Data Engineer

Dearborn, Michigan Data Engineer #1065243

Position Description

We're seeking a highly skilled and experienced Full Stack Data Engineer to play a pivotal role in the development and maintenance of our Enterprise Data Platform. In this role, you'll be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing scalable data pipelines within our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment. You'll work with GCP Native technologies like BigQuery, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub, ensuring data governance, security, and optimal performance. This is a fantastic opportunity to leverage your full-stack expertise, collaborate with talented teams, and establish best practices for data engineering at us. Employees in this job function are responsible for designing, building, and maintaining data solutions including data infrastructure, pipelines, etc. for collecting, storing, processing and analyzing large volumes of data efficiently and accurately

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to understand current and future data requirements
• Design, build and maintain reliable, efficient and scalable data infrastructure for data collection, storage, transformation, and analysis
• Plan, design, build and maintain scalable data solutions including data pipelines, data models, and applications for efficient and reliable data workflow
• Design, implement and maintain existing and future data platforms like data warehouses, data lakes, data lakehouse etc. for structured and unstructured data
• Design and develop analytical tools, algorithms, and programs to support data engineering activities like writing scripts and automating tasks
• Ensure optimum performance and identify improvement opportunities

Skills Required

• Data/Analytics dashboards

Skills Preferred

• GCP

Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5-7 years of experience in Data Engineering or Software Engineering, with at least 2 years of hands‑on experience building and deploying cloud‑based data platforms (GCP preferred).
• Strong proficiency in SQL, Java, and Python, with practical experience in designing and deploying cloud‑based data pipelines using GCP services like BigQuery, Dataflow, and DataProc.
• Solid understanding of Service‑Oriented Architecture (SOA) and microservices, and their application within a cloud data platform.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL), NoSQL databases, and columnar databases (e.g., BigQuery). Knowledge of data governance frameworks, data encryption, and data masking techniques in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Tekton, and other automation frameworks.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex data platform and microservices issues.
• Experience in monitoring and optimizing cost and compute resources for processes in GCP technologies (e.g., BigQuery, Dataflow, Cloud Run, DataProc).
• A passion for data, innovation, and continuous learning.

Education Required

• Bachelor's Degree Hybrid Position 4 days a week onsite

Education Preferred

• Master's Degree

Additional Information

• Data Pipeline Architect & Builder: Spearhead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable data ingestion and curation pipelines from diverse sources.
• Ensure data is standardized, high-quality, and optimized for analytical use.
• Leverage cutting‑edge tools and technologies, including Python, SQL, and DBT/Dataform, to build robust and efficient data pipelines.
• End‑to‑End Integration Expert: Utilize your full‑stack skills to contribute to seamless end‑to‑end development, ensuring smooth and reliable data flow from source to insight.
• GCP Data Solutions Leader: Leverage your deep expertise in GCP services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, etc.) to build and manage data platforms that not only meet but exceed business needs and expectations.
• Data Governance & Security Champion: Implement and manage robust data governance policies, access controls, and security best practices, fully utilizing GCP's native security features to protect sensitive data.
• Data Workflow Orchestrator: Employ Astronomer and Terraform for efficient data workflow management and cloud infrastructure provisioning, championing best practices in Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Performance Optimization Driver: Continuously monitor and improve the performance, scalability, and efficiency of data pipelines and storage solutions, ensuring optimal resource utilization and cost‑effectiveness.
• Collaborative Innovator: Collaborate effectively with data architects, application architects, service owners, and cross‑functional teams to define and promote best practices, design patterns, and frameworks for cloud data engineering.
• Automation & Reliability Advocate: Proactively automate data platform processes to enhance reliability, improve data quality, minimize manual intervention, and drive operational efficiency.

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories .Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashionedhard work for 24 years !

FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

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