Sr Data Engineer

Are you ready to showcase your advanced technical abilities? Dream, Innovate, Inspire and Empower the next generation to transform humanity through technology and imagination! As a Sr Data Engineer, you'll design, develop, document, test, and debug new and existing cloud-based data pipelines and transformations. You will participate and lead design meetings and consult with business clients to develop processes and structures that ingest data from multiple sources into our cloud-based Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). Within the EDW, you will use a variety of tools to implement and continuously improve data integration, master data management, data lifecycle management, data security, data quality management, metadata management, and reporting and analytics.
You will also perform defect corrections (analysis, design, code). The Sr Data Engineer also identifies and creates data management practices and processes to be included in the technical architectural standard, and collaborates with various teams across the organization on defining and improving the data architecture to support overall enterprise strategy. Finally, the Sr Data Engineer serves as an escalation point for other Data Engineers on the team.
Sierra Space-based in Louisville, CO with operations in Madison, WI, Durham, NC, Huntsville, AL, Houston, TX, and Kennedy Space Center, FL-designs and manufactures the Dream Chaser spaceplane and other advanced spacecraft, commercial space destinations, satellites, propulsion and environmental systems, spacecraft subsystems and components for the U.S. government (including NASA), commercial customers, and international organizations. Learn more about Sierra Space
Must-haves:

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field with at least 10 years of relevant experience
• Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
• Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL), and familiarity with a variety of databases
• Experience with AWS or Azure equivalent cloud services: S3, EC2, RDS, Redshift, Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, Athena, CloudWatch, ECS, IAM
• Experience with AWS or Azure equivalent security: best practices, AWS KMS, AWS Secrets Manager
• Experience building and optimizing data pipelines, architectures and data sets
• Operational responsibilities (schedules, monitoring, logging, alerting, error handling, etc.)
• Experience performing root cause analysis on data to answer specific business questions or issues and identify opportunities for improvement
• Experience with object-oriented scripting languages and frameworks: Python (BOTO3), PySpark
• Source system integration patterns (SQL, APIs)
• Infrastructure as code: Terraform
• DevOps experience

Preferred:

• Master Data Management (MDM) Solution experience
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance may be required. Learn more about the background check process for Security Clearances

Physical/Mental/Emotional Requirements:

• Frequently walk, sit, stand, climb stairs and steps
• Frequently repeat same hand, arm, and finger motion many times to include finger and hand dexterity
• Rarely lifting or carrying up to 20 lbs.

Working Conditions:

• Rarely exposed to outdoor elements (high/low temperatures, sun, rain/snow, etc.)
• Rarely exposed to fumes or hazardous chemicals/materials
• Rarely exposed to loud noises

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
To conform to U.S. Government international trade regulations, applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce.
With 30+ years of proven spaceflight heritage, Sierra Space has provided more than 4,000 space systems, subsystems and components to customers worldwide, and participated in more than 500 missions to space, including to Mars. The company has technology in production and in development to enable space habitats for short- and long-duration space travel, a fleet of Dream Chaser spaceplanes, and the first free-flying commercial space station. Please visit www.sierraspace.com to learn more about Sierra Space, its business areas, capabilities, programs, products and services.
Estimated Starting Salary Range:
$138,634.92 - $207,952.37
Sierra Space offers annual incentive pay based upon performance that is commensurate with the level of the position.
Sierra Space offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 8%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.
At Sierra Space, our mission is to dream, innovate, inspire and empower the next generation to transform humanity through technology and imagination. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. Sierra Space is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Contributions to Sierra Space come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.