Senior Data Engineer (Snowflake)

📋 Description

• • As a Senior Data Engineer specializing in Snowflake, you will be instrumental in shaping the data infrastructure for a prominent U.S.-based education services provider. This role is pivotal in transforming how educational data is managed, analyzed, and leveraged to enhance student enrollment, academic operations, and learning management systems across web and mobile platforms.
• • You will be responsible for the end-to-end design, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of robust, scalable data pipelines. This involves leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as Snowflake, Coalesce.io, Airbyte, and SQL Server/SSIS, with strategic utilization of Azure Data Factory to ensure seamless data flow and integration.
• • A core aspect of your role will be to architect and build sophisticated dimensional data models. These models are crucial for ensuring the integrity, quality, and structured nature of data, making it readily available and understandable for advanced analytics, business intelligence, and critical reporting functions.
• • You will be a key proponent in implementing and managing the Medallion architecture within Snowflake. This will involve meticulously overseeing the bronze, silver, and gold layers, ensuring data progresses through stages of refinement, validation, and optimization for consumption.
• • Collaboration will be central to your success. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, utilizing Jira for efficient task tracking and GitHub for version control and code management, fostering a transparent and agile development environment.
• • A significant part of your contribution will be ensuring the reliability and efficiency of Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes. This includes developing complex data transformations and intricate data integration workflows that are both performant and maintainable.
• • You will play a proactive role in enhancing existing data modeling practices. This involves identifying and addressing any weaknesses in dimensional modeling techniques, advocating for best practices, and mentoring other team members to elevate the overall data architecture quality.
• • The role demands a proactive approach to problem-solving, identifying and resolving data-related challenges to ensure data accuracy and accessibility for stakeholders.
• • You will contribute to the strategic direction of the data platform, offering insights and recommendations for improvements and future enhancements.
• • By optimizing data pipelines and models, you will directly impact the client's ability to make data-driven decisions, ultimately improving the educational experience for military personnel, veterans, and public service communities.
• • This position offers the opportunity to work on diverse projects within the higher education technology sector, contributing to platforms that support student success from enrollment through graduation.
• • You will be expected to maintain a high level of technical proficiency, staying abreast of the latest developments in data engineering and Snowflake capabilities.
• • The role requires a strong analytical mindset to dissect complex data requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• • You will be a key player in ensuring data governance and compliance standards are met throughout the data lifecycle.
• • Your work will directly support the client's mission of providing accessible and high-quality education, making a tangible difference in the lives of their students.
• • This is an opportunity to join a dynamic global tech company with a strong engineering legacy, working with Fortune 500 clients and contributing to innovative AI-first solutions.