Data Engineer Lead: Lakehouse Architect (Onsite Phoenix)

VSE AVIATION INC (US); Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

VSE Aviation Inc. is seeking an Enterprise Data Engineer Lead to design and evolve a cloud-based Data Lake / Lakehouse platform, enabling analytics-ready data.

You will develop a Medallion Architecture with Bronze/Silver/Gold data assets and build robust ingestion pipelines for structured, semi-structured, and streaming data. The role requires 7+ years in enterprise data engineering, strong SQL, and hands-on experience with Snowflake, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, engineering, or related field.
• Or additional 3 years of specific work experience in lieu of degree.
• 7 years of significant experience in an enterprise data engineering role.
• Strong professional proficiency in SQL.
• Proven technical experience with Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks.
• Experience in Data Governance, Data Systems Architecture, and Data Modeling.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evolve the enterprise Data Lake / Lakehouse architecture.
• Develop a Medallion Architecture with Bronze/Silver/Gold data assets.
• Create ingestion frameworks for structured, semi-structured, and streaming data.
• Build scalable ELT/ETL pipelines using cloud-native tools like Informatica and Azure Data Factory.
• Design dimensional models and data products for BI and analytics.
• Implement data quality, lineage, cataloging, and metadata management.
• Set up CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code for data engineering solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define data requirements and enforce standards.

Skills

SQL

Data governance

Data modeling

Data architecture

ETL/ELT design

Cloud data platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, engineering, or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Informatica

Azure Data Factory

Power BI

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

VSE Aviation Inc. is seeking an Enterprise Data Engineer Lead to design and evolve a cloud-based Data Lake / Lakehouse platform, enabling analytics-ready data.

You will develop a Medallion Architecture with Bronze/Silver/Gold data assets and build robust ingestion pipelines for structured, semi-structured, and streaming data. The role requires 7+ years in enterprise data engineering, strong SQL, and hands-on experience with Snowflake, Databricks, and Microsoft Fabric.