Seeking a skilled Data Engineer to support a Data Modernization Assessment for a client. This role involves evaluating and optimizing data architecture, pipelines, and observability infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience building scalable data systems, a deep understanding of cloud environments, and collaborate effectively with technical and business teams. Responsibilities include analyzing end-to-end data infrastructure, optimizing data pipelines, evaluating architecture decisions, building proofs-of-concept for enhanced observability, assessing data governance and metadata management, and enhancing analytics tooling. The role also involves assessing data readiness for AI-driven analytics and BI, partnering with cross-functional teams, and contributing to strategic recommendations.