Job#: 3012005

Job Description:

Data Platform Engineer

Position: 6 month contract potential extensions

Client: Big Five Bank

Location: Hybrid

Application Process: Please apply via the medium on which you are seeing this posting. If you encounter technical difficulties submitting your resume, please send a Word version of your resume to Beth at [email protected]. Please reference Job: Data Platform Engineer,

Summary

Design, build, and operate governed data products and services that power AI solutions across Distribution Technology. Convert source and frontline data into discoverable, secure, reusable products on Azure/Databricks, with end-to-end lineage, quality, and access controls. Your work accelerates delivery, ensures consistent governance, and enables high‑trust consumption by application and AI teams.

What you’ll do:

• Build governed data products
  • Engineer batch and streaming pipelines on Databricks (Delta Lake/Delta Live Tables) to deliver curated datasets and features.
  • Register assets in Unity Catalog; classify and document in Purview; publish SLAs, data quality rules, and lineage.

• Operationalize governance and access
  • Implement role- and attribute-based access via Unity Catalog integrated with Entra ID; apply sensitivity labels, masking, and fine‑grained policies.
  • Align with Privacy, Information Security, and Secure Analytics (SACS) for compliant access and movement.

• Standardize interfaces
  • Expose productized data via approved APIs and query endpoints; support standards-based interfaces (including MCP-style context services where appropriate).
  • Manage versioning, schema contracts, and backward compatibility for safe change adoption.

• Quality, lineage, and observability
  • Implement data quality checks, anomaly detection, and freshness KPIs; capture lineage across pipelines and consuming apps.
  • Instrument pipelines and services with OpenTelemetry and platform-native logging for audit-ready evidence and cross-team troubleshooting.

• Partner for scale and reuse
  • Collaborate with application, AI engineering, and MLOps teams to accelerate safe consumption and reuse.
  • Drive “build once, reuse broadly” across Distribution apps (holdings, CRM/eCRM components, CGP, operational telemetry).

• Reliability and performance
  • Design for resiliency (retries, idempotency, compensation), cost efficiency, and peak-volume performance; support SLOs and capacity plans.

What you bring

• 6+ years building data platforms and pipelines on cloud (Azure preferred), including Databricks, Delta Lake, Spark, and streaming.
• Hands-on experience with Unity Catalog and Purview (cataloging, classification, lineage) and API exposure patterns on Azure.
• Strong grasp of governed data access (RBAC/ABAC), masking, encryption, and Zero Trust-aligned design.
• Experience implementing data quality frameworks, SLAs/SLOs, and end-to-end lineage; comfort with OpenTelemetry for data workloads.
• Proficiency with CI/CD for data (GitHub Actions/Azure DevOps), infrastructure-as-code, and controlled environment promotion.
• Clear communicator who translates business needs into durable data products and partners effectively across teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with feature stores, MLflow, and telemetry pipelines feeding operational and AI observability.
• Familiarity with experimentation data (A/B testing, attribution) and BI consumption patterns (Power BI).

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.