Lead Enterprise Data Platform & Cloud Engineering

Academy Sports + Outdoors; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Academy Sports + Outdoors is seeking a senior Data Platform Engineer to shape and scale our enterprise data platform. You will design, implement, and support secure data integration across cloud ecosystems, enabling trusted insights for Data Products and Analytics teams.

You will lead ingestion, orchestration, and ELT/ETL patterns while advancing CI/CD, observability, and data governance. Collaborative cross-functional work is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or related disciplines
• Experience designing, implementing, and supporting large-scale enterprise data platforms and integration solutions
• Experience with cloud platforms, including Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience developing and supporting data orchestration, streaming technologies, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and observability solutions
• Experience implementing security, governance, metadata management, lineage, and data quality frameworks

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the enterprise data platform to support secure, scalable data integration across the organization.
• Lead ingestion frameworks, orchestration workflows, and ELT/ETL patterns across cloud ecosystems.
• Establish engineering standards and reusable frameworks; guide technical initiatives and evaluate emerging technologies.
• Collaborate with Data Products, Analytics Engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver trusted, governed data solutions.

Skills

SQL

Python

BigQuery

Data Modeling

Cloud Engineering

CI/CD

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or related field

Tools

Google BigQuery

DBT Core

OpenMetadata

Cube Cloud

Composer

Datastage

Confluent Kafka

GoAnywhere

Job description

Academy Sports + Outdoors is seeking a senior Data Platform Engineer to shape and scale our enterprise data platform. You will design, implement, and support secure data integration across cloud ecosystems, enabling trusted insights for Data Products and Analytics teams.

You will lead ingestion, orchestration, and ELT/ETL patterns while advancing CI/CD, observability, and data governance. Collaborative cross-functional work is essential.