Urgent Hiring :: Sr Data Engineer :: Madison, WI or Minnetonka, MN :: Contract.

Job Title: Sr Data Engineer
Location: Madison, WI or Minnetonka, MN (Hybrid)
Type : Contract 

VISA: USC & GC

Job Description:
Senior, hands‑on data engineering contractor to support Modern data platform delivery across Health Payer Domains. This role requires independent ownership of end‑to‑end data pipelines using modern cloud and Lakehouse architecture. This is a hit‑the‑ground‑running role with minimal ramp‑up.

3. Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate end‑to‑end data pipelines
Source ingestion → transformation → analytics‑ready datasets
Develop transformations and data models using SQL and Python
Implement automated data quality checks and validations
Follow Git‑based development
Collaborate with business/domain stakeholders on data rules and definitions
Ensure solutions are secure, auditable, reliable, and supportable
Produce clear technical documentation and operational notes

4. Required Technologies (Must‑Have)

Candidates must have strong, recent hands‑on experience with most of the following:

Languages

SQL
Python (PySpark preferred)
Data Platforms / Storage

Cloud data platforms (Azure preferred; AWS/GCP acceptable)
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 (ADLS Gen2) or equivalent
Object storage–based data lakes
Parquet format
Lakehouse concepts (Iceberg and/or Delta)
Transformation & Modeling

dbt (dbt Core and/or dbt Cloud)
Source Control, GitOps & CI/CD

GitHub
Pull request–based development
CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or equivalent)
Compute (one or more)

Snowflake
Microsoft Fabric
Databricks

5. Preferred / Nice‑to‑Have Technologies

Microsoft Fabric Data Factory / Azure Data Factory
Fabric or Databricks Notebooks
Orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, or similar)
Healthcare / payer domain experience (Clinical, Claims, Provider)

6. Required Experience

7+ years of hands‑on data engineering experience
Proven delivery of production‑grade data pipelines
Experience working independently with minimal supervision
Strong understanding of data quality, reliability, and operational readiness

7. Ideal Candidate Profile

Senior, hands‑on data engineer
Engineering generalist (not tool‑only or reporting‑only)
Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast‑moving environments
Strong delivery and ownership mindset

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Deepesh Yadav

Technical Recruiter – Hrize LLC

+1 803-598-3388 | deepesh.yadav@hrize.us

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepesh-yadav-066231241/ |www.Hrize.us

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