Data Engineer, Senior

Axelon Services Corporation

Oakland, CA

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Automation, Best Practices, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Communication Skills, Computer Science, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cost Control, Data Analysis, Data Storage, DevOps, Enterprise Architecture, Environmental Management, Informatica, Internet Security, Jenkins, Leadership, Machine Tool, Metadata, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Reliability Engineering, Risk, Security Infrastructure, Snowflake Schema, Technical Leadership, Writing Skills

LOCATION

Oakland, CA

POSTED

4 days ago

Data Engineer, Senior
REMOTE
12 Months

Open to all US candidates that can work 8 - 5pm PST

Pay: $80-110 per hour

Description:

The Data Engineering Platform Lead is responsible for the overall design, operation, and evolution of enterprise data platforms supporting analytics, integration, and business intelligence. This role owns the data engineering platform stackincluding Snowflake, Informatica, dbt, AWS, and CI/CD toolingand serves as the primary interface between data engineering teams and partner organizations such as Cyber Security, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, and Enterprise Architecture.
This is a handson technical leadership role with strong platform management and communication responsibilities, ensuring platforms are secure, scalable, costeffective, and aligned with enterprise standards.

Key Responsibilities
Platform Ownership & Strategy
Own the endtoend data engineering platform, including data storage, ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and DevOps tooling.
Define and maintain platform standards, reference architectures, and best practices for:
Data ingestion (e.g., Informatica)
Data transformation and modeling (dbt)
Data warehousing (Snowflake)
Drive platform roadmaps and adoption of modern data engineering patterns.
Evaluate and recommend platform enhancements, tooling upgrades, and new capabilities.
CrossFunctional Collaboration

Act as the primary point of contact with:
Cyber Security (data protection, access controls, audits)
Cloud Infrastructure (AWS services, scalability, resiliency)
DevOps (CI/CD, environment management, automation)
Enterprise Architecture and Data Governance teams
Translate data engineering needs into platform and infrastructure requirements and ensure alignment across teams.

Technical Leadership
Provide technical leadership and guidance to data engineers using the platform.
Establish and enforce dbt standards, including:
Project structure and layering
Naming conventions and documentation
Testing, freshness, and data quality practices
Guide solution designs to ensure efficient, secure, and scalable use of Snowflake and dbt.
Promote software engineering and DevOps best practices for analytics engineering.

DevOps & Automation
Lead implementation of CI/CD pipelines for data platforms, including dbt deployments.
Integrate Gitbased workflows, automated testing, and controlled promotion across environments.
Partner with DevOps teams to improve reliability, repeatability, and release confidence.

Operational Excellence
Ensure platform reliability, performance, and cost optimization.
Define monitoring, alerting, and support models for platform services.
Support compliance, audit, and risk remediation activities.
Maintain platform documentation, runbooks, and onboarding materials.

Required Technical Skills
Strong experience managing and operating enterprise data platforms, including:
Snowflake (architecture, administration, performance, security)
Informatica (PowerCenter and/or Informatica Cloud)
dbt (core concepts, modeling patterns, tests, documentation, environments)
AWS (foundational services supporting data platforms)

Handson experience with DevOps and CI/CD, including:
Git / GitHub (branching and version control)
Jenkins (or equivalent CI/CD tools)

Strong understanding of:
Data modeling and transformation best practices
Cloud security and access controls
Platform scalability, reliability, and cost management

Communication & Leadership Skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Proven ability to work across multiple teams with differing priorities.
Comfortable leading design reviews, architecture discussions, and platform governance forums.
Ability to influence without direct authority and drive adoption of standards.

Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
7+ years of experience in data engineering or data platform engineering.
3+ years in a technical lead, platform lead, or principallevel role.
Experience in large enterprise or regulated environments preferred.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting federated development teams using shared dbt and Snowflake platforms.
Familiarity with data governance, metadata management, and analytics catalogs.
Experience defining operating and support models for shared platforms.

About the Company

Axelon Services Corporation

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