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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # NC FAST Data Engineer - **Company:** Intersources Inc. - **Location:** Durham, NC, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $25,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Query Performance, Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Data Analysis, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Business Software, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Architecture, Data Conversion, Information Engineering, Data Integrity, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Transformation, Data Warehousing, DevOps, Graph Database, Apache Hadoop, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, Salesforce.Com, Scala (Programming Language), SQL Databases, Data Processing, Scripting, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Git, Non-relational Database, Data Pipelines, Legacy Systems, Databricks, Programming Languages - **Published:** July 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www2.jobdiva.com/portal/?a=62jdnw10t7d77ytz0lbaey9qxonk3b05a9tqw96rb7z6hlfo7xj79l9g6mp6aj2o&compid=0/jobs/29830441#/jobs/29830441 ## About the Role Experience with Data Engineering Required 5 Years Experience with SQL Required 8 Years Experience with data modeling Required 4 Years Experience with data warehousing Required 4 Years Experience building ETL/ELT pipelines Required 4 Years Experience in at least one modern scripting or programming language, such as Python, Java, Scala, or NodeJS Required 3 Years Experience with AWS and / or Azure technologies like Redshift, S3, Lambda, Synapse, Azure DevOps Desired 2 Years Experience with non-relational databases / data stories (object storage, document or key-value stores, graph databases, column-family databases) Desired 3 Years Experience with big data technologies such as Spark, Databricks, Snowflake, Hadoop, or similar Desired 3 Years Experience with DevOps and CI/CD (Git and automation tools) Desired 5 Years ## Description The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) requires the assistance of a contract resource to serve as a Senior Data Engineer. The primary purpose of this position is to support the development, implementation, and future maintenance of the new Child Welfare System, PATH NC. This role will be instrumental in data conversion activities from the existing legacy systems and counties to the new Salesforce platform., * Learn and understand a broad range of DHHS's data resources and their business application domains. * Drive digital transformation initiatives across the program. * Recognize and adopt best practices in data transformation: data integrity, test design, analysis, validation, and documentation. * Design, implement, and support a platform providing secured access to large datasets. * Own the design, development, and maintenance of ongoing metrics, reports, analyses, dashboards, etc. to drive key business decisions. * Provide advanced data support to data engineering and ETL teams. * Extract and evaluate data to ensure accurate mapping for end-user consumption. * Collaborate with technical support teams and business process owners to ensure seamless operations service delivery. * Develop processes and procedures to enhance the quality and efficiency of quality control checks in the production environment. * Create and implement plans to improve data quality by identifying causes of errors or discrepancies and devising effective solutions. * Establish robust procedures for data collection and analysis. * Programmatically manipulate and analyze large datasets, build data pipelines, and automate tasks. * Design and maintain efficient data processing flows. * Support test readiness reviews, test planning work groups, and pre- and post-test briefings. * Communicate issues effectively in writing and orally to executive audiences, business stakeholders, and technical teams. * Support the technical and operational architecture of complex enterprise systems. * Tune application and query performance using profiling tools and SQL. * Keep up to date with advances in big data technologies and run pilots to design the data architecture to scale with the increased data volume using Azure and / or AWS / public cloud tools. ## Related Videos - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Stop using Node.js like in 2020! 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