Senior Cloud Data Engineer & Analytics Lead

Tyson Foods; Springdale (AR); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Tyson Foods is seeking a Lead IT Data Engineer to support Beef & Pork Analytics. You will lead the design, development, governance, and operational support of enterprise data solutions for Fresh Meats reporting and analytics, including data lake, hubs, and reporting layers.

You will translate complex business needs into scalable data architecture and build cloud-based pipelines with strong data quality and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 5+ years in data engineering, cloud analytics, data warehousing, or BI delivery.
• Experience with GCP and BigQuery.
• Experience with data governance, lineage, and security controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of data engineering solutions.
• Translate requirements into scalable data models and pipelines.
• Develop data products for analytics and reporting.
• Monitor, maintain, and improve data quality and observability.
• Collaborate with governance, product, and platform teams to ensure standards.

Skills

SQL

GCP/BigQuery

ETL/ELT

Data Modeling

Data Governance

Python/PySpark

Power BI

Security/Access Controls

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Analytics, or related field

Tools

dbt

Git/GitLab

Airflow/Composer

Job description

Tyson Foods is seeking a Lead IT Data Engineer to support Beef & Pork Analytics. You will lead the design, development, governance, and operational support of enterprise data solutions for Fresh Meats reporting and analytics, including data lake, hubs, and reporting layers.

You will translate complex business needs into scalable data architecture and build cloud-based pipelines with strong data quality and security.