Flex; Project Data Vault Data Engineer

Location: Remote, aligned to Mountain Time working hours
Employment Type: Project-based contract
Start Date: September 14, 2026
Duration: Through December 2026, with potential extension into 2027

Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human. In six+ countries and 43+ markets, we deeply understand our customers—and their customers to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 10,000+ strong team helps people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all.

We’re honored to be consistently recognized as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running. Learn more at

We are seeking Data Engineers and Senior Data Engineers to support the development of a greenfield data platform. This role will assess current data engineering workloads, resolve delivery challenges, and move priority solutions into production.

The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience with Databricks and dbt Cloud
, can build reliable and scalable data pipelines, and is comfortable operating in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.

• Assess existing data engineering workloads and identify technical or delivery issues.
• Design, build, test, deploy, and support data pipelines using Databricks and dbt Cloud
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• Remediate pipeline, workload, and production-readiness challenges.
• Move priority data workloads into production with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Contribute to data architecture, data modeling, testing, and deployment decisions.
• Partner with solution leadership, senior stakeholders, and other engineers to establish sustainable engineering and delivery practices.
• Communicate technical risks, recommendations, and progress clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively as part of a cohesive, outcomes-focused delivery team.

• Professional experience designing and delivering modern data engineering solutions.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Databricks
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• Strong hands‑on experience with dbt Cloud
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• Advanced SQL skills and experience developing production‑grade data pipelines.
• Experience with data transformation, data modeling, and ETL/ELT processes.
• Ability to assess existing workloads, troubleshoot delivery issues, and implement practical solutions.
• Experience working in consulting, client‑facing, or complex delivery environments.
• Strong communication, collaboration, adaptability, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work remotely during Mountain Time business hours.

• Experience with Qlik Replicate or similar data ingestion tools.
• Experience implementing Change Data Capture (CDC) solutions.
• Experience contributing to greenfield data platform builds or cloud data modernization initiatives.
• Familiarity with data quality, testing, monitoring, and deployment best practices.

Databricks, dbt Cloud, SQL, data pipelines, ETL/ELT, data modeling, cloud data platforms, Qlik Replicate, CDC, consulting, and stakeholder communication.

Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and long‑term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well‑being‑related expenses.

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