Data Engineer

Job Description

Iris's client, one of the world's largest financial institutions whose subsidiaries provide insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services is looking to hire " Data Engineer " for a contract to hire opportunity.

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Position: Data Engineer

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Location: Newark, NJ - Hybrid- 3 Day onsite/week)

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Duration: 6+ Months W2 Contract to hire. (No C2C)

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Must have:

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• We are seeking a hands-on Senior Data Engineer with strong Denodo experience to design, build, and maintain scalable virtualized data products and semantic-layer solutions.
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• The ideal candidate will have expertise in data integration, virtualization, API enablement, and cloud-based ETL development.
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• This role will partner closely with Solution Architects, Tech Leads, AI Engineers, and Business SMEs to deliver trusted, governed, and AI-consumable data assets.
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Key Responsibilities

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Denodo Development

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• Develop and maintain layers of views;
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• Build virtualized data products using Denodo best practices.
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• Implement: Relationship, joins, standardization, transformations
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• Apply enterprise naming conventions and business metadata standards.
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Data Engineering

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• Build and support ETL/ELT pipelines using AWS services.
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• Integrate data from multiple source systems, APIs, cloud platforms, and operational applications.
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• Support creation of canonical data models and semantic-layer entities.
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• Develop reusable data transformation components.
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Performance Optimization

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• Optimize Denodo query performance.
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• Implement caching and accelerator strategies.
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• Tune joins, aggregations, and virtualized query execution.
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• Troubleshoot complex performance and integration issues.
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Required Qualifications

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• 5+ years of Data Engineering experience.
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• 3+ years of Denodo development experience.
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Strong knowledge of:

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• Virtual Data Models
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• Data Integration
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• SQL
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• Data Warehousing
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• Dimensional Modeling
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Experience with:

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• AWS Lambda
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• ETL/ELT development
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• APIs and Web Services
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• Data Product development
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Experience implementing:

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• Join strategies
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• Aggregations
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• Union operations
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• Data standardization frameworks
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• Preferred Qualifications
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Exposure to:

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• AI/Agent engineering ecosystems
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• LLMOps concepts
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About Iris Software Inc.

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With 4,000+ associates and offices in India, U.S.A. and Canada, Iris Software delivers technology services and solutions that help clients complete fast, far-reaching digital transformations and achieve their business goals. A strategic partner to Fortune 500 and other top companies in financial services and many other industries, Iris provides a value-driven approach - a unique blend of highly-skilled specialists, software engineering expertise, cutting-edge technology, and flexible engagement models. High customer satisfaction has translated into long-standing relationships and preferred-partner status with many of our clients, who rely on our 30+ years of technical and domain expertise to future-proof their enterprises. Associates of Iris work on mission-critical applications supported by a workplace culture that has won numerous awards in the last few years, including Certified Great Place to Work in India; Top 25 GPW in IT & IT-BPM; Ambition Box Best Place to Work, #3 in IT/ITES; and Top Workplace NJ-USA.