Lead Data Engineer

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Flexible spending and health savings

Life insurance

ADD

Disability

Retirement

Paid vacation/time off

Educational assistance

Infertility assistance

Paid parental leave

Adoption assistance

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Lead Data Platform Engineer in Atlanta to own and operate the Enterprise Data Lake, Ingestion Framework, and Databricks Platform. The role focuses on reliability, governance, and scalable data solutions across hundreds of systems.

The position is hybrid (3x in-office per week) at our Atlanta HQ on Peachtree St. You will collaborate with Data Governance, Data Delivery, Product Owners, and Solution Architects to align with business needs.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience as a senior technical leader overseeing multiple data engineering teams.
• Experience in architectural design and systems integration for enterprise-grade platforms.
• Experience leading operations for highly available data platforms and data lakes.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code practices and skilled in Git and CI/CD design patterns.
• Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without visa transfer or sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead and optimize the GP data platform (Enterprise Data Lake, Ingestion Framework, Databricks).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features, maintain a healthy agile process, and enhance platform accessibility for customers.
• Drive automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement through performance monitoring, issue resolution, and development of self-service tools.

Skills

Large-scale distributed systems

Senior technical leadership

Architectural design

Operations for data platforms

Infrastructure as Code

Git

CI/CD

Python

SQL

Spark

Tools

Terraform

Airflow

Databricks

AWS

Lambda

Glue

Kafka

Job description

As a Lead Data Platform Engineer on the Georgia Pacific Data Platform team, you will help deliver trusted, high-quality data across hundreds of systems and thousands of data assets. You will own, deliver, operate, and help architect the Enterprise Data Lake, Ingestion Framework, and Databricks Platform while partnering with Data Governance, Data Delivery, Product Owners, and Solution Architects to keep the platform reliable, scalable, governed, and aligned with business needs.

This role is based in our Atlanta, GA HQ office located on Peachtree St. The expectation is hybrid (3x) in office per week.

Our Team

The Georgia Pacific Data Platform team builds, manages, & operates centralized products that support Georgia Pacific’s Business Units and IT. These products enable data to be ingested, stored, processed, governed, managed, presented, and consumed consistently across the enterprise.

What You Will Do

• Lead and optimize the GP data platform (Enterprise Data Lake, Ingestion Framework, Databricks), ensuring reliability, integrity, and cost efficiency data and data infrastructure
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features, maintain a healthy agile process, and enhance platform accessibility for customers
• Drive automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement through performance monitoring, issue resolution, and development of self-service tools

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems
• Experience serving as a senior technical leader overseeing multiple data engineering teams
• Experience in architectural design and systems integration for multi-stakeholder, enterprise-grade platforms
• Experience leading operations for highly available data platforms and data lakes
• Demonstrated experience in data infrastructure, including proficiency with Infrastructure as Code practices and skilled in GIT and CI/CD design patterns
• Must have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship

What Will Put You Ahead

• Delivered innovative, scalable data solutions using Python, SQL, Spark, and Delta Lake, while optimizing data accessibility with open table formats (Delta, Hudi, Iceberg)
• Enhanced system efficiency and reliability by leveraging Terraform, Git/CI-CD workflows, and DAG tools (Airflow, Step Functions, Databricks Declarative Pipelines)
• Implemented and optimized the Databricks Data Platform and AWS services (Lambda, Glue, EventBridge, ECS, Kafka, etc.) to support business objectives

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

About Compensation

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day – to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance
• ADD
• Disability
• Retirement
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• Infertility assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Adoption assistance

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.