Data Engineer 2

HDR, Inc.; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Data Engineer II to design and maintain batch and streaming data pipelines, ensuring robust reliability and scalable transformations. The role collaborates with platform teams to manage connectivity, access, and operational readiness, and to implement CI/CD processes for data workflows.

Applicants should have a strong SQL background, experience with cloud data platforms, and a track record of building maintainable ELT pipelines in enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a relevant field.
• 3+ years of experience in data engineering, data integration, or related roles.
• Proven SQL proficiency and experience building transformations and pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms and modern ELT patterns.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain batch and streaming ingestion pipelines from source systems into the enterprise data platform.
• Implement robust error handling, retries, and recovery patterns to improve reliability.
• Collaborate with platform teams on connectivity, access, and operational readiness.
• Develop transformation models using a layered structure to separate concerns and improve maintainability.
• Use dependency management patterns to ensure correct build order and reproducible transformations.
• Leverage shared code and reusable components to standardize patterns and enforce consistent logic.
• Implement incremental processing to reduce runtime and warehouse cost.
• Configure and monitor source freshness expectations for important upstream datasets.
• Maintain model and column-level documentation and publish lineage for impact analysis.

Skills

SQL proficiency

Data integration

ETL/ELT

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Job description

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?
Watch Our Story: ' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story'
Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

Responsibilities

In the role of Data Engineer II, we'll count on you to:

• Build and maintain batch and streaming ingestion pipelines from source systems into the enterprise data platform.
• Implement robust error handling, retries, and recovery patterns to improve reliability.
• Collaborate with platform teams on connectivity, access, and operational readiness.
• Develop transformation models using a layered structure (raw, conformed, curated) to separate concerns and improve maintainability.
• Use dependency management patterns to ensure correct build order and reproducible transformations.
• Leverage shared code and reusable components to standardize patterns, reduce duplication, and enforce consistent logic.
• Implement incremental processing where appropriate to reduce runtime and warehouse cost.
• Implement data quality tests (e.g., unique, not_null, accepted_values) on critical models and key business entities.
• Configure and monitor source freshness expectations for important upstream datasets.
• Maintain model and column-level documentation; publish documentation and lineage to enable impact analysis and change management.
• Integrate transformations into CI/CD workflows (build, test, docs generation) before promotion to higher environments.
• Participate in code reviews, follow branching standards, and adhere to quality gates and approval processes.
• Support release and rollback practices to maintain stability and reduce risk.
• Tune transformations for performance and efficiency; partner with stakeholders to manage cost impacts.
• Support monitoring and alerting for pipelines and transformations; respond to incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Document operational procedures and contribute to runbooks/playbooks.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in data engineering, data integration, or related roles.
• Proven SQL proficiency and experience building transformations and pipelines.
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms and modern ELT patterns.

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Industry

IT

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

BusinessClass : Marketing and Admin

Job Posting

Aug 20, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.

We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employe r.
We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

We design solutions to the world's greatest challenges. We'realways looking for great talent to join our global teams.