Sr. Data Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Data Engineer to architect enhance and sustain our primary data this role you will be responsible for creating dependable pipelines overseeing cloud-based data warehouses and guaranteeing that our machine learning and analytics units have high-availability access to data.

At Ursa Space a Senior Data Engineer does more than just move information; you will be architecting a scalable reservoir capable of processing extensive and intricate geospatial datasets including raw satellite imagery economic intelligence and metadata. A key component of this will be creating a secure data lake architecture with fine-grained role-based access controls.

As a technical authority and practice lead you will function with significant autonomy to define engineering benchmarks mentor fellow engineers and bolster the capabilities of our data platform. You will turn difficult technical and organizational hurdles into viable data strategies and scalable solutions taking full ownership of the enterprise data ecosystems reliability performance governance and long-term health.

Job Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the data engineering technology roadmaps aligned to business strategies enterprise architecture information security standards.
• Provide architectural leadership on complex cross-team data initiatives ensuring solutions are scalable secure resilient and maintainable.
• Lead data platform and vendor evaluations guiding build vs. buy decisions and ensuring consistency with enterprise technical direction.
• Develop and promote data engineering standards for lakehouse architecture ELT/ETL frameworks data modeling CI/CD observability and governance.
• Anticipate technology impacts across applications data integrations and infrastructureand guide teams through informed trade-off decisions including assessing new technology.
• Day-to-day hands-on execution and implementation of solutions - using modern data platforms initiatives processes and practices.
• Be responsible for technical direction for large or multi-team delivery efforts ensuring application of modern data engineering and DevSecOps practices.
• Conduct architectural and technical reviews of solution designs code and delivery approaches to raise quality and consistency.
• Champion automation observability and operational excellence to ensure platforms remain reliable performant and cost effective.
• Pilot emerging technologies and guide their adoption into stable enterprise capabilities when appropriate.
• Drive continuous improvement of engineering practices tooling automation and operational processes.
• Based on the needs of the company you may be required to work occasional nights and weekends.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience typically requires an advanced degree or equivalent experience and a minimum of 10 years of relevant data engineering experience in enterprise environments.
• Mastery-level knowledge of the data engineering field and modern data platform technology delivery with deep experience in one or more key domains such as lakehouse architecture distributed data processing cloud data warehousing data transformation frameworks or data governance.
• Demonstrated ability to build and complete implementation plans for complex enterprise-scale data platforms and pipelines. These platforms support analytics reporting AI/ML and operational decision-making. They also impact on the achievement of the foundations priorities.
• Proven experience developing and implementing standards processes and operational plans that improve stability resilience security and performance of critical data platforms.
• Deep expertise with cloud-based data platforms - Azure Data services Databricks Snowflake and DBT cloud.
• Strong foundation in enterprise data architecture fields and the development of secure scalable aligned technology solutions.
• Advanced experience with CI/CD pipelines for data workloads infrastructure as code cloud-native operational models and modern version control strategies.
• Strong proficiency in programming using data processing tools like Azure Data Factory Fivetran Databricks notebook DBT cloud ETL/ELT frameworks as well as programming languages such as Python SQL Spark (PySpark/Scala) and scripting languages common to cloud data environments.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale and complex data modernization initiatives including migration from legacy data warehouses to modern cloud-based data platforms.
• Experience managing and reviewing vendors or offshore engineering work to ensure alignment with enterprise data standards architecture principles and long-term sustainability.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to clearly and succinctly translate complex data architecture concepts into actionable recommendations for senior leadership technical teams and non-technical partners across multiple functions.
• Demonstrated ability to enable AI through data with a strong understanding of AI use cases and the data architecture quality governance lineage and scalability requirements necessary to successfully support AI initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities demonstrating a dedication to operational excellence continuous learning and improving data engineering practices.
• May mentor review and delegate work to more junior engineers building capability and maturity across the data engineering group.

Compensation

• $150000 - $200000 relative to skills and experience

Location

• We are headquartered in Ithaca NY and have a remote workforce in other locations throughout the United States.

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Benefits and Perks

• Competitive Compensation
• Discretionary PTO & Flexible Scheduling
• Stock Options
• 401(k) Match
• Medical Dental and Vision Coverage for you and your dependents
• FSA & HSA Plans
• Employer-paid Life Insurance
• Employer-paid LTD and STD for Parental and Family Care
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Employee Resource Groups
• Educational Assistance Program
• Professional Development Opportunities
• And more

Company Values

• Use the team
• Figure it out and own it
• Aim for elegant simplicity
• Empower diversity & inclusivity
• Do the right thing
• Be scrappy

Ursa Space Systems Inc is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic. Protected veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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