Western Governors University offers a full-time, in-office role in Salt Lake City, UT (onsite) with benefits that support physical and mental wellbeing, financial security, and time away for rest. You will build reliable data pipelines and reporting solutions that help internal teams and analytics users make trustworthy decisions.
Responsibilities
- Develop and build ETL/ELT data pipelines for analytics use while maintaining optimal pipeline architecture.
- Assemble large, complex data sets that satisfy functional and non-functional requirements, ensuring data remains separated and secure across multiple cloud environments.
- Ingest and transform structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from relational databases, NoSQL databases, external APIs, JSON, XML, delimited files, and other sources.
- Monitor and maintain ETL/ELT jobs, troubleshoot load issues and bugs, apply fixes, and perform pipeline audits to support data quality.
- Deliver ad-hoc and analytical reports; create complex reporting outputs in Cognos and Tableau.
- Manage change requests and ticket queues for analytical reports and ETL/ELT jobs, including data and technology discovery for new sources and third-party applications.
- Collaborate in an agile environment to deliver efficient data pipelines and reporting solutions on time.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 2 years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Integration, Big Data, Business Intelligence, or Software Engineering.
- Ability to analyze data sources, understand requirements, and design a data model for data capture and ETL/ELT.
- Experience with relational SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Knowledge of object-oriented or object function scripting languages such as Python, Java, and Scala.
- Knowledge of big data tools including Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Databricks, and similar technologies.
- Clear communication, the ability to work independently and cross-functionally, and use of industry best practices for code development, testing, implementation, and documentation.
Technology Stack
- ETL, ELT, SQL, Python, Java, Scala
- Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Databricks
- Cognos, Tableau
- NoSQL, JSON, XML, delimited files
- Horton, Cloudera, Impala, Hive
- AngularJS, HTML5, CSS/LESS
Benefits
- Eligible for bonuses
- Medical, dental, vision
- Telehealth and mental healthcare
- Health savings account and flexible spending account
- Basic and voluntary life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
- Legal and identity theft coverage
- Retirement savings plan
- Wellbeing program
- Discounted WGU tuition
- Flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual
- Flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual
- 11 paid holidays
- Other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave
Bonus Points
- Higher Education Domain exposure
- Exposure to analytical reporting tools, preferably Cognos and Tableau
- Knowledge and experience with Cloudera or Horton, Impala, Hive, AngularJS, HTML5, and CSS/LESS
Work Location and Schedule
This is a full-time, in-office position requiring five days per week in the Salt Lake City, Utah office, designed to foster collaboration and connection.
Travel
Occasional travel of up to 20%, including required attendance at designated company summits (typically one to two per year). Additional travel may include conferences, visits to company locations, and other business-related events as needed.
Visa Sponsorship
WGU is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
Position and Application Details
Full-Time Regular (classified as regular and working 40 standard weekly hours).
How to Apply: Submit an application online. Internal WGU employees apply through the internal job board in Workday.
Additional Information: This posting highlights critical responsibilities and requirements and is not all-inclusive. Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact Talent Acquisition at recruiting@wgu.edu. Equal Employment Opportunity: all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.
