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SOVRA

End-to-end eProcurement platform for government

Data Engineer

Data EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or another related program.
  • Five to ten or more years of experience in data engineering, data warehousing, and ETL processes.
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and SQL.
  • Experience with AWS data services, including S3, Glue, and Athena.
  • Hands-on experience with dbt (data build tool) for data transformation and modeling.
  • Knowledge of data lakehouse architectures and medallion architecture (bronze, silver, and gold layers).
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, including Terraform.
  • Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
  • Authorization to work in Canada; the employer cannot currently sponsor work visas or transfer permits.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain ingestion pipelines that bring data from source systems, including product databases and potentially SaaS platforms, into the Bronze layer.
  • Develop processes to clean, standardize, and consolidate data in the Silver layer, and model Gold-layer datasets with dbt for internal teams and external customers.
  • Collaborate with Product, go-to-market, and artificial intelligence teams to turn business needs into Gold-layer data products.
  • Support external customers’ needs for data access, embedded business intelligence dashboards, and prepared data exports through the platform’s services.
  • Monitor pipeline service-level agreements, resolve production incidents, maintain catalog metadata and data lineage, and perform data quality checks.
  • Support occasional special assignments, including regulatory requests, audit evidence, and incident investigations.
  • Contribute to new ingestion mechanisms, such as SaaS connectors based on APIs or data streams, datasets optimized for artificial intelligence applications, and lakehouse platform cost and performance optimization.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to collect required data.
  • Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines to process and integrate data from diverse sources.
  • Optimize data pipelines for performance, cost effectiveness, and data quality.
  • Design and implement data models and schemas that meet operational requirements.
  • Develop and maintain logical and physical data models supporting data warehousing and reporting.
  • Ensure data consistency and integrity across different data storage systems.
  • Design, develop, and maintain ETL processes to extract, transform, and load data from multiple sources.
  • Monitor data integration processes and troubleshoot problems.
  • Collaborate with data source owners to ensure data availability and quality.
  • Implement data quality controls and validation processes to ensure accuracy and reliability.
  • Collaborate with data analysts and other stakeholders to ensure data is available and accessible for analysis.
  • Provide technical assistance and expertise in data engineering and related tools and technologies.
  • Continuously improve data engineering practices and keep current with industry trends and best practices.

Desired Qualifications

  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Attention to detail.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a dynamic environment.
  • Communication and interpersonal skills focused on customer satisfaction.

About the Company

SOVRA

End-to-end eProcurement platform for government

SOVRA is a digital eProcurement platform for public-sector organizations looking to modernize purchasing. It provides an end-to-end procure-to-pay system that handles sourcing, contract management, purchasing, and supplier management within one workflow, and it can connect with existing systems while giving access to a nationwide vendor database. The platform differentiates itself with broad supplier reach, seamless system integrations, and a configurable, scalable setup that includes governance and compliance features tailored for government procurement. Its goal is to help government entities spend tax dollars more efficiently, transparently, and cost-effectively through a single, connected procurement platform.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Town of Colonie, New York
Founded
1996

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