Principal Data Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Principal Data Engineer

No sponsorships available

About Us :

At KorTerra, we’re on a mission to prevent damage and save lives through innovative technology solutions for the energy and utilities industries. Our collaborative and customer-focused environment empowers us to deliver impactful products that truly make a difference.

About You :

We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Principal Data Engineer to lead the strategy, architecture, and implementation of data engineering solutions across global projects and platforms. This role will be responsible for designing and developing scalable, high-performance data systems, fostering best practices, and ensuring data quality, security, and governance.

As a Principal Data Engineer, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, analysts, engineers, and business leaders, to drive technical innovation and ensure the successful delivery of cutting-edge data solutions. This role requires strong expertise in data pipelines, cloud computing, big data technologies, and data modeling, along with a passion for mentoring teams and shaping data engineering best practices.

What You’ll Get to Do :

• Define and implement best practices for data architecture, governance, modeling, and integration to support analytics and business intelligence initiatives.
• Build robust, high-performance ETL / ELT pipelines using Azure Data Factory (ADF), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), and Snowflake for data ingestion, processing, and transformation.
• Develop and optimize data warehouses and lakehouses on Azure and Snowflake, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Architect and maintain distributed data processing systems within Azure, leveraging technologies such as Azure Data Factory (ADF), SQL Server, Snowflake, and Power BI.
• Work closely with Principal Architects, data scientists, analysts, and IT teams to ensure alignment between business goals and technical requirements.
• Oversee the monitoring, maintenance, and optimization of data pipelines and infrastructure to ensure high availability, scalability, and reliability.
• Technical Decision-Making : Drive the evaluation and adoption of new tools, frameworks, and methodologies to improve data engineering efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure compliance with data quality, security, and governance policies, implementing data encryption, access control, and authentication best practices.
• Utilize Power BI for data visualization, reporting, and analytics, ensuring business users have access to actionable insights.
• Lead and mentor engineering teams, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning.

Requirements :

Benefits

KorTerra is proud to be an equal opportunity employer of all qualified individuals and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

Job Type : Full-time