ZipStaff Inc.
Data Engineer
Remote•United States•Contract
$52 - $55 hourly
$52 - $55 hourly
About the Job
Job Title: Data Engineer – Informatica IDMC, Snowflake & Azure
Location: Remote (U.S.)
Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099)
Location: Remote (U.S.)
Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099)
About the Opportunity
ZipStaff is seeking a hands-on Data Engineer to design and build enterprise data pipelines for a leading professional-services firm (audit, tax, and advisory).
This role sits in a firm-wide Data & Analytics function focused on accurate reporting and actionable insights. You will develop and manage data pipelines — not oversee a team that does the work. Collaboration includes teams in the U.S. and Ireland, so schedule flexibility across time zones is required.
What You’ll Do:
- Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines for storage, processing, and enterprise delivery.
- Extract data from multiple sources, transform it, and load it into target platforms.
- Integrate data from databases, warehouses, APIs, and external systems.
- Apply cleansing, aggregation, filtering, and enrichment so data is usable and consistent.
- Optimize pipelines for performance, scalability, and efficiency.
- Implement data-quality checks for accuracy, consistency, and completeness.
- Collaborate with architects, data scientists, AI engineers, and analysts on quality, security, and governance.
- Monitor and tune data systems; resolve bottlenecks; apply caching and indexing where needed.
Required Qualifications:
- 8+ years of hands-on data engineering (data modeling, ETL/ELT, integration, MDM/entity management, data quality, warehousing, analytics/BI, and governance).
- Hands-on pipeline development — not oversight, support-only, or people-management of data teams.
- Extensive experience with Informatica IDMC (CIH, DIH, CDGC, MDM, Data Quality).
- Extensive experience with Snowflake.
- Extensive Microsoft data-stack experience: SQL Server, Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks.
- Proficiency in SQL plus C#, Python, and/or Java.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent.
- Ability to work 100% remote and coordinate with U.S. and Ireland teams (schedule flexibility required).
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card holder (no sponsorship now or in the future).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Azure / Snowflake / Informatica certifications.
- Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Cosmos DB, or HDInsight.
- Professional-services, accounting, client-service, or managed-services background.
About ZipStaff:
ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches and long-term success.
To apply, please submit your resume highlighting hands-on Informatica IDMC, Snowflake, ADF/Databricks, and pipeline development work.