Data Engineer

Job Title: Data Engineer

Location: Fort Meade, MD

Duration: 6 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $85/hour

Job Type: C2C/1099 Contract

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen, H-1B, OPT-EAD, GC-EAD

Job Description:

Data Platform Engineering and Maintenance

• Serve as the primary owner and technical steward of the Trilon enterprise data platform
• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and workflows using Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and Microsoft Fabric
• Build and manage data transformations, orchestration, and automation across structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data sources
• Ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of the data platform as Trilon continues to grow through acquisition
• Implement monitoring and alerting to proactively detect and resolve pipeline or data quality issues

Data Integration and Modeling

• Develop and maintain integrations between Trilon's enterprise systems, cloud services, and acquired partner environments
• Design and maintain a unified, scalable data model that harmonizes data across business systems
• Build secure, governed, and high-performance Power BI semantic models optimized for analytics and self-service reporting
• Collaborate with business analysts and data consumers to ensure data models support enterprise reporting needs and KPIs
• Partner with cybersecurity and infrastructure teams to ensure data models and access patterns meet compliance and governance standards

Data Quality and Governance

• Implement validation and quality checks to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of enterprise data sets
• Maintain metadata, lineage, and documentation to promote transparency and reusability
• Define and enforce data quality and consistency standards across all integrated sources
• Collaborate with the Technology Asset Manager and Service Platform Manager to align system integrations and data governance
• Support data cataloging, discovery, and classification initiatives within Microsoft Purview or equivalent tools

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.