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Sierra Nevada Corporation Data Engineer III in Sparks, Nevada

Are you a technologist with an eye for detail and a passion for data architecture and governance? Join our team! The Data Engineer III is responsible for designing, documenting, and maintaining our organization's data architecture in alignment with their related system implementations to identify areas of opportunity to improve data quality and drive data governance rigor across the portfolio. In addition to being responsible for reviewing internal customer needs and the related requirements to provide input on the data strategies for potential solutions, the Data Engineer III will also provide input and oversight of data related tasks during the execution phase of departmental and enterprise projects. There will be an overarching theme and focus on data governance and stewardship driven through architecture modeling to support effective decision making when undergoing system or process changes. Additionally, with the uptick in AI initiatives, the Data Engineer III will be integral in helping define the data strategy, identifying data cleansing opportunities and helping to improve our overall data quality. The candidate will need to be bright, imaginative, and a capable technologist with strong communication skills, specifically seeking an environment where they will impact the direction of the organization and be a key contributor to overall success of the business. The pace is exceptionally fast at SNC, and our dynamic environment will see many new projects in the coming year. The Data Engineer III will need to be agile and flexible, as changes will be certain and frequent.

As SNC's corporate team, we provide the company and its business areas with strategic direction and business support spanning executive management, finance and accounting, operations, human resources, legal, IT, information security, facilities, marketing, and communications.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with stakeholders, business systems analysts, and other project team members to understand their functional and non-functional data requirements and design data models that meet those needs.

  • Develop and maintain data dictionaries, data lineage, and other metadata artifacts to ensure that data is well-governed, accurate and supports authoritative data sourcing.

  • Document and model existing ETL processes to provide insight into current data integrations, areas of opportunity to consolidate or streamline, and/or removing redundancies.

  • Support and help define the data strategy and cleansing activities for AI initiatives.

  • Design, build, and maintain RPAs for data ingestion that are scalable and efficient to bolster accuracy in QA and system testing.

  • Partner with business systems analysts to support the elicitation and cultivation of business needs to translate into detailed requirements documentation; focus will be on the data aspects of the needs to support business process efficiencies.

Must-haves:

  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field with at least 6 years of relevant experience

  • Higher education may substitute for relevant experience

  • Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education

  • Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL), and familiarity with a variety of databases

  • Experience with AWS cloud services: S3, Redshift, Glue

  • Experience building and optimizing data pipelines, architectures and data sets

  • Experience performing root cause analysis on data to answer specific business questions or issues

  • Experience with object-oriented scripting languages and frameworks: Python

  • Source system integration patterns (SQL, APIs)

  • Operational responsibilities (schedules, monitoring, logging, alerting, error handling, etc.)

  • DevOps experience

Preferred:

  • Understanding of data modeling approaches and their applications

  • Proficiency with SQL, Power Automate, Power Apps, and DevOps

  • Experience building and optimizing data pipelines, architectures and data sets

  • Ability to perform root cause analysis on data to answer specific business questions or issues

  • Defining source system integration patterns

  • Understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms

  • Familiarity with Archimate modeling semantics

  • Experience with Azure and AWS cloud services

  • Strong knowledge of project planning/execution and solid understanding of analysis and software development lifecycle methodologies

  • Knowledgeable on the technologies that support day-to-day business execution in addition to business application development, implementation, and sustainment

  • Strong presentation, facilitation, collaboration, negotiation and influencing skills

SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more (https://www.sncorp.com/careers/total-rewards/) .

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

To conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.

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SNC is a global leader in aerospace and national security committed to moving the American Dream forward. We’re known and respected for our mission and execution focus, agility, and disruptive and rapid innovation. We provide leading edge technologies and transformative solutions that support our nation’s most critical security needs. If you are mission-focused, thrive in collaborative environments, and want to make our country stronger with state-of-the-art technologies that safeguard freedom, join our team!

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.

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