Contractor Senior Snowflake Data Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:
A client with Kforce is seeking a Senior Snowflake Data Engineer to join their team in Cincinnati OH. This person is responsible for providing high-level consulting services to clients.

Duties Include:
* Senior Snowflake Data Engineer designs, plans, and supervises implementation of complex, large-scale system projects
* Reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging, and installing for a complex, large-scale computer system
* Assists in supervising the daily activities of the project team members
* Maintains current knowledge of industry issues and opportunities as well as best practices for specific areas of expertise; Leverages industry knowledge, technology, process, and organizational design expertise and financial services best practices to deliver results for clients with the goal of improving profitability

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree (or equivalent/above) in Computer Science, Information Technology
* Very strong on SQL; Must have 5-7+ years of experience working with SQL on large scale datasets
* Must have at least 5+ years of experience in Cloud based Data Engineering with design, implementation and operationalization of large-scale data and analytics solutions on AWS
* Must have at least 4+ years of experience in Snowflake architecture, design, implementation, and operationalization of large-scale data and analytics solutions on Snowflake Cloud Data Warehouse
* At least 4 years of production grade coding experience; Experience with PySpark/Hadoop and/or AWS Glue ETL and/or Databricks with python is preferred
* Must have 1+ years of experience in deploying IAC code via Terraform
* Must be proficient with Python programming language
* Must have experience on ETL development life cycle, best practices of ETL pipelines, thorough work experience on data warehouse using combination of Python, Snowflake & AWS Services
* Is required to be expert in one or more of the following areas: data analytics, business intelligence, sales and service, business productivity improvement, revenue enhancement, technology optimization, organizational design, marketing excellence, financial service payments, financial service channel optimization or strategic planning
* Good understanding of industry, associated business challenges and opportunities for particular area of expertise
* Excellent communication skills, including both verbal and written
* Demonstrated research, writing and analytical skills
* Good problem-solving skills
* Must be able to work under pressure

Top technologies for the position:
* Cloud Architectures/solutions in AWS
* Snowflake
* Python
* Astronomer
* Airflow
* Terraform (a plus)

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.