Senior Data Engineer: Telemetry & Predictive Maintenance

DataJobs; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in Alexandria, VA is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and maintain data pipelines, enable AI-assisted analytics, and deliver reliability dashboards for engineering and maintenance teams.

You will work with telematics data, CMMS integration, and BI tools such as Power BI and Tableau to surface early signs of degradation and improve asset reliability. On-site role, with 7x24 readiness to support critical operations.

Qualifications

• Seven years of progressive experience in engineering, reliability, maintenance, data analytics, or related fields.
• Minimum 2 years of ETL experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop, automate, and maintain ETL data workflows from telematic systems using Microsoft Fabric Data Factory and Python.
• Monitor real-time and historical condition monitoring and telematic data.
• Diagnose and resolve workflow issues and address data performance challenges to improve data availability.
• Design AI-assisted data transformations, semantic models, and Power BI reports to support operational decisions and surface early signs of degradation.
• Build and maintain large-scale relational databases supporting ETL processes and data quality.
• Lead integration of telematics data with CMMS for automated alerts and maintenance records.
• Develop predictive maintenance strategies and reliability model alignment.
• Analyze equipment health indicators like vibration, temperature, pressure, and fault codes for anomaly detection.
• Collaborate with reliability engineers and IT to maintain CI/CD for condition monitoring.
• Develop and monitor KPIs and dashboards for system health and performance.
• Perform RCA on failures and near-misses; propose improvements.
• Train peers and end users on monitoring tools.

Skills

SQL

Python

Informatica

Power BI

Tableau

Microsoft Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / related field

Tools

Microsoft Fabric Data Factory

Power BI

Tableau

Microsoft Excel

SQL

Informatica

Maximo

Oracle Databases

Job description

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in Alexandria, VA is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design and maintain data pipelines, enable AI-assisted analytics, and deliver reliability dashboards for engineering and maintenance teams.

You will work with telematics data, CMMS integration, and BI tools such as Power BI and Tableau to surface early signs of degradation and improve asset reliability. On-site role, with 7x24 readiness to support critical operations.