Data Engineer IV 4P/792 at 4P Consulting Inc.
ATLANTA, GA
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Jul 30, 2026
ATLANTA, GA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A 6-month contract role at Southern Company Services focused on designing and building scalable data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and cloud-based integrations across enterprise systems. The engineer will write Python and SQL, develop RESTful APIs and event-driven microservices, and connect data across ERP, CRM, and other platforms. Suits an experienced data engineer comfortable working across Azure, AWS, or GCP in a regulated-industry environment.
Senior level · 5+ years · Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 25 people in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 10–35
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $134,044–$177,990).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 1, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The 'IV' in the title is a level designation, but the posting provides no explicit seniority framing beyond the number; requirements support a Senior-level classification (5+ years, end-to-end pipeline ownership).
Cloud platform requirement lists Azure, AWS, and GCP as interchangeable options — only one is needed; Azure is listed first and used as the primary skill name with the others as alternatives.
The preferred qualifications mention AI/ML platforms, agent frameworks, and retrieval-based architectures alongside vector databases; these are grouped under a clearly optional section and marked accordingly.
Containers and orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes) appear only under Preferred qualifications alongside CI/CD and DevOps; Docker is captured as a representative preferred skill for that cluster.
No compensation was 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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