Consultant, Data Engineering

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Consultant Data Engineer, you will be more than just a builder-you will be a trusted consultant, working closely with clients to design and implement scalable data solutions on Snowflake and other cloud data platforms. Your expertise and curiosity will help drive meaningful change in data-driven organizations.

What We Are Looking For:

We are in search of a skilled Consultant Data Engineer to join our expanding team of experts. This role will be pivotal in the design and development of Snowflake Data Cloud solutions, encompassing responsibilities such as constructing data ingestion pipelines, establishing sound data architecture, and implementing stringent data governance and security protocols.

The ideal candidate brings experience as a proficient data pipeline builder and adept data wrangler, deriving satisfaction from optimizing data systems from their foundational stages. Collaborating closely with database architects, data analysts, and data scientists, the Data Engineer will play a crucial role in ensuring a consistent and optimal data delivery architecture across ongoing customer projects.

This position demands a self-directed individual comfortable navigating the diverse data needs of multiple teams, systems, and products. If you are enthusiastic about the prospect of contributing to a startup environment and supporting our customers in their next generation of data initiatives, we invite you to explore this opportunity.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or equivalent area
• 3+yrs in related technical roles with experience in data management, database development, ETL, and/or data prep domains.
• Experience developing data warehouses.
• Experience building ETL / ELT ingestion pipelines.
• Proficiency in using cloud platform services for data engineering tasks, including managed database services (Snowflake and its pros and cons vs Redshift, BigQuery etc) and data processing services (AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, Google Dataflow).
• Skills in designing and implementing scalable and cost-effective solutions using cloud services, with an understanding of best practices for security and compliance.
• Knowledge of how to manipulate, process and extract value from large disconnected datasets.
• SQL and Python scripting experience require, Scala and Javascript is a plus.
• Cloud experience (AWS, Azure or GCP) is a plus.
• Knowledge of any of the following tools is also a plus: Snowflake, Matillion/Fivetran or DBT.
• Strong interpersonal skills including assertiveness and ability to build strong client relationships.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to support and work with cross-functional and agile teams in a dynamic environment.
• Advanced English required.

Preferred technical and professional experience

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ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Client-provided location(s): Alajuela, Costa Rica

Job ID: IBM-52911

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-08-19T18:49:48