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The Role Build and support enterprise data ingestion, transformation, modeling, and integration solutions using Microsoft Fabric and Azure data services. Develop batch, API, file, database, and event-driven pipelines; create dimensional and curated data models; write and optimize SQL; resolve data-quality and pipeline issues; and support production workloads. Collaborate in Agile engineering processes using GitHub, Azure DevOps, CI/CD, code reviews, and reusable development standards. Summary Generated by

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The Software Engineer II, Data builds and supports enterprise data ingestion, transformation, modeling, and integration solutions. This role translates business and source-system requirements into scalable, maintainable data solutions that support analytics, reporting, operational, and downstream application needs.

What you will do:

• Build ingestion and transformation solutions using Microsoft Fabric and Azure Data Factory.
• Implement pipelines supporting batch, incremental, API, file, database, and event-based integration patterns.
• Develop reusable and configuration-driven ingestion and transformation patterns where appropriate.
• Build curated data structures supporting analytics, reporting, operational, and downstream application requirements.
• Work with structured and semi-structured data, including SQL, CSV, JSON, XML, Parquet, and similar enterprise formats.
• Work with Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake/Storage and Azure SQL/SQL Server.
• Translate business and source-system requirements into scalable data models.
• Participate in conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling.
• Design dimensional and curated models that support enterprise reporting and analytics.
• Develop complex SQL queries, views, transformations, and data-processing logic.
• Troubleshoot query, pipeline, and data-processing issues.
• Perform query and pipeline performance tuning.
• Identify and resolve data-quality, integrity, completeness, and consistency issues.
• Perform source-to-target and source-to-source reconciliation.
• Develop validation checks for new pipelines and changes.
• Use GitHub for source control and branch-based development.
• Follow EDAS CI/CD, pull-request, code-review and design-review standards.
• Use Azure DevOps (ADO) and approved engineering practices to manage delivery.
• Create maintainable, reusable, well-documented code.
• Participate actively in peer code and design reviews.
• Create or improve reusable engineering patterns and supporting documentation.
• Monitor and support production data pipelines and scheduled workloads.
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures, missed schedules, long-running processes, and data-quality issues.

What we expect of you:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Engineering, or a related field and 3 years of relevant IT experience, OR 7 total years of relevant IT experience.
• Professional experience developing enterprise data pipelines, integrations, data warehouses, Lakehouse solutions, or analytics data platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex data and integration problems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to deliver effectively in an Agile enterprise engineering environment.
• Strong SQL and relational database development.
• Strong understanding of data engineering and ETL/ELT.
• Microsoft Fabric.
• Azure Data Factory (ADF).
• Azure Data Lake / Storage.
• Azure

SQL / SQL

Server.

• Data warehousing and dimensional/data modeling concepts.
• Data ingestion and transformation patterns.
• Data validation and reconciliation.
• Performance optimization and troubleshooting.
• Git / GitHub.
• CI/CD and pull-request-based development.
• Azure DevOps / Agile delivery practices.
• Python and/or PySpark, a plus.
• Delta Lake / Lakehouse concepts, a plus.
• Medallion architecture, a plus.
• REST APIs / JSON-based integrations, a plus.
• Event-driven integrations and Azure Service Bus, a plus.
• Data migration and legacy-platform modernization, a plus.
• Azure Key Vault and secure credential handling, a plus.
• Enterprise data governance and data-quality concepts, a plus.
• Microsoft Fabric / Azure data engineering certifications, a plus.

Pay range:

$86,000

• $119,000, depending on experience and skill set.

Benefits overview:

https://cdw.benefit-info.com/

• CDW is committed to being an AI-fluent organization
• We're looking for people who bring curiosity, a learner's mindset, and a willingness to engage with ever-evolving technology and tools. We value adopting AI as a partner, openness to experimentation, and a shared interest in learning together on AI. Our goal is to create a culture where AI enhances
• not replaces
• human creativity and decision-making.

You don't need to be an expert today; what matters is your readiness to explore, adapt, and grow with us as we integrate AI responsibly and effectively into our work.

Additionally, CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, our goal is to understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. As an AI forward company, we see AI not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, creating, and communicating. We encourage candidates to embrace an AI mindset, one that's curious, adaptive, and ready to explore what's possible. We welcome thoughtful use of AI to expand your perspective and elevate how you share your story, while ensuring your application remains rooted in your own background, judgment, and voice.

• About Us
• CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider that helps businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations achieve what's possible through technology. What makes CDW different isn't just what we do
• it's how we do it. At CDW we act as one
• building trust, speaking candidly, and working together to achieve more. We play to win
• focusing on what matters most and delivering for our customers. And we think forward
• staying curious, moving fast, and continuously learning. We believe meaningful work happens when people feel supported, heard, and empowered to contribute. That's why we think of ourselves as coworkers, not just employees
• working together to solve complex challenges and deliver real impact for our customers and communities.

As a full-stack, full-lifecycle technology partner, CDW brings deep expertise, strong relationships, and broad industry knowledge to help turn ideas into outcomes. When you join CDW, you become part of a collaborative environment where your work matters, your growth is supported, and your contributions help shape what's next. Together, we deliver the full promise of what technology can do.

• Together, we Make Amazing Happen.
• CDW is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law. Read Full Description Skills Required Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Engineering, or a related field and 3 years of relevant IT experience, or 7 total years of relevant IT experience Professional experience developing enterprise data pipelines, integrations, data warehouses, Lakehouse solutions, or analytics data platforms Experience troubleshooting complex data and integration problems Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills Ability to deliver effectively in an Agile enterprise engineering environment Strong SQL and relational database development Strong understanding of data engineering and ETL/ELT Microsoft Fabric Azure Data Factory Azure Data Lake or Azure Storage Azure SQL or SQL Server Data warehousing and dimensional or data modeling concepts Data ingestion and transformation patterns Data validation and reconciliation Performance optimization and troubleshooting Git or GitHub CI/CD and pull-request-based development Azure DevOps and Agile delivery practices Python and/or PySpark Delta Lake and Lakehouse concepts Medallion architecture REST APIs and JSON-based integrations Event-driven integrations and Azure Service Bus Data migration and legacy-platform modernization Azure Key Vault and secure credential handling Enterprise data governance and data-quality concepts Microsoft Fabric or Azure data engineering certifications What the Team is Saying Phil Practice Vice President To future proof our AI strategy, I think about it like software development. 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