Data Engineer - Globus

Q Consulting is seeking a Data Engineer to support data architecture, analysis, and secure data transfer initiatives. The role will implement and operationalize the Globus Managed File Transfer platform in a GCP-hosted Data DMZ, manage large-scale data workflows, provide operational support, and ensure security, governance, documentation, and knowledge transfer.

Responsibilities:

• Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements
• Strong knowledge of SQL required. Ability to identify sets and subsets of information across multiple joins or unions of tables is preferred in addition to writing and troubleshooting SQL queries for data mining -Perform complex data analysis and investigation for customer requests to explain results and to make appropriate recommendations
• Strong understanding of data modeling concepts -Problem solver with the initiative to think critically to identify improvement opportunities (error detection, error correction, root cause analysis) -Understand ETL that will aid in verification and testing of data -Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency and workload management
• A successful history of manipulating, processing and extracting value from large disconnected datasets
• Analyze business objectives and develop data solutions to meet customer needs
• Demonstrated ability to effectively participate in multiple, concurrent projects -Improve and customize current data solutions to meet business functional and non-functional requirements
• Research new and existing data sources in order to contribute to new development, improve data management processes, and make recommendations for data quality initiatives
• Perform periodic data quality reviews for internal and external data
• Ensure timely resolution of queries and data issues
• Look for new ways to find and collect data by researching potential new sources of information
• Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems
• The contractor will support the implementation, configuration, and operationalization of Globus Managed File Transfer (MFT) platform within a GCP-hosted Data DMZ environment. Responsibilities include completing Globus Connect Server deployment, configuring storage gateways and data transfer workflows, and onboarding research users while providing Tier 1/2 operational support. The role will focus on managing large-scale, secure data transfers, maintaining platform health, optimizing performance, and ensuring compliance with security and governance standards (HIPAA, NIST, Zero-Trust). The contractor will work closely with internal teams and stakeholders to establish operational processes, support production readiness, and deliver documentation and knowledge transfer to enable long-term ownership by the Enterprise Interfaces team

Requirements:

• must be eligible to work on W2 without sponsorship
• Requires a mix of functional, data and technical skills
• The right candidate must be able to understand business requirements, translate them into information needs and implement those requirements using data available
• The ideal candidate is an experienced data pipeline builder and data wrangler who enjoys optimizing data systems
• Strong knowledge of SQL required
• Strong understanding of data modeling concepts
• A successful history of manipulating, processing and extracting value from large disconnected datasets
• Demonstrated ability to effectively participate in multiple, concurrent projects
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and profile data as a means to address various business problems through leveraging advanced data modeling, source system databases, or data mining techniques
• Demonstrated application of several problem-solving methodologies, planning techniques, continuous improvement methods, and analytical tools and methodologies (e.g. data analysis, data profiling, modeling, etc.)
• Incumbent must have ability to manage a varied workload of projects with multiple priorities and stay current on healthcare trends and enterprise changes
• Interpersonal skills and time management skills
• Requires strong analytical skills and the ability to identify and recommend solutions, advanced computer application skills and a commitment to customer service
• Experience with data analysis, quality, and profiling; including data exploration tools including but not limited to Rapid SQL, AQT, Information Analyzer, and Informatics
• 3+ years Globus platform experience (GCS v5, endpoints, collections)
• Strong GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, IAM, networking)
• Linux system administration and scripting (Bash)
• Understanding of GridFTP and high-throughput data transfers
• Experience with networking, security, and Zero-Trust principles
• Background in MFT or large-scale data transfer environments
• Self-directed troubleshooting across infrastructure layers
• Strong communication with technical teams and end users
• Ability to support research/customer-facing workflows
• Documentation and knowledge transfer mindset
• Comfortable navigating governance and compliance processes
• Ability to identify sets and subsets of information across multiple joins or unions of tables
• Healthcare / regulated environment experience
• Terraform / IaC or Azure DevOps exposure
• Sailpoint or identity governance tools
• HPC or research data workflows
• Monitoring/observability tools