Data Engineer II: Scalable Pipelines & Data Quality

Dallas County; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Dallas County is seeking a mid-level data engineer to design and maintain scalable data pipelines and support enterprise reporting and analytics efforts. You will collaborate with analysts, data scientists, developers, and system owners to deliver reliable data to business users and downstream applications.

Responsibilities include writing SQL, building ETL workflows, profiling data quality, and implementing data governance and security controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Four (4) years of job-related experience in data engineering, data analytics, or AI/ML data processing.
• Certifications (Preferred): Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate; AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty; Snowflake or Databricks certification.
• Must possess a valid Texas Driver’s License and good driving record; background checks per County policy.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and maintains scalable data pipelines and workflows across structured and semi-structured data sources.
• Writes performant SQL queries, scripts, or jobs for data ingestion, transformation, and delivery.
• Integrates internal and external data sources with enterprise data platforms, lakes, or warehouses.
• Performs data profiling, cleansing, and standardization to improve data quality.
• Monitors data pipeline health and troubleshoots failures or anomalies.
• Collaborates with DevOps/infrastructure teams to implement automated data processing workflows.
• Documents pipeline architecture, business rules, and data logic for internal users.
• Supports data governance, access controls, and retention policies.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data modeling

Analytical mindset

Communication

Mentoring

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Data Analytics

Tools

SSIS

Azure Data Factory

dbt

Airflow

Snowflake

Databricks

Kafka

Kinesis

Pub/Sub

Git

Job description

Dallas County is seeking a mid-level data engineer to design and maintain scalable data pipelines and support enterprise reporting and analytics efforts. You will collaborate with analysts, data scientists, developers, and system owners to deliver reliable data to business users and downstream applications.

Responsibilities include writing SQL, building ETL workflows, profiling data quality, and implementing data governance and security controls.