Data Engineer Lll

3680 Hacks Cross Road 38125-8800 Memphis,Tennessee United States of America
RC694695 Data Engineer lll (Open)
Information Technology
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The Data Engineer III plays a pivotal role within Dataworks, focused on driving engineering innovation within Dataworks, helping define and build the Dataworks organization and leading the delivery of key business initiatives. S/he acts as a "universal translator" between IT, business, software engineers and data scientists, collaborating with these multi-disciplinary teams. The Data Engineer III will contribute to the adherence of technical standards for Data Engineering, including the selection and refinements of foundational technical components. S/he will work on those aspects of the Dataworks platform that govern the ingestion, transformation, and pipelining of data assets, both to end users within FedEx and into data products and services that may be externally facing. Day-to-day, s/he will be deeply involved in code reviews and large-scale deployments. S/he will also provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers to support the continued training and up-skilling of the Data Engineering team.
Under limited supervision, supports the design, build, test and maintenance of data pipelines at big data scale. Assists with updating data from multiple data sources. Other functionalities under limited supervision include working on batch processing of collected data and matching its format to the stored data, making sure that the data is ready to be processed and analyzed. Assists with keeping the ecosystem and the pipeline optimized and efficient, troubleshooting standard performance, data related problems and providing L3 support. Implements ETL transformers to reformat and enhance the data. Provides recommendations to complex problems. Provides guidance to those in less senior positions.
Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics or Engineering and/or equivalent formal training or work experience.
• Three to Four (3 - 4) years equivalent work experience in measurement and analysis, quantitative business problem solving, simulation development and/or predictive analytics.
• Extensive knowledge in Data Engineering and machine learning frameworks including design, development and implementation of highly complex systems and data pipelines. Extensive knowledge in Information Systems including design, development and implementation of large batch or online transaction-based systems. Strong understanding of the transportation industry, competitors, and evolving technologies. Experience providing leadership in a general planning or consulting setting. Experience as a senior member of multi-functional project teams. Strong oral and written communication skills. A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirements.

Job Description/Responsibilities:

• Understanding in depth both the business and technical problems Dataworks aims to solve
• Building tools, platforms and pipelines to enable teams to clearly and cleanly analyze data, build models and drive decisions
• Scaling up from "laptop-scale" to "cluster scale" problems, in terms of both infrastructure and problem structure and technique
• Delivering tangible value very rapidly, collaborating with diverse teams of varying backgrounds and disciplines
• Championing the adherence to best practices for future reuse in the form of accessible, reusable patterns, templates, and code bases
• Interacting with senior technologists from the broader enterprise and outside of FedEx (partner ecosystems and customers) to create synergies and ensure smooth deployments to downstream operational systems

Skills/Abilities:

• Technical background in computer science, software engineering, database systems, distributed systems

• Fluency with distributed and cloud environments and a strong understanding of how to balance computational considerations with theoretical properties

• Detailed knowledge of the Microsoft Azure tooling for large-scale Data Engineering efforts and deployments is highly preferred

• A track record of designing and deploying large scale technical solutions, which deliver tangible, ongoing value
  
  • Direct experience having built and deployed robust, complex production systems that implement modern, data scientific methods at scale
  • Ability to context-switch, to provide support to dispersed teams which may need an "expert hacker" to unblock an especially challenging technical obstacle, and to work through problems as they are still being defined
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver technical projects with a team, often working under tight time constraints to deliver value
  • An 'engineering' mindset, willing to make rapid, pragmatic decisions to improve performance, accelerate progress or magnify impact
  • Comfort with working with distributed teams on code-based deliverables, using version control systems and code reviews

• Ability to conduct data analysis, investigation, and lineage studies to document and enhance data quality and access

• Use of agile and devops practices for project and software management including continuous integration and continuous delivery

• Demonstrated expertise working with some of the following common languages and tools:
  
  • Spark (Scala and PySpark), HDFS, Kafka and other high volume data tools
  • SQL and NoSQL storage tools, such as MySQL, Postgres, Cassandra, MongoDB and ElasticSearch
  • Pandas, Scikit-Learn, Matplotlib, TensorFlow, Jupyter and other Python data tools

Domicile Information:
This position can be domiciled anywhere in the United States. The ability to work remotely within the United States may be available based on business need.
Application Criteria:
Upload current copy of Resume (Microsoft Word or PDF format only) and answer job screening questionnaire by 5 pm Central Time on Wednesday, January 24th, 2024.
Colorado, Nevada, Connecticut, New York, California, Rhode Island, Washington, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey Residents Only - Compensation:
Monthly Salary: $8,973.00 - $13,460.00
This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include but are not limited to your specific skills, your work location, how many years of experience you have, and comparison to other employees already in this role.
EEO Statement - FedEx Dataworks is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetics disability, or protected Veteran status.
Dataworks does not discriminate against qualified individuals with disabilities in regard to job application procedures, hiring, and other terms and conditions of employment. Further, Dataworks is prepared to make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant or employee to enable the applicant or employee to be considered for the desired position, to perform the essential functions of the position in question, or to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment as are enjoyed by other similarly situated employees without disabilities, unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship. If a reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact DataworksTalentAcquisition@corp.ds.fedex.com
Job Posting End Date:
01-24-2024