ETL​/Data Engineer

Orion Innovation is a premier, award‑winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game‑changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, e‑commerce, and education.

We are seeking a Technical ETL Lead to design, build, and manage scalable data pipelines and modern data platforms using Databricks and cloud‑based data lakes. This role will play a critical part in delivering data solutions that support analytics, reporting, and AI initiatives.

• Data Engineering Leadership
  • Lead design and implementation of ETL/ELT pipelines on cloud platforms
  • Drive best practices for scalable, reliable, and high‑performance data solutions
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to data engineers
• Databricks & Data Platform Development
  • Build and optimize data pipelines using Azure Databricks
  • Design and manage Data Lake architectures (Lakehouse preferred)
  • Develop reusable frameworks for ingestion, transformation, and orchestration
• Architecture & Design
  • Define data models, integration patterns, and storage strategies
  • Ensure data quality, governance, and security across pipelines
  • Optimize performance and cost across large‑scale data processing systems
• Collaboration & Delivery
  • Work with business, analytics, and application teams to define data requirements
  • Partner with cloud, Dev Ops, and architecture teams for platform integration
• Automation & AI Enablement
  • Incorporate automation, AI/ML pipelines, and agentic workflows
  • Build intelligent data pipelines with monitoring and self‑healing capabilities

• 8+ years in Data Engineering / ETL development
• 2–3+ years in a lead or senior technical role

• Strong experience with:
  • Azure Databricks (Spark, PySpark)
  • Data Lakes (Azure Data Lake Storage)
  • ETL/ELT frameworks and distributed data processing
  • SQL, Python (preferred), and data modeling
• Cloud & Tools
  • Azure ecosystem (ADF, Synapse, Databricks)
  • CI/CD pipelines for data workflows
  • Data governance and monitoring tools
• Soft Skills
  • Strong problem‑solving and communication skills
  • Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions

• Large‑scale enterprise data platform implementation
• Experience with real‑time streaming (Kafka/Event Hub)
• Familiarity with AI/ML pipelines and advanced analytics
• Experience in regulated/audit environments

• Ability to build modern, AI‑enabled data platforms with strong automation and scalability

Orion is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.