Accenture
Data Engineering Specialist (advanced SQL & Python)
🇨🇷Heredia, Heredia Province, Costa Rica20 days ago
SeniorFull TimeEN
ccenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 801,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at accenture.com
Role Description
Serves as the primary point of coordination between the Client& Service Team. Works directly with the team to ensure on-time delivery of activities. Apply data engineering principles to develop reusable workflows including ingestion, quality, transformation, and optimization. Build scalable data pipelines using extract, transform and load tools. Deploy solutions to production environments. Migrate data from legacy data warehouses using cloud architecture principles. Automate the flow of data for consumption. The ideal candidate will have strong, hands-on experience managing data engineering initiatives and working closely with clients to understand their business needs. The role requires technical ownership, seniority, and depth in modern data engineering practices, beyond theoretical knowledge.
Design, build, and manage data infrastructure, growth marketing analytics conversion + expansion marketing, and product marketing reporting, etc.
Lead the end-to-end design, development, deployment and optimization of critical data pipelines
Architect ETL processes and ensure seamless integration of complex data sources
Driving batch & streaming integrations between business applications and data infrastructure using ETL principles
Expertly manage databases, optimizing performance and security
Design advanced data models for complex analytical and reporting requirements
Drive data quality initiatives and actively participate in establishing data governance standards
Lead the deployment and management of data infrastructure on cloud platforms
Develop sophisticated automation solutions and highly scalable data architectures
Take a lead role and technical ownership in troubleshooting and resolving complex data-related problems in production environments.
Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior and mid-level engineers
Contribute to strategic decision-making and process improvements
Required Experience
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
Proven experience as a Data Engineer or similar role
Proficiency in programming languages like Python, C#(.NET Framework), Java, or Scala
Experience with data integration tools and ETL frameworks (e.g., Apache NiFi, Talend, Informatica)
Very High knowledge of SQL and database management systems (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)
Familiarity with cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, PLX, GCP)
Knowledge of data modeling, data warehousing, and data architecture principles
Understanding of data governance and data quality best practices
Hands-on experience designing, building, and owning end-to-end data pipelines, including ingestion, transformation, testing, deployment, monitoring, and optimization.
Experience with distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark) and performance optimization techniques (partitioning, tuning, efficient data modeling).
Experience working with modern data stacks (e.g., cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery or Snowflake, and transformation tools like dbt).
Solid understanding of production-grade data practices, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and pipeline observability.
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
Familiarity with these:
Advanced SQL
Python
Data Modeling
ETL
Data Analysis
BigQuery
Data Architecture
Managing Work
Exerts positive influence on both immediate project team members and external stakeholders.
Assumes responsibility for the accuracy of work processes and flow of tasks.
Proactively identifies and mitigates risks and assigns appropriate owners to prevent issues and enhance performance.
Guides research efforts of teams, recognizing when to apply inference, creativity and experience
Understands/defines the various roles that respective teams play in the project/process.
Communicating Effectively
Prepares clear and concise executive summary to communicate with leadership.
Creates communication strategy for the team/project with clear objectives and expectations.
Understands and factors in the cultural diversity of the audience when planning communications.
Creates an open environment that encourages team to participate actively and offer new ideas.
Creating Business Value
Identifies ways for team members to better engage in knowledge-sharing and collaboration across teams.
Demonstrates positive attitude and supports the team through challenging situations.
Holds discussions with stakeholders to gather additional details to ensure inclusion of all relevant concerns.
Shares best practices and lessons learned while identifying and mitigating risks beyond immediate team.
Shares knowledge within the team about latest innovative ideas and trends.
Promotes need for innovation in the team and influences team members to provide suggestions to improve work processes and enhance results.
Conducts extensive research in the areas of new offering development and process definition to provide competitive advantage to clients.
Paraphrases client requirements in own words and matches those needs with standard Accenture offerings.
Building & Maintaining Relation
Facilitates discussions to reach mutually acceptable outcomes and resolve conflict.
Synthesizes diverse perspectives into key messages.
Guides team members on maintaining relationships with clients and stakeholders.
Solves basic client/sponsor issues and escalates when required.
Predicts client/sponsor issues and proactively raises these issues with supervisor.
Raises questions and concerns keeping the team’s objectives in mind and works towards solutions that will enhance team performance.
Remains calm and focused when under pressure.
People Management.
Provides team members with a sense of purpose, direction and understanding of each other's responsibilities.
Delegates so that team members can own a significant piece of work, and holds them accountable for their tasks.
Respects the learning curve of individuals and supports them through their development journey.
Gains consensus and commitment from team members on task alignment.
Encourages team members to analyze the situation from multiple angles to reach resolution.
Is open-minded and demonstrates flexibility and optimism in adapting to change.
Able to control emotions in a difficult situation.
What we offer
Health and Life Insurance
Accenture days, 3 additional vacation days
On site doctor
Birthday leave
Internet reimbursement
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
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