Data Engineer I (Hybrid Schedule)

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Primary Purpose: Participate in the design, development, implementation, maintenance, and enhancement of data products across the full cycle of data services to support the analytics needs of data/business analysts or data scientists.

Duties And Responsibilities:

• Support the design and build of data products, including:
  • Data pipelines, data lakes, and data/analytics applications
  • Data ingestion and transformation processes (ETL, ELT), streaming, virtualization, and replication
  • Data lakes/warehouses with raw and curated levels; join data from multiple datasets into logical views; publish datasets to central data mesh/marketplace
  • Data visualizations to enable actionable operational improvements
• Create and review technical and user-focused documentation for data solutions, covering:
  • Data models, dictionaries/lineage
  • Process and data flows, architecture diagrams
• Work with project/client teams to follow established data management practices, including:
  • Data catalog, metadata management, data quality management
• Provide end-to-end maintenance and support of all products and features owned by their product team, performing triage and responding to incidents as needed.
• Grow development skills to build/code within an agile mindset, participating in agile ceremonies and communicating progress.
• Begin establishing trusted relationships with business partners, IT peer teams, and vendor partners while improving knowledge of business subject areas/data domains.
• Participate in reviews and demos of technical specifications and program code, receiving feedback to learn from other engineers.
• Perform other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).

Qualifications:

• Hybrid Schedule: Typically allows the employee to work onsite three days per week and remotely on remaining workdays. Must reside in Southern California or be willing to relocate upon hire.
• Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, or another quantitative field, or equivalent experience and/or training.
  • 2 years of professional experience in software or data product design, development, installation, and modification in a business environment, or completion of the IT Rotation program.
  • Hands-on experience with database, data integration/ETL, and/or data visualization tools.
  • Working knowledge of SQL and experience with relational databases, including query authoring.
  • Strong attention to detail with excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
  • Availability for work outside of normal business hours for system maintenance and operational emergencies.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 1 year of experience with Software Delivery Frameworks, including Agile Scrum, Kanban, and/or SDLC.
  • Proven ability to execute projects in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
  • Strong analytical skills working with structured and unstructured datasets.
  • Self-directed approach to supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems, and products.
  • Familiarity with data modeling, architecture, security, and governance practices.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.

Area of Interest: Other

Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-time

Total Rewards Philosophy: SDG&E strives to ensure that employees are paid equitably and competitively. Starting salaries may vary based on factors such as relevant experience, qualifications, and education. This position is eligible for an annual performance-based incentive (bonus) and other merit-based recognition. Company benefits include health and welfare (medical, dental, vision), employer contributions to retirement benefits, life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave, and employee assistance programs.