Senior Data Engineer

California Cradle-to-Career Data System; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 142,000; Full time

Job summary

California Cradle-to-Career Data System in Sacramento is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to lead development of data pipelines, ingest, cleanse, transform, and integrate data into the statewide system. The role ensures data is available as a service for warehouses, dashboards, and digital services, while setting policies and best practices.

You will work with a small entrepreneurial team to adopt emerging technologies, focus on data lifecycle management, security, and CI/CD, and help Californians

Qualifications

• Strong data engineering experience with data pipelines and ETL processes.
• Ability to explain architectural tradeoffs clearly to varied audiences.
• Commitment to cloud-first data architectures and modern data tools.
• Experience documenting data platform designs.
• Interest in continuously learning and applying best practices.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, develop, and implement data management processes.
• Ensure data security at rest, in transit, and in use.
• Collaborate with team to improve data infrastructure and CI/CD.

Skills

Data pipelines

Data quality awareness

Collaboration

Documentation

Cloud-first data approach

Communication of tradeoffs

Job description

This position may be eligible for a telework opportunity in accordance with departmental policies and operational needs. Employees are currently required to work in-person at least four (4) days per week in alignment with Executive Order N-22-25. Additional in-office days may be required based on operational needs.

• The office is located in downtown Sacramento
• All employees (including OPT students) must provide valid work authorization per Form I-9.
• Please note, CalHR is not an E-Verified employer.

Job Description and Duties

California’s long-awaited statewide Cradle-to-Career Data System has launched. You can help build a statewide system that brings together existing data with an aim of addressing barriers to opportunity from early learning, through K-12, college, and career.

We are hiring a Senior Data Engineer (SDE) to lead the development of data pipelines to ingest, cleanse, transform, and integrate into the Cradle-to-Career Data System. The incumbent will ensure data is available as a service for data warehouses, digital services, and dashboards. The SDE will plan, develop, and document policies and best practices for the Office of Cradle-to-Career Data. We are looking for an engineer who is excited to build something new with a small, entrepreneurial team, using emerging technologies.

About the Role

As the Senior Data Engineer, you will have responsibility for data lifecycle management, end-to-end. This includes:

• Data Management. Plan, design, develop, and implement processes for data management and ensuring that data are secure at rest, in transit, and in use.
• Data Quality. Design, develop, and document patterns and practices to help ensure all data is profiled, reviewed, and accurate to support critical decisions using industry best practices for continuous integration and continuous delivery.
• Collaborate. Work with colleagues and contractors to build and guide architectural improvements to data infrastructure while simultaneously supporting team members to evolve continuous integration and continuous delivery strategy with robust monitoring, altering and recovery.

Your work will be challenging, fun, and focused on enabling Californians to build a more equitable future.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

• INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST III

Classification:

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST III

$9,507.00 - $12,740.00/month

• New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.

Special Requirements

• The position(s) require(s) a Background Investigation be cleared prior to being hired.

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

• Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
• Resume is optional. It may be included, but is not required.

Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations for the hiring interview process must request the necessary accommodations if scheduled for a hiring interview. The request should be made at the time of contact to schedule the interview. Questions regarding reasonable accommodations may be directed to the EEO contact listed on this job posting.

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

The ideal candidate would have the following knowledge, skills, and abilities.

• You love engaging with people as much as engaging with data and technology
• You are constantly learning and engaged in the modern data stack ecosystem and enjoy staying up to date on emerging and best practices.
• You have a knack for and enjoy communicating technical and architectural tradeoffs clearly to different audiences.
• You value simplicity and elegance in architecting solutions over needless complexity and have a sixth sense for evaluating platforms that are fit for purpose.
• You like keeping knowledge fresh on platforms and willing to get in and support the team on testing and implementing platforms.
• You value good documentation and guidance to help others successfully use data platforms.
• You take pleasure in sharing your knowledge and experience with others to help them succeed in adopting modern data practices.
• You relish demonstrating the value of a cloud-first approach to data tools and the benefits of applying software engineering approaches to data work and are eager to hands-on engage with project work to ensure that value is communicated.
• You are excited about applying your talents to improve the lives of Californians.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing Civil Service, and the special trust placed in public servants.