Tableau Data Engineer

Tableau Data Engineer

• Guilderland, NY

All qualified resumes responded to in 48hrs or less

US Citizen in good standing willing to hold a US Government 



Role Description

Support the design and implementation of self-service analytics on a cloud data platform and Tableau for a State agency client. Responsibilities include provisioning the environment, defining data models and source-to-target mappings, building data ingestion pipelines, developing Tableau dashboards, and conducting functional testing. The engineer will also contribute to technical design documentation and support the development of a scaling roadmap for broader production rollout.



Technical Skill Set

•    Hands-on experience provisioning and configuring cloud data platform environments including databases, schemas, compute resources, and role-based access control (RBAC)

•    Proficiency in SQL for data transformation, stored procedures, and data quality validation

•    Experience with data loading and ingestion mechanisms including streaming, micro-batch, and bulk load patterns

•    Experience designing and implementing cloud-native ETL/ELT pipelines using batch and CDC-based ingestion patterns

•    Strong understanding of layered data architecture concepts (Medallion / Landing → Bronze → Silver → Gold)

•    Experience with logical and physical data modeling and producing source-to-target mapping specifications

•    Hands-on Tableau development including workbooks, dashboards, and cloud data platform-connected data sources with live and extract connection configurations

•    Familiarity with Tableau row-level security (RLS) and user-based access controls

•    Working knowledge of cloud data services including object storage and database migration/replication services

•    Ability to produce technical design documentation, data mapping specifications, and functional testing artifacts for both technical and business audiences

•    Familiarity with Python or shell scripting for pipeline automation and workflow orchestration



Nice to Have

•    Experience with IaC tooling such as Terraform or GitLab CI/CD

•    Prior experience on State/public sector engagement



US clearance preferred- secret