Data Engineer III AI, Automation, & Data Engineering

Boston University Information Services & Technology (IS&T) is seeking applicants with diverse skills and experiences to join our innovative and inclusive community. Join us as a Data Engineer III helping advance the universitys data and analytics capabilities by designing and scaling modern data pipelines and platforms. Your work will directly support institutional reporting research and strategic initiatives. You will work on modern data infrastructure using tools collaborate with data architects analysts and application developers to design robust ETL workflows optimize performance and ensure data quality and governance at scale. The Data Engineering team within IS&T plays a critical role in enabling data-driven decision-making across Boston University. We develop and maintain data infrastructure that supports analytics institutional research academic planning and operational efficiency. Our team partners closely with data consumers across the university to ensure the reliability scalability and quality of enterprise data assets. You Will Design and maintain scalable DAG-based data pipelines using Dagster. Build and optimize data models in PostgreSQL using DBT for analytical and operational use cases. Develop batch and streaming ETL processes leveraging AWS services (S3 Glue Athena SNS/SQS Lambda). Deploy and manage containerized workloads on Kubernetes using infrastructure-as-code. Implement robust data quality checks observability and automated validation. Define schemas data contracts and transformation logic with cross-functional teams. Contribute to CI/CD workflows (e.g. GitHub Actions ArgoCD) to perform code reviews and document technical standards.

Required Skills

You Will Have:

• Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Data Analytics or Business Analytics.
• Masters degree preferred.
• Applicable experience accepted in lieu of degree. 3 years of experience in data engineering data analytics and backend software development across financial services and higher education contexts.
• Proficiency in Python (pandas pyarrow PowerShell) for data transformation and automation.
• Strong SQL skills with proven experience in PostgreSQL and SQL Server optimization.
• Hands-on experience with orchestration frameworks (Dagster Airflow SSIS).
• Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines data warehousing and dimensional modeling using Kimball techniques.
• Familiarity with AWS data lake components (S3 Glue Athena) and containerized workflows (Kubernetes Docker).
• Demonstrated experience with CI/CD pipelines Git and Agile team processes.
• Expertise in data governance privacy and compliance having worked with financial institutions handling sensitive data.
• Experience implementing streaming and event-driven architectures (Advanced Queue Messaging Protocol Kafka RabbitMQ Redis).
• Strong communication skills with a proven track record of collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders mentoring and delivering training.

Boston University offers an excellent benefits package including:

• Time Off: In addition to PTO and leave policy BU employees have a paid intersession break and 13 paid holidays.
• Retirement: University-funded retirement plan with full vesting after 2 years of eligible service.
• Tuition Assistance Program: Competitive tuition assistance program for yourself and family members.
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Boston University IS&T invests in our staff and their personal and professional growth. We promote staff learning including lunch and learn sessions an extensive library of online courses Fun Advisory Board (FAB) arranges a number of events throughout the year and opportunities to engage with peers at NERCOMP and EDUCAUSE events. If you require a reasonable accommodation in order to complete the employment application process please contact the Equal Opportunity Office at . We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender gender identity or expression or veteran status. We at IS&T appreciate each individuals knowledge experiences and insights which enhance who we are and as our DEIA knowledge and practice grows we will ensure that our Mission Vision & Practices remain equitable and welcoming to all.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color natural or protective hairstyle religion sex age national origin physical or mental disability sexual orientation gender identity genetic information military service pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition or because of marital parental or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

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