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Western Digital
Western Digital

Principal Engineer, Enterprise Data Platform

Location

Remote restrictions apply
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Salary Estimate

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Seniority

Principal

Tech stacks

Data warehouse
Python
Data modeling
+42

Permanent role
8 days ago
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Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provide strategic direction and technical oversight for a significant greenfield initiative focused on rebuilding and modernizing our data warehouse infrastructure.
  • Possessing deep knowledge of data engineering principles, tools, and technologies.
  • Providing direction and guidance on data architecture, solution design, and implementation strategies.
  • Designing and implementing data pipelines, data warehouse, and data lake using modern technology components like Spark, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Scala, Python etc.
  • Implementing and enforcing data governance policies, including data security controls and privacy regulations.
  • Define and maintain end to end data flows, Data Lineage, Data Catalog for various data marts
  • Be a liaison between solution architects, BSA’s and data engineers to ensure compliance to standards of Data integrations, data management and review the data solutions
  • Maintain inventory and roadmap of data assets across the Data Platform
  • Ensure best practices for data democratization architecture & data virtualization
  • Offer insight, guidance, prototype, and direction on the usage of latest trends and technical capabilities for Enterprise Data Management
  • Stay updated with the latest industry trends and best practices, sharing knowledge and encourage team to continuously improve their skill’s

Qualifications

REQUIRED

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering or related field
  • Minimum 15+ years of experience working with Data Management including Data Integration/ETL (Informatica, Talend, Fivetran etc.), Data Warehouse/Lakes (Oracle, Snowflake, Databricks, Google Big Query, Redshift), Master Data Management, Data Quality, Data Modeling, Data Analytics/BI, Data Enrichment, Security and Governance.
  • Minimum of 7+ years of experience focused specifically on Delivery or Solution Architecture of large complex data management programs
  • Strong data modeling expertise in supporting both classic and modern data Lakehouse architectures.
  • Strong understanding and experience building ELT/ETL solutions
  • Experience on various data Quality tools like Informatica Data Quality, Atlan, Collibra, etc.
  • Demonstrable experience working with data structures coming from variety of ERP, CRM and other data sources
  • Experience working with at least one major cloud data platforms like AWS, Azure, Google, etc.
  • Experience working with at least one modern Lakehouse platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, etc.
  • Experience working with Tableau, Power BI, or other Data visualization tools. Knowledge of advanced analytics GenAI platforms is a plus.
  • Develop Entity Relationship Diagrams using and data modeling tools.
  • Guide technical team to tunes complex solutions, monitor system performance, and provide recommendations and means for improvement
  • Prototype new technologies and implement innovative solutions to enable teams to consume and understand data faster
  • Responsible for metadata management of data domain, inclusive of data definitions, data catalog, data lineage and documentation of data flow for critical processes, Sox compliance
  • Partner with Data Governance analyst and Business Data Stewards
  • Maintain in-depth understanding of business functions, processes, and relationships as it relates to data

SKILLS

  • A solid understanding of data modeling, modern data architecture, master data management, data profiling and data cleansing techniques.
  • Experience with REST APIs, GraphQL / OData and Event-Driven Architecture Expertise in SQL with modern data warehousing solutions (e.g., GBQ, Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks).
  • Proficiency in Python and open-source data processing tools (Spark, Parquet, dbt, dataform, etc.)
  • Familiarity with essential DevOps practices, including version control, automated CI/CD, etc.
  • Ability to analyze, communicate and solve complex problems

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

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Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 10/25/2024, although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

About Western Digital

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How does Western Digital work?

develops, manufactures, markets, and sells data storage devices and solutions

Company culture

Diverse Culture

Our exceptional challenges require your exceptional skills. We’re looking to you to step up, be bold, collaborate with an open-mind, and bring your unique perspective to our team. Here, you’ll meet people who might not think like you, but will welcome your point of view. Together, we’ll shape the future of data.

Diverse People

Are you open-minded? Independent? Unique? Curious? Willing to grow? Good – you’re the perfect addition to Western Digital. Our people come from across the world – different backgrounds, different experiences, different cultures, and different paths led them here. Our culture represents the global community. Our diversity empowers us. Our commitment to inclusion drives us.

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