Principal Data Engineer

Bollinger Shipyards; Raceland (LA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bollinger Shipyards is seeking a Principal Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise data pipelines and foundational assets supporting analytics, reporting, forecasting, and AI initiatives.

The role requires establishing scalable data engineering practices, ensuring data quality and security, and collaborating with ERP and manufacturing systems to align data architecture with business priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Management, or related field.
• 8–12 years of experience in data engineering.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale data pipelines.
• Strong SQL and data transformation expertise.
• Experience with cloud data platforms (Azure preferred).
• Experience integrating ERP and operational systems.
• Experience leading technical teams or mentoring engineers; prior people management experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise data pipelines and integrations across ERP, MES, PLM and other platforms.
• Establish and maintain scalable data engineering standards, frameworks, and development practices.
• Ensure consistent implementation of data architecture and medallion data design (raw, curated, business-ready).
• Oversee data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, reconciliation, and validation processes.
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Integration teams to align solutions with standards.
• Support analytics, reporting, forecasting, and AI initiatives through trusted datasets.
• Ensure data quality, lineage, observability, and reliability across assets.
• Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and mentoring to the team.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and infrastructure teams to ensure secure handling of data.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to capabilities and performance.
• Mentor and develop technical talent while fostering engineering discipline.

Skills

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Fabric

Power BI

AI/ML pipelines

Data observability

Master data management

Metadata management

ERP integration experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering/Data Management

Tools

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Power BI

Job description

Position Overview

Job Title: Principal Data Engineer
Location: Remote

We are seeking a dedicated Principal Data Engineer. The candidate will lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise data pipelines and foundational data assets supporting analytics, reporting, forecasting, and AI initiatives. This role is responsible for establishing scalable and reliable data engineering practices while ensuring enterprise data is accurate, secure, accessible, and aligned to business priorities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Management, or related field
• Minimum of 8–12 years of experience in data engineering
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale data pipelines
• Strong SQL and data transformation expertise
• Experience with cloud data platforms (Azure preferred)
• Experience integrating ERP and operational systems
• Experience leading technical teams or mentoring engineers; prior people management experience is desirable

Skills

• Experience with Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Fabric, or similar cloud technologies
• Experience in manufacturing, shipbuilding, industrial, or engineering-intensive environments
• Familiarity with Power BI and downstream analytics enablement
• Experience supporting AI/ML initiatives through engineered datasets and feature pipelines
• Knowledge of data observability, master data management, and metadata management practices
• Relevant cloud or data engineering certification

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise data pipelines and integrations across Oracle ERP, Finesse, MES, PLM, Primavera, proposal systems, and other operational platforms
• Establish and maintain scalable data engineering standards, frameworks, and development practices
• Ensure consistent implementation of enterprise data architecture and medallion data design patterns (raw, curated, business-ready)
• Oversee data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, reconciliation, and validation processes
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Integration teams to align technical solutions with enterprise standards and future-state architecture
• Support analytics, reporting, forecasting, and AI initiatives through delivery of trusted and performant datasets
• Ensure data quality, lineage, observability, and reliability across enterprise data assets
• Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and mentoring to data engineering team members
• Collaborate with cybersecurity and infrastructure teams to ensure secure and compliant handling of enterprise data
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to data engineering capabilities and platform performance
• Mentor and develop technical talent while fostering strong engineering discipline and accountability

Bollinger is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals, and without regard to sexual orientation and gender identity.