Senior Data Engineer

About the role

Summit Utilities, Inc. is a growing natural gas utility serving homes and businesses in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. As a company recognized for excellence and innovation, we are committed to safety, service, and community engagement. We are currently seeking a Senior Data Engineer to lead our data pipeline architecture and platform modernization efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end pipeline architecture for enterprise-scale workloads across cloud and on-prem environments, defining storage models, partitioning strategies, and orchestration patterns.
• Define data engineering strategy and technical direction for functional areas, leading platform modernization initiatives and approving pipeline deployments to production.
• Drive Python and SQL development standards across the team, including advanced transformation logic, custom frameworks, and reusable libraries for ingestion and integration.
• Architect cloud-based data services (Azure, AWS, Microsoft Fabric) with infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, alerting, and governance frameworks.
• Define platform-level pipeline standards for error handling, logging, alerting, data validation, and data lifecycle management across all enterprise data flows.
• Lead cross-system integration efforts with SAP, GIS, SCADA, AMI, and external vendor systems via APIs, secure file exchanges, and cloud-native connectors.
• Serve as a formal mentor for Data Engineers I–III through code reviews, design sessions, and technical career coaching; may direct the work of 1–2 contractors or junior staff.
• Partner with Data Architects, Analytics Engineers, and IT leadership on platform standards, tooling decisions, and the long-term data engineering roadmap.
• Evaluate and select technologies for ingestion, orchestration, observability, and CI/CD; drive adoption and rollout across the data engineering team.
• Support regulatory filings (PHMSA, FERC, state PUC) and pipeline integrity data management with reliable, auditable, and well-documented data infrastructure.
• Investigate complex, system-wide performance and reliability issues; lead troubleshooting efforts and recommend long-term architectural solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.
• 8–12 years of experience in data engineering, software development, or enterprise data integration roles.
• Extensive hands-on experience designing, building, and operating cloud data pipelines at enterprise scale.
• Proven track record architecting scalable enterprise data solutions across Azure and/or AWS environments.
• Strong experience integrating data from relational systems, cloud-native services, SAP, GIS, SCADA, and AMI.
• Demonstrated leadership delivering cross-functional data engineering programs and establishing development standards.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, or similar) and platform monitoring & governance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, source control, and automated testing for data pipelines and platform components.
• Demonstrated ability to architect resilient, scalable, and cost-efficient data solutions, including CU tuning in Microsoft Fabric and other cloud platforms.
• Skilled at translating regulatory and business requirements into durable, well-governed data infrastructure; experience supporting PHMSA, FERC, and state PUC filings is preferred.
• Proven mentor and peer leader with experience guiding Data Engineers I–III through code reviews, design sessions, and career development.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a demonstrated ability to influence technical and business stakeholders, including VP/Director-level partners.
• Deep working knowledge of natural gas distribution and utility data systems (billing, AMI, SCADA, SAP, GIS) and pipeline integrity data management.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills for complex, distributed enterprise systems.

Qualifications

• Friendly, solution-oriented team player aligned with Summit’s PEAKS values.

Skills

• Advanced Python and SQL mastery, including complex transformation logic, performance tuning, and reusable framework development.
• Expert cloud architecture skills across Azure and/or AWS, including data services, networking, security, and cost optimization.
• Deep expertise in designing end-to-end pipeline architecture for enterprise scale, including storage model design, partitioning strategies, and orchestration patterns.
• Proven leadership in cross-system integration spanning SAP, GIS, SCADA, AMI, and customer data systems.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, or similar) and platform monitoring & governance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, source control, and automated testing for data pipelines and platform components.
• Demonstrated ability to architect resilient, scalable, and cost-efficient data solutions, including CU tuning in Microsoft Fabric and other cloud platforms.
• Skilled at translating regulatory and business requirements into durable, well-governed data infrastructure; experience supporting PHMSA, FERC, and state PUC filings is preferred.

Benefits

We offer competitive pay and medical/dental/vision and other benefits that provide flexibility, choice, and support to our employees when they need it most. We understand that home and family are essential pieces of your life, and our benefits are designed to support you both at work and at home.

Pay

Competitive compensation package based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

This role is hybrid and may be based in one of our offices in Little Rock, Fort Smith, or Fayetteville, Arkansas.