelines, identify root causes, and implement durable fixes
• Build data-quality checks, monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational controls
• Apply software engineering and DevOps practices, including testing, source control, CI/CD, and deployment automation
• Partner with data architects, platform engineers, application teams, and business stakeholders
• Participate in code reviews and develop reusable engineering frameworks and best practices

Insight Global is a staffing, consulting, and AI services company that helps organizations find talent and complete projects. The company works with clients across industries like healthcare, IT, engineering, finance, life sciences, and government to provide contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire, consulting, and project-based solutions.

Company Description

Insight Global is a staffing, consulting, and AI services company that helps organizations find talent and complete projects. The company works with clients across industries like healthcare, IT, engineering, finance, life sciences, and government to provide contract, contract-to-hire, direct hire, consulting, and project-based solutions.