HR and Safety Data Engineer - IT Data Management - Journey - Permanent - 2026-08259

State of Washington; Olympia (WA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) IT Services seeks an HR & Safety Data Engineer in Olympia, WA to design, build, and maintain HRIS and Safety data pipelines, ensuring secure, high-quality data engineering and automation.

You will ingest and transform data across Workday, HRMS, and safety systems, develop ETL/ELT pipelines with SQL Server, SSIS, C#, PowerShell, and Python, and support SSRS/Power BI reporting for operational and strategic analytics.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering secure, high-quality business systems.
• Build and maintain HR, HRIS, and Safety data pipelines.
• Design, build, and maintain HRIS and Safety datasets with SQL views and stored procedures.
• Ingest, transform, reconcile, and publish data across Workday, HRMS, Safety platforms, and ITS applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain curated HR, HRIS, and Safety datasets, including SQL views, stored procedures, validated models, and structured extracts.
• Ingest, transform, reconcile, and publish data across Workday, HRMS, Safety platforms, and ITS applications (e.g. Total Time).
• Build validated datasets and reporting models supporting SSRS/Power BI dashboards for operational and strategic analytics.
• Maintain documentation of data lineage, definitions, and mappings.

Skills

SQL

SSIS

C#

PowerShell

Python

Power BI

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Workday integration

HRIS pipelines

Tools

Workday

SSRS

HRMS

Total Time

Job description

Working Title- HR and Safety Data Engineer

Classification- IT Data Management - Journey

Job Status- Full-Time/Permanent

WDFW Program- Information Technology Program – Scientific Data Services

Duty Station- Olympia, Washington – Thurston County

While this position may offer a telework option, the successful candidate must be available to report to the duty station as needed.

Learn more about being a member of Team WDFW!

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Do you have experience delivering secure, high-quality business systems?

In this dynamic role, you will provide enterprise data engineering, automation, integration, and technical HRIS support within the Information Technology Services (ITS) Division.

We are seeking a candidate to build and maintain HR, HRIS, and Safety data pipelines.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, this position:

Data management for HRIS and Safety systems.

• Design, build, and maintain curated HR, HRIS, and Safety datasets, including SQL views, stored procedures, validated models, and structured extracts.
• Ingest, transform, reconcile, and publish reliable data across Workday, HRMS, Safety platforms, and ITS applications (e.g. Total Time).
• Build validated datasets and reporting models supporting SSRS/Power BI dashboards for operational and strategic analytics.
• Maintain documentation of data lineage, definitions, and mappings.

Scripting and coding support.

• Develop automated ETL/ELT pipelines using SQL Server, SSIS, C#, PowerShell, and Python.
• Create automation scripts to streamline HR/Safety operational processes.
• Support inbound/outbound integrations into and out of Workday, HRMS, Safety systems, and enterprise data platforms (e.g. HRMS).
• Maintain version-controlled repositories of integration and automation code.

Product Support.

• Provide full technical Workday configuration support (business processes, calculated fields, routing logic, module settings), with final approval by the HRIS Product Owner.
• Translate HR/Safety business requirements into technical specifications, workflows, data models, and integration logic.
• Collaborate with HR, Safety, PMO/BA, ITS, and vendors on technical design, configuration alignment, and system-wide impacts.
• Contribute technical content for SOWs, vendor deliverable reviews, and change-support activities.

General IT support.

• Conduct multi-layer testing (unit, integration, regression, system, performance) for pipelines, configurations, and integrations.
• Support UAT cycles, validate business outcomes, and prepare deployment readiness evidence.
• Provide rapid incident response and long-term root-cause engineering for HRIS, Safety, and ITS data workflows.
• Document issues, fixes, improvements, and regression coverage.
• Change management processes.

Compliance, Security, and Governance.

• Enforce role-based access controls and secure data handling.
• Implement encryption, secure transfer protocols, and hardened interfaces.
• Validate integrations and configuration changes against privacy, security, and data protection requirements.
• Monitor for anomalous behavior or unauthorized activity and respond appropriately.

Working Conditions:

Work setting: Duties are performed in a (work/home) office setting. The work site for this position is the Olympia Natural Resources Building headquarters office. This position requires extensive computer use; involves sitting/standing for extended periods of time.

Schedule: Typically, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday. Requires some flexibility in work schedule to perform IT system maintenance/testing activities or to respond to unforeseen system problems or outages.

Travel requirements: Occasional travel is required to attend/participate in training, meetings, and professional conferences.