Lead IT Data Engineer — Cloud Analytics & Data Lake

Tyson Foods, Inc.; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Health, life, dental, vision benefits

Job summary

Tyson Foods, Inc. is seeking a Lead IT Data Engineer to support the Beef & Pork Analytics team. You will lead data lake/hub, analytics, and reporting data layers, ensuring scalable pipelines and trusted data products for Fresh Meats analytics.

This hands‑on role requires translating complex business needs into scalable data architecture and secure, production‑ready solutions. You will collaborate with product managers, data stewards, engineers, and platform teams to deliver accurate, traceable

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or analytics

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of Beef & Pork Analytics data pipelines
• Translate business needs into scalable data models and pipelines
• Develop and support data products for reporting and analytics
• Ensure data quality, governance, and security across data platforms
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with product, data governance, and platform teams

Skills

SQL

GCP / BigQuery

dbt

Python

Data modeling

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/IS/Data Engineering

Tools

Power BI

Git

Job description

Tyson Foods, Inc. is seeking a Lead IT Data Engineer to support the Beef & Pork Analytics team. You will lead data lake/hub, analytics, and reporting data layers, ensuring scalable pipelines and trusted data products for Fresh Meats analytics.

This hands‑on role requires translating complex business needs into scalable data architecture and secure, production‑ready solutions. You will collaborate with product managers, data stewards, engineers, and platform teams to deliver accurate, traceable