IT Data Engineer

United States, Georgia, Atlanta

Information Technology

18-Apr-2024

Ref #: 24567

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How you'll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)

Delta IT is on a journey of transformation. We are changing the way we do business from top to bottom. As thought-leaders within Delta, we strive to create significant and innovative solutions and are looking for team members to help us realize our vision.

Join us on our transformation journey in becoming a premier IT organization at the world's best airline!

The IT Data Engineer will play a key role on the Enterprise Data Services team.

Responsibilities including but not limited to

Transforming data from disparate systems to provide insights and analytics for business stakeholders. Leverage cloud-based infrastructure to implement technology solutions that are scalable, resilient, and efficient. Collaborate with Data Engineers, Data Analysts, DBAs, cross-functional teams, and business leaders. Architect, design, implement and operate data engineering solutions, using Agile methodology, that empower users to make informed business decisions. Utilize direct experience with all aspects of the software development lifecycle, from design to deployment. Demonstrate understanding of the full life data lifecycle and the role that high-quality data plays across applications, machine learning, business analytics, and reporting. Lead and take ownership of assigned technical projects in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way:

Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9% Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leaveComprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefitsFamily care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stagesHolistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family membersCareer development programs to achieve your long-term career goals World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprintBusiness Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategiesRecognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable TogetherAccess to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare

What You Need To Succeed (minimum Qualifications)

3-5+ years of experienceFamiliar with best practices for data ingestion and data designDevelop initial queries for profiling data, validating analysis, testing assumptions, driving data quality assessment specifications, and define a path to deploymentIdentify necessary business rules for extracting data along with functional or technical risks related to data sources (e.g. data latency, frequency, etc.)Knowledge of working with queries/applications, including performance tuning, utilizing indexes, and materialized views to improve query performanceContinuously improve quality, efficiency, and scalability of data pipelinesTrack record of advancing new technologies to improve data quality and reliabilityGood understanding of writing test cases to ensure data quality, reliability and high level of confidenceExperience working with database technologies and data development such as Python, PLSQL, etc. Development experience building and maintaining ETL pipelines

What Will Give You a Competitive Edge (preferred Qualifications)

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Science, Industrial Engineering or related quantitative fieldAirline industry experienceAt least some post-degree professional experience