Airport Senior Data Engineer

Clark County Department of Aviation; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clark County Department of Aviation seeks an Airport Senior Data Engineer to lead data analytics initiatives. You will design, implement, and maintain cloud-based analytics infrastructure, guiding professional staff and driving scalable data pipelines across enterprise systems.

Responsibilities include building ETL processes, data models, and data warehouses, while ensuring data quality, security, and compliance. Strong leadership and cloud expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS or related field with 7 years data engineering experience.
• Experience leading professional/technical staff on data analytics projects.
• Preferred: Azure Data Engineer Associate or MCSE; other data certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead data engineering team; provide project direction and status updates.
• Create data pipelines and scalable data models for analytics and ops.
• Design, develop and maintain data pipelines in cloud and on-prem environments.
• Implement data lakes and data warehouses using cloud services.
• Ensure data quality, security and compliance with industry standards.

Skills

Leadership

Data engineering

Cloud data platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or MIS

7 years’ data engineering experience

Tools

ETL pipelines

Data modeling

Azure / cloud services

Job description

The Clark County Department of Aviation is seeking qualified candidates to apply for the Airport Senior Data Engineer position. This position provides project and program leadership to professional and technical staff and is responsible for professional support in leading the design, implementation, and maintenance of Clark County Department of Aviation’s data analytics infrastructure, focusing on cloud-based solutions.

This position is confidential and excluded from membership in the union. Also, this classification is designated exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and is therefore, not eligible for overtime.

This examination will establish an Open Competitive Eligibility list to fill current and/or future vacancies that may occur within the next six (6) months at either level or may be extended as needed by Employee Services. Employee Services reserves the right to call only the most qualified applicants to the selection process.

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or a closely related field and seven (7) years of full-time professional level experience in data engineering, with a focus on cloud environments. Possession at time of application and maintenance of a Microsoft Certified Azure Data Engineer Associate or Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) is preferred and may be substituted for education or experience up to two (2) years. Additionally, professional level experience and/or education that has provided the skills and knowledge necessary to perform all job functions at this level may be substituted on a year-for-year basis up to two (2) years. All qualifying education and each experience must be clearly documented in the “Education” and “Work Experience” sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see attached resume" on your application. All details must be written in your own words and cannot be copied from job descriptions or other external sources.

Licensing and Certification:

AWS Certified Big Data, IBM Certified Data Engineer, Oracle Certified Professional - MySQL, DBA, Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), SAS Certified Bid Data Professional or similar are preferred. Specified positions may require possession of a valid Nevada Class C Driver's License at time of hire.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing:

Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre-employment drug examination.

Residency Requirement:

Permanent employees must maintain a principal place of residency within the boundaries of Clark County and provide proof of compliance with Nevada motor vehicle registration and drivers' license laws within 90 days of employment.

Citizenship:

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Please note, Clark County does not provide H1B visa sponsorships or transfers for any employment positions.

Background Check:

Employment with the Department of Aviation is contingent upon completion of an education/experience background investigation, a fingerprint-based criminal history record check processed by the FBI, and upon the ability to be granted and maintain a security badge as mandated by the Transportation Security Administration. Note: all prospective hires must present two original government issued ID's upon acceptance of job offer. Examples of acceptable ID's include a Passport, Driver's License or DMV issued ID, birth certificate, Social Security card, Voter Registration card, school issued ID with picture, etc.

Mobility to work in a typical office setting and use standard office equipment, stamina to remain seated and maintain concentration for an extended period of time, vision to read printed materials and a computer screen, and hearing and speech to communicate in person or over the telephone. Accommodation may be made for some of these physical demands for otherwise qualified individuals who require and request such accommodation.

• Provides lead direction, training and work review to a team; organizes and assigns work, sets priorities and follows-up and controls project status to ensure coordination and completion of assigned work.
• Leads and mentors a team of data professionals, providing technical guidance and project direction.
• Creates data pipelines, developing efficient ETL processes, and building scalable data models to support analytical and operational needs of the organization.
• Works with confidential and organization sensitive data and systems.
• Designs, develops and maintains data pipelines and ETL processes in a cloud-based and on-premise environments.
• Implements and manages data lakes and data warehouses utilizing cloud-based services.
• Creates and optimizes data models to support stakeholder requirements and analytical needs.
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to define and implement data solutions.
• Ensures data quality, security, and compliance with industry standards.
• Optimizes data infrastructure for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Troubleshoots and resolves complex data-related issues.
• Implements real-time data processing solutions for operations monitoring and reporting.
• Designs and implements data integration strategies to connect various airport systems and external data sources.
• Tests, troubleshoots, refines and documents systems; applies quality assurance and security standards to ensure against the loss of data and a minimal interruption of usage in the event of equipment failure.
• Plans and develops test data to validate new or modified database applications, monitors system performance by the use of appropriate utilities, online capabilities and batch reports.
• Confers with IT and customer staff to define functional requirements, perform data modeling and implement final products; resolves errors and interface problems and ensures integrated systems in accordance with development standards.
• Composes program documentation and user procedures and instructions and assists user departments and staff in implementing new or modified database applications; tracks and evaluates project and systems progress.
• Serves on a variety of committees, project teams and task forces and provides customer service support as required.
• Prepares a variety of technical, statistical and narrative reports, letters, memos and other written materials.
• Contributes to the efficiency and effectiveness of the unit's service to its customers by offering suggestions and directing or participating as an active member of a work team.