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# Data Engineer

- **Company:** Robert Half
- **Location:** Des Moines, IA, United States
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $120,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Business Analytics Applications, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Database, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Structures, Data Systems, Data Warehousing, Industry Standard Architecture, Meta-Data Management, Performance Tuning, Power BI, DataOps, Git, Data Layers, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lakes, Sql Tuning
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/7e8007c5-f0d4-4ed0-acc6-57a2e08aae30

## About the Role

Core Qualifications
Strong experience with data modeling and semantic modeling
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure, and Power BI
Advanced SQL development and performance optimization skills
Experience with Git, CI/CD, and modern data engineering practices
Ability to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Experience developing enterprise data pipelines and analytics platforms
A plus if you have data governance, data warehouse, data lake and or DBT experience., Microsoft Azure, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Data Warehousing, All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.

## Description

Are you the type of data professional who sees a business problem and immediately starts thinking about how to model, engineer, and deliver the right solution?
A highly successful, technology-driven organization is seeking a Data Engineer to help build the foundation for enterprise analytics, business intelligence, governance, and next-generation AI initiatives. This is an opportunity to make a visible impact across the business while working alongside a collaborative team of data professionals who are passionate about solving complex challenges.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being hands-on, partnering with the business, and building modern data solutions that drive meaningful outcomes.
What You'll Do
Design and develop scalable data models, semantic layers, and enterprise data solutions
Build trusted data structures that support analytics, reporting, AI, and business intelligence initiatives
Develop and optimize cloud-based data pipelines and integrations
Improve data governance, lineage, metadata management, and observability practices
Create automated data quality and validation frameworks
Implement CI/CD processes and modern DataOps best practices
Optimize SQL performance across warehouses, lakehouses, and reporting environments
Partner with analysts and business stakeholders to transform complex problems into actionable solutions
Contribute to technical standards, mentoring, documentation, and architectural best practices


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