Sr Data Engineer

Job Summary

 

Western Midstream is seeking a talented and experienced Sr Data Engineer to join our team in The Woodlands, TX. As a Sr Data Engineer, you will be at the forefront of designing, developing, and deploying cutting-edge solutions. Your expertise will not only shape the landscape of our operations but also accelerate us towards our ambitious business goals.

 

Responsibilities:

Design, build, and manage data pipelines to ingest, transform, and distribute data between on-premises and Azure destinations.

Utilize technologies from Qlik, OpenText, SAP Datasphere, and Azure cloud services, including Copilot, Dataverse, Fabric, Data Factory, Logic Apps, Power Automate, Synapse Pools to enable custom applications and BI efforts.

Employ programming languages like Java or Python for automation and API integrations tasks.

Work closely with data scientists and developers to provide data necessary for custom applications, visualizations, and analytic models.

Assess, recommend, and integrate new data management technologies, processes, software engineering tools.

Perform relational database administration using best practices for data modeling, relational data structures, and change data capture.

Identify bottlenecks, optimize queries, and fine-tune database or data processing configurations.

 

Requirements:

Proven experience as a Data Engineer and/or Software Developer with proficiency in Python or Java.

In-depth knowledge with Azure cloud services, relational database design principles, performance tuning, and optimization.

Exhibit strong analytic skills related to working with both structured and unstructured datasets.

Have proficiency in SQL, ETL/ELT processes/tooling, data modeling, and database design principles.

Understanding of performance analysis and tuning activities to ensure optimal database performance.

Must have excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with developers supporting requirements gathering.

 

Travel Requirements:

Travel will be required up to 5%.

 

Work Schedule:

This position will work 9 hours Monday through Thursday with 4 hours on Friday and will require Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday at The Woodlands office.