Data Engineer

Mastech Digital provides digital and mainstream technology staff as well as Digital Transformation Services for all American Corporations. We are currently seeking a Data Engineer for our client in the Financial Services domain. We value our professionals, providing comprehensive benefits and the opportunity for growth. This is a Contract position, and the client is looking for someone to start immediately.

Duration : Long-term Contract

Salary : $135,000 / Annually or $68.00 / Hourly

Role : Data Engineer

Primary Skills : SQL

Role Description : The Data Engineer must have 5+ years of experience.

Required Experience and Skills :

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or closely related)
• 5+ years of experience in application and REST API development using Java
• Proven experience writing microservices with Java
• Strong in managing API to database connections using different relational database drivers (Oracle, PostgreSQL, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience developing, debugging and tuning complex SQL statements, PL / SQL packages and procedures
• Hands-on experience building highly resilient, scalable, and efficient solutions using AWS services like Lambda, Glue, step functions, etc.
• Hands-on experience with Aurora Postgres a big plus
• Experience with DevOps or CI / CD Pipelines using Maven, Jenkins, Terraform, GitHub, Ansible, etc.
• Experience in managing high volume customer-facing application traffic for API’s
• Knowledge of Messaging Technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, SNS, SQS)
• Desire and ability to learn and implement new technologies
• Keen ability to see complex challenges from multiple perspectives, and leaning in to solve independently or with others
• Knowledge of how to develop highly scalable distributed systems using Open-Source technologies
• Proven knowledge of AWS via Associate, Professional, or Specialty Certification(s) a big plus
• Ability to validate, monitor, and solve issues during development, testing, or in production
• Excellent communication skills, both through written and verbal channels.

Education : Bachelor’s Degree

Experience : Minimum 5+ years of experience

Travel : No

Local Preferred : Yes

Note : Must be able to work on a W2 basis (No C2C)