Data Platform Engineer II: Drive Adoption & Automation

Hormel Foods; Austin (MN); On-site; USD 114,000 - 159,000; Full time

Job summary

Hormel Foods Corporation in Austin, MN preferred is seeking a Data Platform Engineer II to drive enterprise ingestion, data and orchestration tooling, and platform capabilities. You will partner with Data Engineering, Integration, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Governance and Analytics teams to enable scalable, secure, and reliable data platforms.

4 days a week on-site, Fridays optional WFH. The base pay range is $113,500–$158,900 per year, with relocation assistance if required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years supporting enterprise data, analytics, ingestion, orchestration, or related platforms.
• Experience defining roadmaps, release strategies, standards, and vendor engagement for data tools.
• Experience driving platform adoption, developer enablement, and automation.
• Experience CI/CD frameworks, deployment automation, and SDLC standards.
• Experience evaluating platform capabilities and setting technical standards across teams.
• Experience developing automation with Python, SQL, scripting.
• Applicants must not require visa sponsorship and be authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Drive the roadmap, adoption, and continuous improvement of enterprise ingestion, data, and orchestration tools and platforms.
• Partner with Data Engineering, Integration, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Governance, and Data Analytics teams to enable scalable, secure, and reliable platform capabilities.
• Lead data and analytics tool and platform lifecycle activities including roadmap planning, releases, upgrades, vendor engagement, automation, and modernization initiatives.
• Design, implement, and support CI/CD frameworks, deployment automation, and engineering standards that improve delivery speed, quality, and consistency.
• Develop reusable tooling, templates, automation solutions, and self-service capabilities that enhance developer productivity and platform adoption.
• Establish and evolve software development lifecycle (SDLC) standards, deployment governance, source control practices, and engineering best practices.
• Support and enhance enterprise ingestion capabilities, including a custom Python-based ingestion framework and related platform technologies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and platform capabilities, providing recommendations that align with enterprise data and analytics strategy.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, onboarding materials, training resources, runbooks, and operational standards.
• Partner with delivery teams to improve tool and platform utilization, reduce operational friction, and accelerate solution delivery.
• Implement and enhance tool and platform observability, monitoring, reliability, and operational support capabilities.
• Collaborate with software vendors and external partners to support roadmap planning, platform enhancements, issue resolution, and adoption initiatives.
• Serve as a technical leader and trusted advisor for enterprise data and analytics tooling, standards, automation, and developer enablement initiatives.

Skills

Python

SQL

CI/CD

Automation

DevOps

Cloud

Data platform

Education

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

Tools

BigQuery

Composer/Airflow

Pub/Sub

Dataflow

GitHub

Incorta

Python

Job description

Hormel Foods Corporation in Austin, MN preferred is seeking a Data Platform Engineer II to drive enterprise ingestion, data and orchestration tooling, and platform capabilities. You will partner with Data Engineering, Integration, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Governance and Analytics teams to enable scalable, secure, and reliable data platforms.

4 days a week on-site, Fridays optional WFH. The base pay range is $113,500–$158,900 per year, with relocation assistance if required.