Data Platform Engineer II Corporate Office (Austin, MN preferred)

DATA PLATFORM ENGINEER II CORPORATE OFFICE (AUSTIN MN PREFERRED)

HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION

To save time applying Hormel Foods does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas for this position at this time.

ABOUT HORMEL FOODS

Hormel Foods Corporation based in Austin Minnesota is a global branded food company with approximately $12 billion in annual revenue across more than 80 countries worldwide. Its brands includePlantersSkippySPAMHormelNatural Choice Applegate Wholly HormelBlack Label ColumbusJennie-Oand more than 30 other beloved brands. The company is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats was named one of the best companies to work for by U.S. News & World Report one of Americas most responsible companies by Newsweek recognized by TIME magazine as one of the Worlds Best Companies and has received numerous other awards and accolades for its corporate responsibility and community service efforts. For more information visit.

SUMMARY:

Are you passionate about building the tools platforms and engineering practices that power modern data and analytics capabilities at scale As a Data Platform Engineer II you will play a key role in advancing our Enterprise Data Foundation within Google Cloud Platform (GCP) supporting the ingestion data and orchestration layers that enterprise analytics and decision-making.

This role is focused on the technologies standards automation and developer processes that allow Data & Analytics teams to deliver solutions faster more reliably and with greater consistency.

You will help drive the roadmap adoption and evolution of enterprise data and analytics tools and platforms including a custom Python-based ingestion framework responsible for moving and processing data across the organization. Working closely with Data Engineering Integration Architecture Infrastructure Security Governance and Data Analytics teams you will influence platform direction improve developer productivity through automation and CI/CD capabilities and help shape the future of our enterprise data ecosystem. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of platform engineering cloud technologies automation and enterprise data strategy while helping shape the future of enterprise data and analytics capabilities across the company.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive the roadmap adoption and continuous improvement of enterprise ingestion data and orchestration tools and platforms.
• Partner with Data Engineering Integration Architecture Infrastructure Security Governance and Data Analytics teams to enable scalable secure and reliable platform capabilities.
• Lead data and analytics tool and platform lifecycle activities including roadmap planning releases upgrades vendor engagement automation and modernization initiatives.
• Design implement and support CI/CD frameworks deployment automation and engineering standards that improve delivery speed quality and consistency.
• Develop reusable tooling templates automation solutions and self-service capabilities that enhance developer productivity and platform adoption.
• Establish and evolve software development lifecycle (SDLC) standards deployment governance source control practices and engineering best practices.
• Support and enhance enterprise ingestion capabilities including a custom Python-based ingestion framework and related platform technologies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and platform capabilities providing recommendations that align with enterprise data and analytics strategy.
• Create and maintain technical documentation onboarding materials training resources runbooks and operational standards.
• Partner with delivery teams to improve tool and platform utilization reduce operational friction and accelerate solution delivery.
• Implement and enhance tool and platform observability monitoring reliability and operational support capabilities.
• Collaborate with software vendors and external partners to support roadmap planning platform enhancements issue resolution and adoption initiatives.
• Serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor for enterprise data and analytics tooling standards automation and developer enablement initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required

• Bachelors degree in computer science MIS engineering or related field and significant experience supporting enterprise data analytics and technology platforms.
• 7 years of experience supporting or enabling enterprise data analytics ingestion orchestration engineering DevOps cloud or related technology tools and platforms.
• Experience establishing and advancing tool and platform roadmaps release strategies and coordination standards operational practices and vendor engagement activities for enterprise data and analytics tools.
• Experience driving platform adoption developer enablement and engineering productivity through automation documentation self-service capabilities and training.
• Experience designing implementing and supporting CI/CD frameworks deployment automation source control practices and software development (SDLC) standards.
• Experience evaluating platform capabilities defining technical standards and influencing platform direction across multiple engineering teams.
• Experience implementing developer enablement programs technical documentation onboarding frameworks and self-service tooling.
• Experience developing automation solutions using Python SQL scripting or related technologies.
• Proven ability to gather and evaluate technical requirements and translate them into scalable platform capabilities and engineering solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Tested problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong pattern of initiative.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated success working across multiple technical teams and influencing engineering practices without direct authority.
• Applicants must not now or at any time in the future require sponsorship for a work visa.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

Preferred

• Experience supporting enterprise semantic layer analytics or AI tools and platforms.
• Experience with Incorta Apigee custom Python-based ingestion frameworks API integration technologies and large-scale data ingestion solutions.
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including technologies such as BigQuery Cloud Storage Composer/Airflow Pub/Sub Dataflow Dataproc Artifact Registry Kubernetes/GKE Cloud Build or related cloud-native platform services.
• Experience designing and supporting CI/CD solutions using Azure DevOps GitHub GitHub Actions Google Cloud Build Jenkins or similar technologies.
• Experience defining SDLC standards deployment governance code management practices and engineering controls.
• Experience developing reusable frameworks templates automation solutions and engineering accelerators.
• Experience supporting enterprise Data & Analytics organizations and multiple engineering disciplines.

LOCATION:Corporate Office Austin MN preferred; or one of the following Hormel Offices: Willmar MN / Eden Prairie MN / Des Moines IA / Chicago IL / Naperville IL / Kansas City KS.

A comprehensive relocation package to the Austin MN area will be offered if required.

At Hormel Foods base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. The base hiring pay range for the Data Platform Engineer II role is between$113500 - $158900 per year and your actual base pay within that range will depend upon a variety of factors including but not limited to job-related knowledge skill set level of experience and geographic market location.

BENEFITS:Other components of Hormel Foods total compensation package includes comprehensive medical dental and vision coveragediscretionary annual merit increases 401(k) with employer match stock purchase plan paid time off free two-year community/technical college tuition for children of employees and more.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:10% of the time

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