Data Engineer

JOB INFORMATION Job Title: Data Engineer Lead/Specialist Job Code: 129302 Job Grade: 59 Job Summary Responsible for developing and enabling the strategic use of data assets throughout the organization. Reviews, analyzes, forecasts, and evaluates business functions, operations, processes, and information to develop or modify databases, data models, application systems, analytical tools, or reports in support of business objectives. Serves as a primary interface between the business and IT regarding definition, implementation, and support of IT provided services. Included in this are providing continuous communication; eliciting and documenting requirements; and negotiating, setting and managing Service Levels. Ensures that the levels of IT service delivery are defined and achieved, both for existing and new services in accordance with the agreed targets. LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY Responsibilities are varied and complex. Often works outside area of assigned duties. Applies advanced skills in multiple areas. Resolves complex issues which impact business operations both inside and outside own department. Makes unreviewed decisions related to the area of responsibilities. Opinions carry significant weight in policy and strategy decisions. Essential Functions Designs, implements, and maintains data services, interfaces, and real-time data pipelines via the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies and data engineering techniques. Analyzes the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies, and recommend solutions for improvement. Facilitates meetings and provide solutions for complex projects using business acumen. Partners with DevSecOps to enable continuous integration and continuous deployment for data pipelines that include automated unit & integration testing. Approves the design documents from vendors/partners. Provides recommendations to business stakeholders to solve complex business issues. Consults with vendors/partners and Solution Architects regarding design options and technical feasibility of designed solution. Partners with enterprise architects to ensure implementations meet organizational principles, guidelines, and standards. Collaborates directly with business and technology stakeholders to define future-state business capabilities & requirements. Translates future-state requirements into transitional and target state data architectures. Acts as a resource for members and vendor partners with less experience, may direct the technical complexities of work. Serves as a source of expertise on reporting systems and data sources. Plans, prioritizes, conducts and leads assignments. Writes functional business requirements, implementation plans, documentation, and procedures leveraging attention to detail. Performs root cause analysis on various bugs or defects through troubleshooting systems. Advocates for agile practices to increase delivery throughput. Periodically checks for compliance with development standards and provide feedback as needed to vendors/partners and OGE leadership. Responsible for creating, maintaining, and ensuring consistency with published development standards. Mentors, motivates, and supports the offshore team to achieve organizational objectives and goals. Facilitates rapid feedback to help accelerate project delivery and major production issues. Manages incidents and on call rotations using troubleshooting procedures. Maintains an understanding of the future direction of application system technologies/products and participate in the determination of tactical and strategic upgrades necessary to meet business requirements. All other duties as assigned. Requirements Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or other technical discipline and 6 years experience as a Developer, System Administrator, QA Engineer/Tester, Systems Analyst, Business Analyst or technical discipline; Or High School Diploma/GED and 8 years experience as a Developer, System Administrator, QA Engineer/Tester, Systems Analyst, Business Analyst or technical discipline. WORKING CONDITIONS May be required to work non-standard hours. May be required to work in a remote, virtual environment. Sedentary to light work exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Subject to normal office noise levels. Office environment using computer equipment including a keyboard, mouse and computer monitor. Physical Demands - Lifting And Other Weight Reqmts General Requirements Rarely:Pushing Rarely:Pulling Rarely:Climbing Rarely:Balancing Rarely:Stooping Rarely:Kneeling Rarely:Crouching Rarely:Crawling Rarely:Reaching Rarely:Handling Rarely:Grasping Rarely:Feeling Rarely:Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Rarely:Repetitive Motions Occasionally:Standing Occasionally:Walking Frequently:Sitting Frequently:Talking Constantly:Hearing Special Safety Requirements Member will not be required to drive in order to perform their job duties. Member is not required to perform any safety sensitive duties. Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (ksas) Proven ability to interface with and effectively communicate with all levels of leadership. Solid ability to consistently maintain a high level of integrity and discretion to handle confidential information. Recognized ability to write technical instructions in the use of programs and/or program modifications. Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities in an agile work environment. Highly detailed level interactions with vendor partners to ensure delivery is satisfactory. Demonstrated ability to investigate and analyze information and draw conclusions. Consistent ability to interface with and effectively communicate with all levels of leadership. Demonstrated ability to synthesize, analyze, and summarize data using business theories, principles, and concepts. Demonstrated ability to have a can-do attitude and be self-driven. Proven ability to interface with diverse personalities and receive instruction, guidance and direction from others. Demonstrated ability to perform computer modeling on various systems. Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies, and identify the most appropriate use for them. Proven knowledge of the organization, processes, and customers. Proven strong organizational and time management skills. Ability to lead and direct the work of others. Solid technical, quantitative and qualitative analysis skills. Ability to solve complex problems; taking a new perspective using existing solutions. Demonstrated ability of working on agile teams delivering data solutions. Health And Safety (medical/Dot Requirements) Pre-Employment Drug Screen SALARY RANGE $105,872 - $141,149 #J-18808-Ljbffr