About the Role
Blue Orange Digital is seeking a US-based Senior Data Engineer to contribute to and lead within an established enterprise data warehouse environment. This role involves hands-on work with Oracle and OCI, AWS, and shaping the future of the platform with technologies like Apache Iceberg and lakehouse patterns.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain data flow and transformation patterns across an enterprise Oracle data warehouse environment.
- Partner with client database and platform teams to manage external tables, flat files, and high-volume batch ingestion.
- Identify and implement performance optimizations at the storage, query, and orchestration layers.
- Maintain and extend cloud-to-Oracle integration patterns, the data catalog layer, and shell-script-based orchestration jobs.
- Operate and evolve the existing ETL stack while contributing to the evaluation and adoption of Oracle-native data transform tools.
- Contribute hands-on to the buildout of a hybrid lakehouse using Apache Iceberg, OCI Object Storage, Parquet, and external table patterns.
- Prepare for an upcoming shift in source ingestion toward cloud object storage and a data lake delivery pattern.
- Perform light Linux server administration and performance tuning on existing ETL infrastructure.
- Act as a collaborative thought partner with senior client stakeholders, proposing alternatives and surfacing patterns.
- Support potential future workstreams including master data management and golden record initiatives.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience in Oracle-centric enterprise data warehouse environments.
- Current, hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), specifically OCI Object Storage, OCI Data Transforms, Oracle Data Catalog, and OCI ETL patterns.
- Strong Oracle expertise, including advanced SQL, complex joins, performance tuning, and navigating a mature data warehouse with significant legacy business logic.
- Dimensional modeling proficiency, including star schemas, facts and dimensions, and slowly changing dimensions.
- Working knowledge of lakehouse concepts, including the role of object storage in a hybrid data warehouse and lakehouse architecture.
- Solid core ETL and ELT skills, including orchestration, error handling, dependency management, and high-volume batch ingestion.
- Working knowledge of Linux, including shell scripting, SSH-based administration, and basic server maintenance.
- Working knowledge of Java sufficient to read, debug, and lightly modify Java-based ETL components.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to operate as a peer-level collaborator with senior client subject matter experts.
- US-based with Eastern Time business-hours overlap.
Skills
- Oracle
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- OCI Object Storage
- OCI Data Transforms
- Oracle Data Catalog
- OCI ETL patterns
- Advanced SQL
- Complex joins
- Performance tuning
- Dimensional modeling
- Star schemas
- Facts and dimensions
- Slowly changing dimensions
- Lakehouse concepts
- ETL
- ELT
- Orchestration
- Error handling
- Dependency management
- High-volume batch ingestion
- Linux
- Shell scripting
- SSH-based administration
- Server maintenance
- Java
- Apache Iceberg
- Hybrid data warehouse
- Cloud-to-Oracle integration
- Data catalog
- Shell-script-based orchestration
- Oracle-native data transform tools
- OCI Object Storage
- Parquet
- External table patterns
- Cloud object storage
- Data lake delivery pattern
- Master data management
- Golden record initiatives
- AWS S3 to Oracle ingestion patterns
- Cloud-to-warehouse data lake integration
- High-volume transactional reporting
- Data warehouse modernization
- Lakehouse migration
Location
- US-based
Work Type
- Contractor
- Potential full-time employment
Experience Level
- Senior
- 5+ years of hands-on data engineering experience
Salary/Compensations
- $126,000 – $147,000 USD/year
- $10,500 – $12,250 USD/month
About the Company
- Blue Orange Digital is a boutique data & AI consultancy that delivers enterprise-grade results.
- We design and build modern data platforms, analytics, and ML/AI Agent solutions for mid‑market and enterprise clients across Private Equity, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Retail.
- Our teams work with technologies like Databricks, Snowflake, dbt, and the broader Microsoft ecosystem to turn messy, real-world data into trustworthy, actionable insight.
- We’re a builder‑led, client‑first culture that prizes ownership, clear communication, and shipping high‑impact work.
Equal Opportunity
- Blue Orange Digital is an equal-opportunity employer.
