Data Engineer

Vaco by Highspring is hiring a Data Engineer for a 12-month contract in Brentwood, TN (hybrid). This role focuses on building ETL/ELT pipelines, supporting data warehouse solutions, governing data products, and improving data quality to enable reporting, automation, analytics, and AI-driven use cases.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain ETL/ELT processes and production data pipelines
• Develop and support data warehouse solutions and curated datasets
• Integrate data from multiple source systems
• Prepare data for reporting, analytics, automation, applications, and AI-driven use cases
• Perform data acquisition, cleansing, parsing, transformation, validation, and reconciliation
• Support data governance activities, including lineage, documentation, testing, and change management
• Create and maintain data models aligned with business and reporting needs
• Monitor and improve data quality across platforms and processes
• Collaborate with technical and business teams to gather requirements and deliver data solutions
• Create and maintain technical documentation and data standards

Requirements

• Experience building and supporting ETL/ELT processes and data pipelines
• Hands-on experience with Teradata Protocol Transport (TPT)
• Hands-on experience with SSIS
• Hands-on experience with Python
• Hands-on experience with PowerShell
• Hands-on experience with cloud-based data services
• Experience with data acquisition, cleansing, parsing, transformation, validation, and reconciliation
• Experience integrating data from multiple source systems
• Experience preparing data for reporting, analytics, automation, applications, and AI-related initiatives
• Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts, data structures, and data modeling
• Experience building curated datasets and governed data products
• Experience with one or more database platforms, including: Google BigQuery, Teradata Vantage, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, or other enterprise DBMS platforms
• Experience with data analysis and data visualization
• Strong understanding of data quality, governance, lineage, documentation, testing, and change management practices
• Strong SQL skills
• Ability to communicate technical concepts with both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience with Python
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server
• Experience with Teradata
• Experience with business intelligence and reporting platforms

Technologies

• Teradata Protocol Transport (TPT)
• SSIS
• Python
• PowerShell
• Cloud-based data services
• Google BigQuery
• Teradata Vantage
• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• SQL

Contract Details

Location: Nashville, TN (hybrid). Job type: Contract. Duration: 12-month contract. Compensation: USD 58 per hourly.