Principal Microsoft Data & AI Engineer Hybrid

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Principal Microsoft Data & AI Engineer - Hybrid position with a Global Financial Institution located in Minneapolis MN Chandler AZ Irving TX or Charlotte NC. This is an 18 month contract opportunity.

This is a senior hands-on data engineering role to design and deliver trusted data products for workforce analytics operational reporting executive decision-making and AI-assisted analysis. The ideal candidate will take ownership of complex data problems from initial source assessment through ingestion transformation data quality validation modeling documentation and delivery of analysis-ready data products. The environment is primarily within the Microsoft ecosystem utilizing SQL Server Microsoft Fabric Azure Power BI and Excel.

Responsibilities:

• Design build test deploy and support scalable data ingestion transformation and integration solutions using Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Fabric
• Develop reusable ETL and ELT processes that move data from authorized enterprise systems into governed analytical data stores and semantic models
• Write and optimize advanced SQL including complex queries stored procedures views transformations and performance-tuned processing routines
• Design relational dimensional semantic and analytical data models that support Power BI Excel human analysis and approved AI-assisted analysis
• Design enterprise data models using repository-driven standards and Medallion methodology to deliver governed high-quality analytics-ready data assets
• Integrate structured semi-structured and unstructured data from databases Excel CSV files email-delivered files APIs exported reports and authorized web-based sources
• Create controlled repeatable processes for nonstandard data sources with validation reconciliation traceability and error handling
• Profile data identify quality issues determine root causes and implement remediation or monitoring controls
• Build curated analysis-ready datasets and semantic models for Power BI Excel analysts and approved AI tools
• Use approved generative AI tools to assist with data analysis SQL and code development documentation testing troubleshooting and prompt-based workflows
• Validate AI-generated SQL code calculations summaries and analytical conclusions before use
• Translate business and analytical needs into clear data requirements technical designs and usable data products
• Follow applicable data governance privacy information security risk and compliance requirements

Requirements:

• 7 years of progressively responsible experience in data engineering database engineering analytics engineering data integration or a related discipline
• Advanced hands-on Microsoft SQL Server and complex SQL development experience
• Experience designing and delivering reusable ETL or ELT pipelines
• Hands-on Microsoft Fabric experience or strong experience with a comparable modern cloud data platform
• Strong knowledge of relational dimensional semantic and analytical data modeling
• Experience designing enterprise data models using repository-driven standards and Medallion methodology to create governed high-quality analytics-ready data assets
• Experience integrating enterprise data with nonstandard sources such as Excel files APIs email-delivered data exported reports or authorized website data
• Demonstrated data profiling validation reconciliation and data quality problem-solving experience
• Advanced Excel skills including Power Query data models PivotTables advanced formulas and external data connections
• Experience preparing data for Power BI Excel human analysts or AI-assisted analytical workflows
• Working knowledge of source control code review testing release management and production support
• Practical work-related experience with one or more AI-assisted engineering or productivity tools (e.g. Microsoft 365 Copilot GitHub Copilot)
• Experience developing and refining prompts for data discovery analysis SQL generation testing documentation and interpretation of results
• Ability to validate AI-generated SQL calculations code and recognize hallucinations or unsupported conclusions
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical designs to nontechnical stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and manage ambiguity in a complex regulated enterprise environment

Desired skills:

• Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse Warehouse Data Factory Dataflows Gen2 notebooks or semantic model experience
• Azure SQL Azure Data Lake Storage Azure Data Factory or related Azure data services
• Python PySpark PowerShell or another data transformation and automation language
• Power BI experience including semantic models DAX Power Query performance optimization and executive reporting
• Power Apps or Power Automate experience
• Databricks Delta Lake Spark medallion architecture or comparable lakehouse experience
• Experience with APIs JSON XML HTML parsing browser automation or approved web data extraction
• Experience working with confidential or sensitive data in a regulated environment
• GitHub Azure DevOps ServiceNow CI/CD or automated testing experience

Pay range: $86.09 - $94.09 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract contract-for-hire and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20 years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical Dental Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas NYC SF and Illinois)

For multiple years running Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance as a Best Company for Career Growth for Diversity and for Leadership amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.