Senior Data Engineer

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Senior Data Engineer for a contract role in Abu Dhabi. You will be instrumental in building, implementing, and monitoring data quality rules to ensure consistency, accuracy, and reliability of data across our platforms. This is a hands-on role that requires strong technical skills and a deep understanding of the data quality lifecycle.

Location: Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Work Conditions:

• On-site
• Full-time
• Contract Duration: 6 months (renewable to long-term)
• Notice Period: 15 days or less (Immediate joiners highly preferred)

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement data quality rules, validation checks, and data quality scorecards.
• Perform in-depth data profiling to identify anomalies, gaps, and quality issues.
• Build and automate workflows for data cleansing, standardization, and deduplication.
• Integrate and enforce data quality checks within ETL/ELT pipelines and data workflows.
• Develop and maintain data quality dashboards and reports to monitor data health and performance.
• Collaborate closely with Data Engineers, Analysts, and Governance teams to resolve data issues.
• Document metadata, data quality rule logic, and maintain data dictionaries.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

Must-Have:

• Strong SQL skills for complex data querying, profiling, and validation.
• Sound understanding of the end-to-end data quality lifecycle and its implementation.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks for building and managing data pipelines with integrated data quality checks.

Core Technical Proficiency:

• Experience with Python for data cleaning and automation scripts.
• Strong knowledge of ETL/ELT concepts and basic data modeling.
• Hands-on experience with Atlan and BI (MANDATORY).

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience with leading Data Quality tools (e.g., Informatica IDQ, Talend, Azure Purview, Collibra DQ, Ataccama).
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms like Azure Synapse, Snowflake, or BigQuery.

Language Requirements: No language requirements specified.

Compensation: Competitive contract package, with a high potential for long-term renewal and opportunities to work on cutting-edge data projects in a dynamic environment.