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[Urgent Hiring] Data Engineer (5 Vacancies – Contract with High Conversion Potential)

Posted: 3 days ago

Job Description

[Urgent Hiring] Data Engineer (5 Vacancies – Contract with High Conversion Potential)About the RoleOur client is a global technology solutions provider with strong presence across APAC, delivering scalable digital infrastructure, analytics, and AI solutions for enterprise customers. They are urgently expanding their team to support a renowned retail MNC (health, beauty, supermarket) project.This is a 1-year contract role under our client (renewable) with high chance of permanent conversion to the end client (could be as early as 6 months, up to 1 year).We are looking for multiple Data Engineers to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and platforms that power advanced analytics and AI-driven business solutions.Key ResponsibilitiesPipeline Development: Design, build, and maintain batch/streaming data pipelines using GCP (BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataproc, Composer, Dataform, Cloud Functions) or Azure Data Stack (Synapse, Data Factory, Databricks).Data Modeling & Optimization: Implement and optimize data models to support analytics, BI reporting, and machine learning workloads.Data Integration: Connect and transform data from multiple sources (APIs, databases, event streams, flat files).Platform Reliability: Monitor and troubleshoot pipelines, ensuring scalability and availability.Governance & Quality: Apply validation, quality checks, and security best practices.Collaboration: Work closely with analysts, BI developers (Tableau, MicroStrategy), and business teams.Legacy Support (Light): Provide support for Oracle/MicroStrategy where required.RequirementsExperience: 2–8 years in data engineering, ETL/ELT development, or related roles.Technical Skills:Strong SQL and Python for transformation/automation.Hands-on with either GCP Data Stack or Azure Data Stack.Familiar with orchestration workflows (Airflow/Composer) and CI/CD pipelines.Tableau knowledge is a strong plus.Mindset: Willingness to learn GCP (training provided if not previously used).Eligibility: Open to Malaysian Citizens/PR only (no work passes).Contract DetailsContract: 1-year renewable under our client.Benefits: AWS (prorated if converted to permanent).High chance of conversion to permanent with end client (household-name retail MNC).Start Timeline: Urgent hire – candidate confirmation within 3 days after final round.Interview Process: 1 round with Data Lead + 1 round with Client.Budget/Salary Range2–5 years experience: Up to RM 10,000/month5–8 years experience: Up to RM 15,000/month (priority for this range)📍 Location: Kuala Lumpur (onsite, Mid Valley City)

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