Data Platform Engineer: Azure & Databricks Pipelines

University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Greensboro (NC); À distance; USD 95 000 - 135 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

University of North Carolina at Greensboro is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and Azure-based data services. The role supports decision-making across student success, academic planning, finance, and research, with a focus on data quality, usability, and performance.

The DEA team administers the enterprise data platform, ensuring stability, security, and operational continuity while leveraging Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and data lake storage.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or 4+ years of professional experience in data engineering or related field.
• Strong SQL proficiency and experience with Azure SQL databases.
• Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT pipelines and data warehousing infrastructure.
• Experience with Databricks and Azure Data Factory or similar tools.
• Proficiency in Python for data engineering tasks.
• Git and CI/CD practices for data pipelines deployment.
• Ability to document technical solutions for stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Azure Data Lake Storage and IaC concepts.
• Knowledge of data modeling and governance concepts.
• Experience with higher education data systems (student, HR, finance).

Responsabilités

• Design, develop, and manage ETL/ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory and Databricks.
• Ingest data from enterprise systems into the data platform and ensure quality.
• Ensure reliability, cost efficiency, and performance of data processes.
• Translate requirements into scalable data models and transformations with stakeholders.

Connaissances

SQL proficiency

Azure SQL

ETL/ELT pipelines

Databricks

Python

Git/CI-CD

Data modeling

Azure Data Lake

Infrastructure-as-Code

Metadata governance

Higher ed data

Formation

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Outils

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Azure Data Lake Storage

SQL Databases

Description du poste

University of North Carolina at Greensboro is seeking a Data Platform Engineer to design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and Azure-based data services. The role supports decision-making across student success, academic planning, finance, and research, with a focus on data quality, usability, and performance.

The DEA team administers the enterprise data platform, ensuring stability, security, and operational continuity while leveraging Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and data lake storage.