Senior Data Engineer (Contract)
Description
Who We Are
At Concurrency, we embody innovation. We're not just tech consultants; we are forward thinkers with a purpose. Our team thrives on disrupting the norm, constantly seeking the next challenge and pushing boundaries to redefine what's achievable. Recognized as a Microsoft Gold Partner and recipient of multiple Partner of the Year awards, Concurrency is synonymous with excellence. If you're fueled by the desire to transform technology into real-world solutions, join us and unleash your potential as a change catalyst.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re excited to add a Data Engineer to our Cloud, Data & AI Solutions Team. In this role, you’ll work with a team of customer-focused professionals who are committed to defining technical strategy, architecting, designing, and delivering end-to-end digital transformation. You'll demonstrate strong technical competence and business acumen through engaging in senior-level technology decision-making discussions related to agility, business value, data warehousing, and cloud-oriented data solutions.
At Concurrency, we believe in living out our core values every day. These principles guide our actions, decisions, and interactions:
Be Yourself: Be the best version of your whole self. Your authenticity matters.
Be Bold: Bravely and respectfully take risks and challenge the norm.
Have a Growth Mindset: Be open to learning and apply your expertise.
Be the Difference: Ensure that every interaction with your colleagues, clients and community improves their lives. Pay it forward.
Assume Positive Intent: Lead with giving the benefit of the doubt.
What You'll Do
- Design, build, and optimize scalable data solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and modern cloud data platform technologies.
- Partner with business and technical stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical designs, data models, and implementation plans.
- Develop and maintain Fabric Data Factory pipelines, dataflows, notebooks, and orchestration processes for reliable data ingestion and transformation.
- Build and support Lakehouse architectures leveraging Bronze, Silver, and Gold (Medallion) layers to improve data quality, governance, and analytics readiness.
- Develop ELT/ETL solutions using SQL, PySpark, Python, and Fabric notebooks to transform and enrich enterprise data.
- Create and optimize data models that support reporting, self-service analytics, AI, and machine learning initiatives.
- Support migrations from legacy data platforms, on-premises databases, and third-party systems into Microsoft Fabric and Azure data services.
- Implement data quality, monitoring, security, and governance practices that align with enterprise standards.
What You'll Need
- Over 2 years of experience designing and delivering modern data solutions on Microsoft Azure and/or Microsoft Fabric.
- Experience developing and supporting Microsoft Fabric workloads including Data Factory, Lakehouse, Warehouse, Notebooks, or Real-Time Analytics.
- Understanding of Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) and modern data engineering best practices.
- Experience building ELT/ETL pipelines using SQL, Python, PySpark, Data Factory, or similar cloud-native technologies.
- Strong SQL development skills, including stored procedures, data transformation logic, and performance optimization.
- Knowledge of dimensional modeling, star schemas, Data Vault, and other analytical data modeling techniques.
- Ability to gather business requirements and translate them into source-to-target mappings, data models, and technical solutions.
- Experience developing semantic models, reports, and dashboards using Power BI.
- Understanding of data governance, data quality, security, and performance considerations within cloud data platforms.
What Will Set You Apart
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Knowledge of OneLake, shortcuts, semantic models, and Fabric-native architecture patterns.
- Experience supporting AI, machine learning, or advanced analytics workloads.
- Familiarity with Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Lake Storage, and related Azure data services.
- Experience with DevOps practices including Git, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
- Consulting or professional services experience with direct client engagement and solution delivery.
Skills
- AI
- Analytics
- Automation
- Azure
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Synapse
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- Cloud Native
- Data Analytics
- Data Engineering
- Data Governance
- Data Ingestion
- Data Lake
- Data Modeling
- Data Quality
- Data Vault
- Data Warehousing
- DevOps
- Dimensional Modeling
- ELT
- ETL
- Git
- Lakehouse
- Machine Learning
- Medallion Architecture
- Microsoft Fabric
- Power BI
- PySpark
- Python
- SQL
- Vault
