Senior Data Engineer

Summary

Join D.A. Davidson Companies as a Senior Data Engineer and be responsible for expanding and optimizing data and data pipeline architecture. You will monitor, troubleshoot, and tune data flows, working alongside other teams on complex data initiatives. This role requires experience building data pipelines and optimizing data systems. You will also mentor junior team members and contribute to data architecture roadmaps. The preferred location is in Western states, Midwest, or remote. The company offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Requirements

• 7 or more years of Data Engineering experience in an oversight capacity
• Extensive domain-specific experience in the Financial Services industry
• Experience with Microsoft cloud-based technologies in a hybrid architecture
• Advanced working TSQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring, stored procedure development, end-to-end data pipeline development
• Experience performing operational analysis on internal and external data and processes to uncover failure points and identify opportunities for improvement
• Strong analytic skills related to working with complex, multi-layered data pipelines and dependent datasets
• Holistic awareness of processes supporting data preparation, metadata, dependencies, lineages, compliance and workload management
• Understanding of data modeling concepts like: Conceptual data modeling, Logical data modeling, Relational data modeling, Dimensional and multi-dimensional data modeling
• Understanding of meta-model and metadata management requirements
• Extensive experience with SQL-based syntax
• Extensive experience designing and implementing data structures and interfaces for applications and business processes
• Experience with relational database platforms: preferably MS SQLServer
• Experience with data pipeline tools such as: SSIS
• Experience using orchestration tools such as: ActiveBatch
• Experience with web services and API integrations
• Experience with scripting languages such as: Python and Powershell
• Experience with Agile, DevOps and DataOps methods and technologies: Source Code Control, Versioning, Test Automation, Continuous Integration, Automated Deployment, Recoverability, Telemetry, etc

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain a robust, efficient and compliant data pipeline architecture
• Oversee and review the work of other engineers through peer reviews, code reviews and process reviews
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc
• Research and analyze new technologies, methodologies and architectures for viability
• Build and maintain a service-based architecture for the publication of consumable data and information objects
• Work with data architects and data analysts to enhance and evolve the data environment
• Work with Business and IT stakeholders to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data and information requirements
• Define and develop frameworks, guidelines, best practices and examples to ensure data structures and integration processes are accurate, compliant and secure
• Facilitate the development and implementation of data quality standards, data protection standards and adoption requirements across the enterprise
• Define indicators of performance and quality metrics and ensure compliance with data related policies, standards, roles and responsibilities, and adoption requirements

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with data visualization technologies such as: Tableau, PowerBI

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Company 401(k) and ESOP contribution
• Generous sick, vacation, and maternity/parental leave
• Paid holidays
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement ($15,000 lifetime cap)
• Discounted personal insurance including home, auto and recreational vehicles
• Charitable gift-matching program
• Davidson Day of Giving – Our tradition of positively impacting communities in which we live and work