Data Engineer

Description:
Hybrid 4 days on-site, 1 day work from home in St. Louis, MO

Our client seeks an experienced Data Engineer to support scrum teams working on an enterprise accounting application. You will operate in an AWS GovCloud environment alongside application developers and testers, focusing on the data layer of a transactional system. You will resolve data issues, implement and validate database changes, and support migrations to enable safe and timely delivery. The environment uses AWS RDS for Oracle and Postgres with database changes delivered through GitLab pipelines. This role emphasizes production application data support and transactional database engineering.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $80.00 to $100.00/hr. w2

JN -49

Responsibilities:

• Reconcile and troubleshoot application data issues with developers, testers, and business stakeholders to find root causes.
• Provide daily data engineering support to scrum teams, including running DML scripts, making table and schema changes, and maintaining triggers.
• Deliver database changes through GitLab CI/CD pipelines following change management practices.
• Design and maintain data models and schemas in Oracle and Postgres.
• Support data migrations and refreshes by preparing, running, and validating data loads and reconciling results in collaboration with DBAs.
• Validate database objects and data integrity after maintenance activities such as upgrades and migrations.
• Write, test, and maintain PL/SQL and PL/pgSQL code, including scripts, procedures, and triggers.
• Participate in scrum ceremonies and contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and delivery.
• Document changes, procedures, and recurring fixes.

Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years in data engineering, database engineering, or application data support.
• Advanced SQL and PL/SQL with working knowledge of PL/pgSQL.
• Production experience with both Oracle and Postgres.
• Proven experience supporting a live production application, including reconciling and troubleshooting data issues.
• Strong data modeling and schema design skills.
• Experience with data migration, database refreshes, and data quality validation.
• Experience validating database objects after maintenance activities such as upgrades and migrations.
• Experience using GitLab CI/CD pipelines to deliver database changes.
• Experience working in Agile or scrum teams supporting developers and testers within a sprint cycle.
• Ability to explain data findings clearly to developers, testers, and business stakeholders.
• Preferred: familiarity with AWS RDS and AWS automation for database support such as AWS Backup and Amazon EventBridge.
• Preferred: experience with accounting or financial systems.
• Preferred: experience in AWS GovCloud, regulated, or government environments.
• Preferred: strong PL/pgSQL.

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Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

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