Lead Data Engineer with Snowflake, Collibra Data Catalog | Pharma exp mandatory
Role Description This is a remote, contract role for a Senior Data Engineer with strong experience in Snowflake and Collibra Data Catalog, and mandatory pharmaceutical domain experience. The Senior Data Engineer will design, build, and optimize data pipelines and architectures to support analytics, reporting, and compliance needs in a regulated pharma environment. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining data models, implementing data warehousing solutions, and managing ETL workflows to ensure data quality, integrity, and performance. The role will collaborate closely with data architects, business analysts, compliance teams, and other stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions. The Senior Data Engineer will also contribute to data governance initiatives, documentation, and best practices aligned with Collibra, Snowflake, and industry regulations.
Qualifications
- Strong Data Engineering skills, including building and maintaining scalable data pipelines and distributed data processing solutions.
- Experience in Data Modeling and Data Warehousing, designing schemas and architectures for analytics and regulatory reporting.
- Hands-on expertise with Extract Transform Load (ETL) processes, tools, and frameworks to integrate and transform data from multiple sources.
- Proficiency in Data Analytics concepts, supporting BI, dashboards, and data-driven decision-making in a pharma or healthcare setting.
- Mandatory experience with Snowflake as a cloud data platform, including performance tuning, security, and cost optimization.
- Practical experience with Collibra Data Catalog for data governance, metadata management, lineage, and stewardship.
- Solid programming skills (e.g., SQL, Python, or similar) and familiarity with cloud ecosystems (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Demonstrated work in the pharmaceutical industry, with understanding of compliance, GxP, and audit/inspection readiness.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration abilities in cross-functional, remote teams.
- Bachelor’s or Master