Associate Data Engineer

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:   Grade: Technical 404 Pay Range: $81,300.00 - $121,900.00 Job Description Assists in the research, design, development, analysis, testing, and implementation of software operating or application systems. Communicates project information to clients, project managers, or other design personnel working on projects. Writes and maintains complete documentation, and may support more senior developers in documentation. Supports team members and ensures established goals and deadlines are met, keeping management informed of status and significant problems.   Job Duties Develops and builds ETL/ELT data pipelines for use in data analysis Creates and maintains optimal data pipeline architecture Monitors and maintains ETL/ELT jobs and troubleshoots load issues Manages change requests/ticket queues for analytical reports and ETL/ELT jobs Performs data/technology discovery from new sources and third-party applications for data ingestion Ingests and transforms structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from sources including relational databases, NoSQL, external APIs, JSON, XML, delimited files, and more Works and delivers in agile methodology for new development projects, delivering efficient and effective solutions on time Performs other job-related duties as assigned Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs) Ability to analyze and understand data sources and design a data model for data capture and ETL/ELT Ability to identify bugs, apply fixes, and check data quality via process/pipeline audits Ability to work with team members, as well as cross-team, for product delivery Ability to work in an agile environment with timely delivery of ETL/ELT pipelines and reports Ability to deal with a variety of variables under limited standardization Ability to interpret various instructions Ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and appropriately with all audiences Ability to work independently, is self-motivated, and a strong team player Use of industry best practices for code development, testing, implementation, and documentation Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases Knowledge and experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages, like Python, Java, and Scala Knowledge and experience with big data tools, like Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Databricks, etc.

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field Practical experience with Web Services development Equivalent relevant experience may substitute for education (generally 1 year experience per 1 year of education, at hiring manager's discretion) Preferred Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field Previous