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# Data Engineer

- **Company:** Kforce Inc.
- **Location:** Smithfield, RI, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Build Automation, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Continuous Delivery, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Structures, Data Systems, Relational Databases, Amazon DynamoDB, Github, Groovy, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Oracle (Applications), Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS), Software Engineering, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Data Processing, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Snowflake, Backend, AngularJS, Storage Technologies, Data Management, Front End Software Development, Cloudwatch, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Data Pipelines, Docker, Jenkins, Golang
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/2eee9ff3-54a4-4282-8692-34c02e904c95

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering or Business
 * 6-9 years of professional experience designing, building, and supporting enterprise-scale data engineering or platform solutions
 * Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining ELT/ETL pipelines to move and transform data across heterogeneous data platforms, including Snowflake, Oracle, and PostgreSQL
 * Deep understanding of data structures, relational databases, and cloud-native storage technologies across Snowflake, Oracle, Postgres, and other cloud-based RDBMS platforms
 * Proficiency in Python and SQL, with practical experience using scripting languages such as Shell and Groovy for automation and data processing
 * Proven experience designing, implementing, and orchestrating complex data pipelines using Apache Airflow and/or Control?M, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency
 * Hands-on expertise with Docker, including container image creation, multi-stage builds, container registries, and secure, scalable container-based deployments
 * Strong experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and Jenkins, including automated builds, testing, deployments, and adherence to security and quality procedures
 * Solid understanding of core AWS services, including Lambda, SQS/SNS, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, and IAM roles/policies, supporting data and application workloads in cloud environments

Preferred/Nice to Have:

 * Exposure to modern front-end and application development technologies such as Angular, Node.js, and TypeScript
 * Experience working with additional cloud-native databases such as AWS DynamoDB
 * Familiarity with Go (Golang) for backend or data platform development
 * Broader experience supporting data solutions across PostgreSQL and AWS-based architectures

## Description

Kforce has a client in Smithfield, RI that is seeking a Data Engineer.


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