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Description
Senior Data Engineer
Location: Spartanburg, SC (In-Office)
Employment Type: Full-Time
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Engineer to join our team in Spartanburg, SC. This role is best suited for an experienced professional with a strong background in modern data platforms and proven expertise in Snowflake. You will be responsible for building and optimizing data pipelines, enabling analytics, and ensuring data governance across the organization.
The ideal candidate has 10 years of overall data engineering experience with 5 years of hands-on experience in Snowflake, and thrives in an in-office, collaborative environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ELT/ETL processes to support business analytics and operations.
- Lead the migration, optimization, and maintenance of large-scale data environments, with an emphasis on Snowflake.
- Partner with cross-functional teams (analytics, product, compliance, IT) to deliver secure, reliable, and high-performance data solutions.
- Implement and enforce best practices for data governance, data quality, and metadata management.
- Develop CI/CD pipelines for data engineering workflows (Bitbucket preferred).
- Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical specifications and data models.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data systems for performance, cost efficiency, and reliability.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership within the team.
Required Qualifications
- 10 years of total experience in data engineering or related fields.
- 5 years of direct experience with Snowflake (data modeling, performance tuning, query optimization, security).
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, IT or a related field.”
- Strong SQL and Python skills, with experience in building complex transformations.
- Proven ability to design and optimize data pipelines and workflows in cloud environments (AWS preferred).
- Experience working with stakeholders on data strategy, governance, and compliance.
Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with Amazon Redshift.
- Familiarity with Bitbucket for CI/CD and version control.
- Exposure to Matillion, Fivetran and Coalesce for data integration.
- Knowledge of OpenFlow or similar data workflow/orchestration tools.
- Familiarity with Sigma (Sigma Computing) for cloud-native business intelligence and self-service analytics
- Background in data governance frameworks (PII handling, access control, metadata management).
Supervisory Responsibility
This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment and Physical Demands
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time position. Days of work are Monday through Friday. The daily schedule may vary from 8 am to 5 pm or 9 am to 6 pm. Hours may vary or exceed 40 in any given week depending on the needs of the business.
Travel
Up to 10% travel is expected for this position.
EEO Statement
ACA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. ACA complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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