Senior Data Engineer - Salt Lake City, United States - Sorenson

Description

Job Description

Come be a part of our mission and make a meaningful and positive impact with the industry leading provider of language services for the Deaf and heard-of-hearing

Benefits

• Paid Vacation Time and Paid Sick Time and Paid Holidays
• 401k 6% match with immediate vesting
• Nationwide Medical Insurance plans and coverage (Medical, Dental/Orthodontia, Vision)
• TeleDoc
• HSA company match
• 3 Medical plan options including a Low Deductible PPO Medical Plan Offering
• Employee Assistance Program
• Engaged Employee Resource Groups
• Outstanding Learning and Career Development Opportunities

Pay Range: Actual pay may vary up or down depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for incentive compensation.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Essential

• Prior experience as a Data Engineer or similar technical data professional
• Deep knowledge of Databricks and experience processing both streaming (Kinesis) and batch data at scale using python.
• A strong desire to be a Team player and build a collaborative environment.
• Possess a very strong understanding of python and ANSI SQL including accessing remote data outside of the base environment using HTTP, Rest APIs, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new platforms and technologies.
• Build and maintain the data infrastructure required to transform OLTP data sources into usable data structures optimized for business intelligence and data engineering.
• Design, implement, and maintain the next-generation data pipelines using industry leading technologies such as Databricks.
• In collaboration with IT and other business stakeholders, consolidate multiple complex data silos into a single enterprise data warehouse used for companywide data engineering and analytics.
• Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
• Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency, and other key business performance metrics.
• Work with stakeholders including the Engineering, IT, and other Data Services teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
• Ensure compliance with security, data retention, and privacy policies to keep our data secure across multiple data centers and cloud vendors.
• Create data tools for Data Engineering team members that assist them in building and optimizing our services.
• Maintain current data pipelines to support business needs.
• Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems.
• Other duties as assigned by management.
• Experience using multiple programming languages (e.g., SQL, , Spark, Python,) to create reproducible, automated processes to create data infrastructure and products for business users.
• Advanced SQL knowledge and query optimization.
• Experience building, maintaining, and optimizing (balancing speed and cost) cloud data warehouses.
• Deep knowledge of OLAP vs OLTP database architectures
• Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Experience working with API's and command line interface tools to automate data extraction, loading, and transformation.
• Experience working with business users to develop automated quality assurance error checks.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Ability to apply analytical and critical thinking to solve complex problems.
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrate outstanding ethics, integrity, and judgment.
• Exceptional written communication skills with specific ability to communicate concepts and ideas concisely and defend their validity.
• Interact with others in a professional and mature manner.
• Advanced understanding modern data warehouse practices
• Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including MS SQL Server.
• Experience building AWS infrastructure.

Education

Minimum - Bachelor's degree (BS) in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or another quantitative field, or equivalent industry experience or other math based technical field that requires significant programing course work to complete the degree. (EcEn, Econ, Stats, etc.)

Desired - 2 Year master's degree (MS) in computer science or other math based technical field that requires significant programing.

Experience

3-5 years as a technical data engineering experience specifically focusing on automation and quality using python and spark based technologies to process and automate data.

3-5 years experience designing cloud-based data pipelines using a variety of tools (e.g., Databricks, Fivetran, or similar).

3-5 years experience with cloud data technologies (e.g., Snowflake, AWS, Azure) and industry best practices around data in cloud platforms.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• May require 0-5% Travel.
• Must have regular and predictable attendance.
• Must possess a positive attitude, be a team player, have good interpersonal communication skills and the ability to work across company departments to build consensus.
• This position has access to highly confidential, sensitive information relating to the employees and customers of Sorenson Communications. It is essential that applicant possess the requisite integrity to maintain the information in strictest confidence.
• Must be able to sit/ stand for a long period in an office environment.
• Must possess dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, tools, and to handle other computer components.
• May lift and transport moderately heavy objects, such as computers and peripherals.

Company Summary

Our Mission...Harnessing the power of language, we connect diverse people and enrich the human experience.

Our Vision...To provide global language services that expand opportunities, nurture belonging, and empower the world to connect beyond words.

As one of the world's leading language services providers, Sorenson combines patented technology with human-centric solutions. We strive to increase diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for underrepresented people through communication solutions for all: call captioning and video relay services, over-video and in-person sign language and spoken language interpreting, translation, real-time captioning, and post-production language services.

Sorenson's impact vision and plan extends to supporting employment opportunities for diverse employees, customers, and communities. As a minority-owned company, we are committed to expanding opportunities for underserved communities while promoting an inclusive workplace for our own employees.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Sorenson Communications is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.