Sr. Data Engineer (Data Strategist)
Location: Maryland Heights MO
Schedule: Hybrid 4 days onsite per week
About the Role
Charter is seeking a Senior Data Engineer (Data Strategist) to lead the evolution of our data ecosystem. This role is ideal for a strategic thinker with strong hands-on engineering skills who can assess current data infrastructure recommend scalable solutions and implement modern data ingestion and analytics capabilities.
Youll play a key role in shaping our data platform strategy optimizing ingestion pipelines and enabling advanced reporting and analytics across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Evaluate and modernize the current data architecture including SQL Server and MongoDB environments.
- Recommend and implement scalable data platform solutions and ingestion tools.
- Design and optimize data pipelines to support high-volume real-time data feeds (e.g. 40M records/day via Kafka).
- Integrate diverse data sources including Splunk SMTP S3 and REST APIs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support reporting needs through Tableau and internal portals like SOAR.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance data quality performance and accessibility.
Required Skills & Experience
- Database Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with SQL Server MongoDB and Kafka. Ability to evaluate and recommend modern data platforms.
- ETL/Data Ingestion: Proficiency with NiFi or similar tools. Experience integrating APIs JSON and unstructured data sources.
- Data Strategy: Proven ability to assess data ecosystems and recommend scalable future-ready solutions.
- Reporting & Visualization: Familiarity with Tableau and performance reporting (e.g. application metrics KPIs agile metrics).
- Problem Solving: Analytical mindset with a passion for solving complex data challenges using data-driven reasoning.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).
- Familiarity with streaming data architectures and real-time analytics.
- Exposure to enterprise reporting environments and performance monitoring tools.
Required Skills : - NIFI - MongoDB - SQL Server - Splunk - SMTP S3 -REST APIs.