Data Engineer 2: Big Data, ETL & Spark

Garmin Ltd.; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Garmin Ltd. is hiring a full-time Data Engineer 2 at its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. The role focuses on data development and operational stability of Big Data ecosystems, with duties spanning design, coding, testing, and maintenance.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/MIS or related field with 2+ years of relevant experience, plus hands-on work with Spark, Hadoop, SSIS, and data visualization tools. On-call support is part of the responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/MIS or related field with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with Star Schema Modeling, Spark or Hadoop.
• Experience developing SSIS packages or similar ETL.
• Experience tuning ETL jobs for scale.
• Experience writing complex SQL queries across disparate systems.
• Experience with Java and Hadoop components.
• Experience developing data visualizations.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to data development and operation stability of Big Data ecosystems.
• Provide input to feature development plans and design documents.
• Configure and administer data servers and Hadoop components.
• Develop scalable architectures using modern big-data technologies.
• Analyze data structures and propose improvements.
• Lead troubleshooting and develop reliable solutions.
• Participate in design, code, test, and maintenance lifecycle.
• Support research POCs and performance measurement.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree + 2 years experience

Star Schema Modeling

Spark

Hadoop

SSIS

ETL tuning

SQL queries

Java

Data Visualization

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/MIS or related field

Tools

Power BI

Kafka

PowerBI

Job description

Garmin Ltd. is hiring a full-time Data Engineer 2 at its U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. The role focuses on data development and operational stability of Big Data ecosystems, with duties spanning design, coding, testing, and maintenance.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/MIS or related field with 2+ years of relevant experience, plus hands-on work with Spark, Hadoop, SSIS, and data visualization tools. On-call support is part of the responsibilities.