Associate Data Engineer (Elevate Program)

Location: Indianapolis, IN

Pay: $28/hr. (starting pay)
Employment Type: Long-Term Contract
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (Onsite 3 Days per Week)

About Brooksource Elevate

Brooksource Elevate is an early-career development program designed to help recent graduates launch successful careers in technology. Through hands-on project work, mentorship, technical training, and professional development opportunities, associates gain real-world experience while building the skills needed to grow into future technology leaders.

About the Team

The Analytics Engineering and Visualization Hub is a centralized team within Finance Digital Transformation focused on building trusted data products that enable Finance and business teams to make smarter, faster decisions. The team develops semantic models, dashboards, and scalable analytics solutions that improve data accessibility, consistency, and business insight while helping lay the foundation for future AI capabilities.

Position Overview

As an Associate Data Engineer, you will help build and maintain the data solutions that power reporting, analytics, and decision-making across the organization. This is an excellent opportunity for a recent graduate who enjoys working with data, solving problems, and learning modern cloud technologies.

You will work alongside experienced data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to transform raw data into reliable, reusable, and business-ready data products. Through mentorship and hands-on experience, you will develop skills in data engineering, cloud platforms, data modeling, and analytics.

What You'll Do

Support the development and maintenance of data pipelines that ingest, transform, and prepare data for analytics and reporting
Work with team members to integrate data from multiple business systems using Microsoft Fabric and related tools
Assist in building and maintaining lakehouses, warehouses, and semantic models
Write SQL queries to validate, transform, and analyze data
Help monitor data quality, troubleshoot issues, and improve pipeline reliability
Participate in data governance, documentation, and best practice initiatives
Collaborate with analysts, engineers, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and business needs
Learn and contribute to self-service analytics solutions that empower business users
Support testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of data products
Continuously grow your technical skills through training, mentorship, and project-based learning

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, Finance, or a related field
Recent graduate or up to 2 years of relevant experience through internships, co-ops, academic projects, research, or professional work
Basic understanding of SQL and relational databases
Exposure to data analytics, data engineering, reporting, or business intelligence concepts through coursework, internships, or projects
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Eagerness to learn new technologies and work in a collaborative team environment
Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

Internship, co-op, capstone project, or coursework involving data engineering, analytics, or cloud technologies
Exposure to Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Databricks, Power BI, Snowflake, AWS, or similar data platforms
Familiarity with SQL, Python, Power Query, or other data transformation tools
Understanding of data modeling and data warehousing concepts
Experience creating reports, dashboards, or visualizations using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools
Exposure to GitHub or version control concepts
Interest in finance, business analytics, and data-driven decision making
Strong communication, teamwork, and organizational skills

What You'll Gain Through Elevate

Hands-on experience building enterprise data solutions
Mentorship from experienced data engineers and analytics professionals
Exposure to Microsoft Fabric and modern cloud data platforms
Professional development focused on communication, business acumen, and consulting skills

· ABOUT EIGHT ELEVEN:

· At Eight Eleven, our business is people. Relationships are at the center of what we do. A successful partnership is only as strong as the relationship built. We’re your trusted partner for IT hiring, recruiting and staffing needs.

· For over 16 years, Eight Eleven has established and maintained relationships that are designed to meet your IT staffing needs. Whether it’s contract, contract-to-hire, or permanent placement work, we customize our search based upon your company's unique initiatives, culture and technologies. With our national team of recruiters placed at 21 major hubs around the nation, Eight Eleven finds the people best-suited for your business. When you work with us, we work with you. That’s the Eight Eleven promise.

· Eight Eleven Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, disability, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Pay: From $28.00 per hour

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Professional development assistance
Vision insurance

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Indianapolis, IN 46220

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