Senior Data Engineer

Senior Data Engineer

Westlake, TX

Type: Contract

Category: Data

Industry: Financial Services

Reference ID: JN -062026-107286

Date Posted: 06/04/2026

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Description: Hybrid Every Other Week onsite / 5 days in Westlake, TX

Our client seeks a Senior Data Engineer to join the Cyber Data Analytics chapter within Enterprise Cybersecurity. You will design and deliver scalable data solutions that secure and enable analytics across cybersecurity domains. The role focuses on building robust pipelines, managing migrations, modeling complex datasets, and producing decision-ready insights that support executive stakeholders. You will collaborate with product owners and partners, mentor peers, and embed quality and reliability through automated testing and CI/CD.

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: $70.00 to $75.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable data solutions including processing pipelines, migrations, and complex data models.

• Identify and implement development opportunities within public cloud environments to enhance capabilities.

• Translate high-level business requirements into actionable technical tasks in partnership with product owners and stakeholders.

• Analyze, transform, and validate datasets to ensure integrity, accessibility, and security across the lifecycle.

• Provide technical mentorship and thought leadership to the team.

• Integrate automated testing and continuous validation within sprints to ensure production reliability.

• Develop end-to-end solutions using distributed design patterns and modern analytics technologies.

• Support and enhance production systems with a focus on performance, speed, and reliability.

Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.

• 7+ years of data engineering or data architecture experience.

• Strong SQL with Snowflake (including SnowSQL), Postgres, SQL Server, and Oracle.

• Proven pipeline development with Python; NiFi and dbt preferred.

• Power BI reporting experience to produce effective visualizations.

• Hands-on AWS experience with S3, EC2, RDS, EKS, Batch, and CloudFormation.

• Deep knowledge of data modeling principles including 3NF and Star Schema.

• CI/CD experience with Jenkins and GitHub for automated deployments.

• Familiarity with workload scheduling and orchestration such as Control-M.

• Demonstrated data quality analysis skills to ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness.

• Ability to operate independently in Agile environments using Scrum or Kanban.

• Clear communication and presentation skills.

Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

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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.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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