SENIOR DATA ENGINEER (Snowflake | Power BI | PostgreSQL) 5357
Tier4 Group
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Jul 20, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract data engineering role focused on building and modernizing a cloud-based enterprise data platform. Day-to-day work spans designing ETL/ELT pipelines, developing and optimizing a Snowflake data warehouse, creating Power BI dashboards and semantic models, and tuning queries across PostgreSQL and Oracle databases. Suited to a seasoned engineer with deep hands-on experience across the full data stack who can work independently in a remote setting.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,600 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 540–3,950
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 $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013).
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)
This is a W2-only contract engagement (6+ months, renewable in 6-month increments), open to U.S. Citizens only. No compensation figures were provided.
The role sits at the boundary between 15-1243 (Database Architects — data warehouse design, dimensional modeling, Snowflake architecture) and 15-1252 (Software Developers — pipeline/ETL development, platform integrations). The primary framing is data platform architecture and warehouse design, so 15-1243 was chosen with 15-1252 as the runner-up.
Snowpipe is mentioned in the responsibilities narrative as a specific ingestion tool; it is listed under preferred skills implicitly through the SnowPro Certification mention and the narrative context, so it is marked preferred rather than required.
Data Vault modeling, SnowPro Certification, and Microsoft PL-300/DP-203 Certifications appear under the Preferred Skills section and are not emitted as named technology skills (certifications are not tools); experience supporting federal/aerospace/defense environments is a domain preference, not a technology.
The 5+ years total experience requirement is drawn from '5+ years Data Engineering experience'; the per-technology year requirements (Snowflake 3+, Power BI 3+, ETL/ELT 3+, PostgreSQL 2+) are captured on the individual skills.
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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