Job Position: Senior Data Engineer
Location: Greenwood Village, CO

Job Description
Senior Data Engineer:
The Select Group is looking for a Senior Data Engineer for one of their top telecommunication clients. This is going to be a long-term contract, located in Denver, CO (4 days onsite, 1 day remote).

Senior Data Engineer Requirements:

• 8+ years experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Amazon QuickSight).
• 8+ years in data engineering (ETL, data transformation, automation).
• Strong background in AWS services and console navigation.
• Python and Terraform for automation.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret AWS billing and usage data.

Senior Data Engineer Responsibilities:
AWS Cost Optimization & FinOps Analysis

• Analyze AWS spend data to identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Work with AWS Cost Intelligence Dashboards to customize and extend their functionality.
• Interpret AWS billing and usage reports to provide actionable insights.

Business Intelligence (BI) Development & Dashboarding

• Develop, maintain, and enhance BI dashboards in Amazon QuickSight (and potentially Power BI, Tableau).
• Create new dashboards (50%) and maintain/improve existing dashboards (50%).
• Generate reports and data visualizations to support FinOps decision-making.

Data Engineering & Automation

• Work with AWS services to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data.
• Use Python and Terraform to automate data pipelines, infrastructure, and reporting processes.

AWS Platform & Console Navigation

• Navigate AWS environments and services effectively.
• Leverage AWS tools for data ingestion, storage, and analysis.

Collaboration & Communication

• Work closely with FinOps teams, finance stakeholders, and cloud engineering teams.
• Communicate insights and recommendations to non-technical stakeholders.
• Report directly to leadership and contribute to team growth and best practices.