Senior Data Engineer

This position may be eligible for a telework opportunity in accordance with departmental policies and operational needs. Employees are currently required to work in-person at least four (4) days per week in alignment with Executive Order N-22-25. Additional in-office days may be required based on operational needs. The office is located in downtown Sacramento. All employees (including OPT students) must provide valid work authorization per Form I-9.

About the Role

As the Senior Data Engineer, you will have responsibility for data lifecycle management, end-to-end. This includes:

• Data Management. Plan, design, develop, and implement processes for data management and ensuring that data are secure at rest, in transit, and in use.
• Data Quality. Design, develop, and document patterns and practices to help ensure all data is profiled, reviewed, and accurate to support critical decisions using industry best practices for continuous integration and continuous delivery.
• Collaborate. Work with colleagues and contractors to build and guide architectural improvements to data infrastructure while simultaneously supporting team members to evolve continuous integration and continuous delivery strategy with robust monitoring, altering, and recovery.

You will help build a statewide system that brings together existing data with an aim of addressing barriers to opportunity from early learning, through K-12, college, and career. We are looking for an engineer who is excited to build something new with a small, entrepreneurial team, using emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of data pipelines to ingest, cleanse, transform, and integrate data into the Cradle-to-Career Data System.
• Ensure data is available as a service for data warehouses, digital services, and dashboards.
• Plan, develop, and document policies and best practices for the Office of Cradle-to-Career Data.

Requirements

You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification for Information Technology Specialist III.

The position requires a Background Investigation be cleared prior to being hired.

Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

• You love engaging with people as much as engaging with data and technology.
• You are constantly learning and engaged in the modern data stack ecosystem and enjoy staying up to date on emerging and best practices.
• You have a knack for and enjoy communicating technical and architectural tradeoffs clearly to different audiences.
• You value simplicity and elegance in architecting solutions over needless complexity and have a sixth sense for evaluating platforms that are fit for purpose.
• You like keeping knowledge fresh on platforms and are willing to get in and support the team on testing and implementing platforms.
• You value good documentation and guidance to help others successfully use data platforms.
• You take pleasure in sharing your knowledge and experience with others to help them succeed in adopting modern data practices.
• You relish demonstrating the value of a cloud-first approach to data tools and the benefits of applying software engineering approaches to data work and are eager to hands-on engage with project work to ensure that value is communicated.
• You are excited about applying your talents to improve the lives of Californians.

Pay

$9,507.00 - $12,740.00/month. New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.