Data Engineer
Robert Half · Denver, CO
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Jul 20, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A long-term contract role centered on designing and delivering Microsoft Fabric-based data platforms for an enterprise client in Denver. Day-to-day work spans architecture definition, building reusable ingestion and transformation frameworks, governance and security controls, DevOps standards, and capacity/performance analysis. The position also involves mentoring internal teams on administration, engineering practices, and Power BI reporting. Suits a seasoned data engineer with deep Microsoft Fabric and Python/Spark experience.
Senior level · 7+ years · Denver, CO · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20 people in the Denver, CO area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 4–25
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $166,217 (middle half $137,958–$174,055).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role is posted by Robert Half as a long-term contract staffing engagement, not a direct-hire position.
SOC classification is a genuine toss-up: the role is framed as data architecture and platform engineering (15-1243 Database Architects) but also involves substantial hands-on pipeline/notebook development and DevOps work that could support 15-1252 Software Developers.
Hadoop and Kafka appear under a 'Working knowledge' / 'Familiarity' framing in the Requirements section ('Working knowledge of Apache Hadoop and Apache Kafka within modern data ecosystem implementations'), which is softer than the firm gating language used for Fabric, Python, and Spark — however, because they sit inside the Requirements block, they are treated as hard gates per section-placement rules.
Dataflows Gen2 and Azure appear in the responsibilities narrative and context descriptions rather than the explicit Requirements block, so they are marked as preferred.
No compensation figures are stated in the posting.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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