Data Quality Engineer

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About the Team

In 2024, Workday launched an Enterprise Data and Analytics team with a mission to transform and optimize the way Workday creates and shares trusted data to drive actionable insights and data led innovation across the enterprise. The team has introduced a new, cloud based technical stack, a Data Product methodology anchored in the principles of Data Ops, an Active Data Governance methodology to manage the quality and discovery of data, and a series of modern analytics tools that facilitate discovery, analysis, visualization, machine learning, and AI. The team’s goal is to lead high value cross-functional data and analytics work and to establish and support the broader Workday analytics community by establishing modern, common ways of working, facilitating training and communication, and creating secure data and analytics brokering capability across business units.

About the Role

Job Responsibilities:

*Data Profiling and Analysis:

• Conduct thorough data profiling to understand data patterns, identify anomalies, and assess data quality.
• Analyze data to identify root causes of data quality issues and propose solutions.

*Data Quality Rule Development and Implementation:

• Develop and implement data quality rules, checks, and validations using SQL and other relevant tools.
• Design and implement automated data quality monitoring and alerting systems.

*Data Quality Tooling and Automation:

• Evaluate and implement data quality tools and technologies.
• Automate data quality processes to improve efficiency and scalability.

*Collaboration and Communication:

• Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and address data quality concerns.
• Communicate data quality findings and recommendations effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Document all data quality processes, rules, and findings.

*Issue Resolution and Remediation:

• Troubleshoot and resolve data quality issues in a timely and efficient manner
• Develop and implement data remediation strategies.

About You

The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of the data engineering domain with a proven track record of building and supporting data and analytics engineering solutions using modern data engineering tools and technologies.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in data quality engineering or a similar role.
• 3+ years of experience in SQL for data querying and manipulation.
• 3+ years of experience in data profiling and data quality assessment tools.
• Familiarity with data warehousing (Snowflake, DBT) and ETL/ELT processes.
• Understanding of data governance principles and be