Database Engineer (Independent Contractor)

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

We’re hiring a Database Engineer to design, build, and operate reliable data platforms and pipelines. You’ll focus on robust ETL/ELT workflows, scalable big data processing, and cloud-first architectures (Azure preferred) that power analytics and applications.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Spark, ClickHouse, Airflow, etc.).
• Develop and optimize data models, data warehouse/lake/lakehouse schema (partitioning, indexing, clustering, cost/performance tuning, etc.).
• Build scalable batch and streaming processing jobs (Spark/Databricks, Delta Lake; Kafka/Event Hubs a plus).
• Ensure data quality, reliability, and observability (tests, monitoring, alerting, SLAs).
• Implement CI/CD and version control for data assets and pipelines.
• Secure data and environments (IAM/Entra ID, Key Vault, strong tenancy guarantees, encryption, least privilege).
• Collaborate with application, analytics, and platform teams to deliver trustworthy, consumable datasets.

Required Qualifications

• ETL or ELT experience required (ADF/Databricks/dbt/Airflow or similar).
• Big data experience required.
• Cloud experience required; Azure preferred (Synapse, Data Factory, Databricks, Azure Storage, Event Hubs, etc.).
• Strong SQL and performance tuning expertise; hands-on with at least one warehouse/lakehouse (Synapse/Snowflake/BigQuery/Redshift or similar).
• Solid data modeling fundamentals (star/snowflake schemas, normalization/denormalization, CDC, etc.).
• Experience with CI/CD, Git, and infrastructure automation basics.
• Work as an Independent Contractor

Nice to Have

• Streaming pipelines (Kafka, Event Hubs, Kinesis, Pub/Sub) and exactly-once/at-least-once patterns.
• Orchestration and workflow tools (Airflow, Prefect, Azure Data Factory).
• Python for data engineering.
• Data governance, lineage, and security best practices.
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) for data platform provisioning.

 

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