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# Principal Data Engineer

- **Company:** E.A.B., Inc.
- **Location:** Glen Allen, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $119,101.0 - $140,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Confluence, JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Data Integration, Data Mining, RAID, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle (Applications), Scrum Methodology, Systems Development Life Cycle, Release Management, Lucidchart, Microsoft SharePoint, Product Software Implementation Methods, SQL Databases, Smartsheet, Information Technology, Interactive Whiteboards
- **Published:** July 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000ggvwfl

## About the Role

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and 7 years of experience in data extraction pipelines (mapping, transformation, loading), including 5 years of client facing software implementation. Prior experience must include: SQL; Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall and hybrid delivery; Data extraction with Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server; Risk & issue management with RAID logs; Change control and impact analysis; Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps; MS Project or Smartsheet; SharePoint; Miro or Lucidchart; Teams or Slack; Managing multiple clients, projects, and stakeholders simultaneously; Serving as a project owner including managing communication progress to stakeholders, risk identification and mitigation, and facilitating problem solving; Creating status reports, roadmaps, and dashboards; and Coordinating UAT, release planning, and post-deployment support within formal SDLC or governance.

## Description

DUTIES: Develop and deploy data integration and configuration procedures between client IT systems and EAB technology. Conceptualize, develop and deploy data extraction procedures working collaboratively with new product alpha clients. Develop recommendations for internal leadership around preferred data integration methodologies. Ensure barriers to timely completion of Data Integration Services projects are anticipated and overcome. Encapsulate findings through new product integration exercises for the overall benefit of EAB data integration effort.


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