Lead Data Engineer

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This role is for a Lead Data Engineer in Dallas, TX, with a contract length of "unknown." The pay rate is "unknown." Required skills include Snowflake expertise, SQL migration experience, and cloud platform familiarity. Snowflake certification is preferred.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
💰 - Day rate
Unknown
Unknown
🗓️ - Date discovered
April 11, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
Unknown
🏝️ - Location type
On-site
📄 - Contract type
Unknown
🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
📍 - Location detailed
Dallas, TX
🧠 - Skills detailed
#Clustering #GCP (Google Cloud Platform) #Data Integration #Data Engineering #Cloud #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #SQL (Structured Query Language) #SQL Server #Leadership #Data Pipeline #Teradata #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Code Reviews #Azure #Oracle #Migration #Data Warehouse #Snowflake #Data Architecture
Role description

Job Title: Lead Data Engineer

Location: Dallas, TX

Job Summary:

We are looking for a highly skilled Lead Snowflake Engineer with hands-on experience in migrating legacy SQL-based systems (e.g., Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server) to Snowflake using SnowConvert. The ideal candidate will lead end-to-end migration efforts, optimize performance, and support data modernization initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the migration of SQL-based data warehouses to Snowflake using SnowConvert.

Analyze existing SQL code, stored procedures, and ETL jobs to design equivalent Snowflake solutions.

Optimize Snowflake performance through best practices in partitioning, clustering, and caching.

Collaborate with data architects, analysts, and business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.

Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and code reviews within the team.

Required Skills:

Strong expertise in Snowflake development and architecture.

Hands-on experience with SnowConvert for automated SQL migration.

Deep understanding of SQL, procedural logic, and performance tuning.

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and data integration tools.

Excellent problem-solving, communication, and team leadership skills.

Preferred:

Experience in CI/CD for data pipelines.

   • Snowflake certification is a plus.