Position: Seniorย Data Engineer
Location: Brentwood, TN
Employment Type: Full time (contract)
Compensation: Commensurate with experience
Senior Data Engineer โ FocusPointFocusPointย is partnering with a leading enterprise organization to add a Senior Data Engineer to their growing data engineering function. This is a seniorโlevel, handsโon architecture and engineering role supporting largeโscale capital planning, project tracking, asset lifecycle, and executive reporting initiatives.
This position is ideal for someone who thrives in complex data environments, enjoys owning solutions endโtoโend, and is comfortable working directly with business and technical stakeholders. You will help shape the technical direction of critical data products and operate as a trusted engineering leader within the program.
What Youโll DoData Architecture & Solution Design
Architect endโtoโend data solutions across CapEx domains (budgets, forecasts, assets, vendor data, project structures).
Design medallionโlayer lakehouse architectures (Bronze/Silver/Gold) using Azure Databricks and Delta Lake.
Define canonical data models and integration patterns across multiple enterprise systems.
Produce architecture decision records and solution design documentation for technical governance.
Pipeline Engineering & Integration
Build and operate productionโgrade pipelines in Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks.
Develop PySpark and Python transformations with strong code quality, testing, and CI/CD practices.
Integrate with ERP, project management, cost management, and API/SFTP data sources.
Support semantic layers, stored procedures, and views in Azure SQL for reporting and analytics.
Data Governance, Quality & Observability
Implement data quality frameworks, validation rules, and expectation testing.
Apply governance standards using Unity Catalog (RBAC/ABAC, lineage, classification, PII handling).
Establish monitoring, SLA alerting, and data freshness checks across pipelines.
Maintain lineage documentation and contribute to enterprise data cataloging.
Production Stability & Reliability
Ensure platform reliability through monitoring, incident response, and rootโcause analysis.
Maintain runbooks and track SLAs for data availability and accuracy.
Optimize performance and cost across Databricks, ADF, and Azure SQL workloads.
Technical Leadership & Stakeholder Partnership
Translate business requirements into actionable technical designs.
Present architecture proposals and tradeโoffs to technical and nonโtechnical stakeholders.
Raise engineering maturity through standards, reusable patterns, and CI/CD improvements.
Operate as a technical owner with accountability for delivery and solution integrity.
What Weโre Looking For10+ years of professional data engineering experience.
5+ years of deep, handsโon Azure data platform expertise.
Expertโlevel Databricks experience (PySpark, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, cluster optimization).
Strong Azure Data Factory experience at production scale.
Advanced SQL skills across Azure SQL and/or Synapse.
Strong Python and PySpark engineering fundamentals.
Experience with ADLS Gen2, networking concepts, Managed Identity, Key Vault, RBAC.
Proven ability to deliver production pipelines with monitoring, alerting, and runbooks.
Experience with dimensional modeling, canonical modeling, and analytical schema design.
Handsโon Azure DevOps experience (branching, PRs, automated testing, deployment pipelines).
Experience with data quality, observability, lineage, and governance at enterprise scale.
Why Work with FocusPoint
As a trusted staffing partner to industry-leading companies, FocusPointย provides access to roles that align with your professional goals, and we advocate for your success throughout the recruitment process. Our team understands appropriateย skillsets and takes a consultative approach ensuring that each match is grounded in both experience and fit.
How to Apply
To ensure confidentiality and alignment with our clientโs hiring process, all applications must be submitted through FocusPoint. Please do not attempt to contact the client directly.ย Interested candidates should reach out to FocusPointโs recruitment team with any questions.
About FocusPoint:
FocusPointย specializes in connecting top-tier professionals with exceptional opportunities in accounting, technology, healthcare,ย and leadership. We prioritize building meaningful connections, ensuring candidates find roles that align with their skills, goals, and passions.
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