Azure Data Engineer

Our client is seeking a Senior Azure Data Engineer to support a company-wide cloud transformation. This hands‑on role will design and optimize scalable Azure data solutions for enterprise analytics, applications, and AI use cases.

Job Title:

Senior Azure Data Engineer

Location:

Hybrid in Duluth, GA, two days onsite per week

Job Type: 6‑Month Contract‑to‑Hire

• Build scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, PySpark, SQL, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and Databricks.
• Develop lakehouse and warehouse solutions using One Lake, ADLS Gen2, Delta Lake, Parquet, and Spark.
• Create batch, incremental, CDC, API, and streaming ingestion processes.
• Design dimensional models, star schemas, SCDs, and curated data products.
• Build reusable frameworks for ingestion, transformation, validation, logging, and error handling.
• Optimize Spark, SQL, storage, and pipeline performance.
• Implement data quality, governance, lineage, monitoring, and observability.
• Support CI/CD, automated testing, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Collaborate with cloud, architecture, BI, security, application, and business teams.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and best practices.

• 7+ years of hands‑on data engineering experience within Microsoft Azure.
• Advanced Python, PySpark, SQL, and Spark SQL skills.
• Strong Microsoft Fabric experience.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and/or Databricks.
• Experience with One Lake, ADLS Gen2, Delta Lake, lakehouse, and data warehouse architectures.
• Strong knowledge of Medallion architecture, dimensional modeling, CDC, and metadata‑driven pipelines.
• Experience with Spark performance tuning and SQL optimization.
• Experience with data quality, governance, lineage, CI/CD, automated testing, and production support.
• Strong communication, collaboration, problem‑solving, and mentoring skills.
• Bachelors degree in a related discipline or equivalent professional experience.

• Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP‑700) certification.
• Experience with Terraform, Bicep, Azure Dev Ops, or Git Hub Actions.
• Experience with Event Hubs, Kafka, streaming, or Fabric Real‑Time Intelligence.
• ERP, supply chain, distribution, manufacturing, PIM, or MDM data experience.
• Familiarity with Power BI, Direct Lake, Fabric Mirroring, Azure OpenAI, or RAG.

Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Python, PySpark, SQL, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, One Lake, ETL/ELT, data modeling

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Duluth, GA.

The pay range for this position is $70.00 - $85.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job‑related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long‑term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Duluth, GA.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 27, 2026.

This is a hybrid position in Duluth,GA.

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