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Senior Data Engineer

$55 - $60 per hour

Cynet Systems

Job Overview:


Pay Range: $55.00hr - $60.00hr


Requirement/Must Have:
  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering, with demonstrated ownership of large-scale data migration projects.
  • Strong to expert-level proficiency in Python for building and automating data pipelines.
  • Deep hands-on experience with PostgreSQL/Oracle, including schema design, query optimization, and performance tuning.
  • Proven experience designing and managing ETL/ELT pipelines at scale (millions of records).
  • Experience mapping and transforming complex, legacy data structures across disparate systems or business entities.
  • Strong understanding of data validation, reconciliation, and quality assurance techniques.
  • Solid grasp of data modeling principles (normalization, indexing, partitioning).
  • Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD practices for data pipelines.
Responsibilities:
  • Lead the end-to-end migration (transformation and load) of high-volume, high-complexity data into a new PostgreSQL-based infrastructure.
  • Design, build, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines capable of processing millions of records reliably and efficiently.
  • Map and reconcile complex legacy data structures across multiple business entities into a unified target schema.
  • Define and implement data validation frameworks to ensure integrity, completeness, and accuracy throughout the migration.
  • Optimize pipeline performance, including query tuning, indexing strategy, and batch/incremental load design in PostgreSQL.
  • Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve data quality issues, schema mismatches, and pipeline failures.
  • Document data mappings, transformation logic, and migration runbooks for engineering and business stakeholders.
  • Partner with business and technical stakeholders to align migration scope, timelines, and data requirements.
  • Establish monitoring, logging, and alerting to track pipeline health and data quality post-migration.
  • Mentor junior data engineers and contribute to engineering best practices and standards.
Nice to Have:
  • Experience with orchestration tools (e.g., Airflow, Dagster, Prefect).
  • Familiarity with cloud data platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • Experience with other relational or NoSQL databases and cross-database migrations.
  • Background working in regulated or high-stakes data environments.
  • Experience with containerization (Docker) and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Exposure to data quality/testing frameworks (e.g., Great Expectations, dbt tests).
Skills:
  • Python.
  • PostgreSQL.
  • Oracle.
  • ETL/ELT.
  • Data Migration.
  • Schema Design.
  • Query Optimization.
  • Data Modeling.
  • Git.
  • CI/CD.
Qualification And Education:
  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering.
  • Expertise in Python and SQL databases.
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