Data Engineer - Orbit, Insights (AI/ML)
About the job
- Three to five years of experience in data engineering, extract-transform-load development, or cloud data platform engineering.
- Hands-on experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, PySpark, or other distributed data-processing technologies.
- Strong proficiency in SQL, including structured data transformation, joins, aggregations, and performance-aware query development.
- Experience working with at least one major cloud platform; Microsoft Azure is preferred, with AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform experience also valuable.
- Understanding of data modeling, data quality, schema evolution, data validation, pipeline monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Basic understanding of role-based access control, encryption, credential and secret management, and secure access to cloud and data-platform resources.
- Build, maintain, and enhance data ingestion pipelines across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform using established architecture and engineering patterns.
- Develop batch and streaming pipelines with Databricks Workflows, Apache Spark, PySpark, SQL, Delta Live Tables, and Databricks Lakeflow components.
- Implement Bronze, Silver, and Gold medallion architecture patterns for ingestion, transformation, cleansing, and standardization.
- Implement Change Data Capture and Slowly Changing Dimensions Type 1 and Type 2.
- Handle schema evolution and changing source-system structures.
- Implement data validation, reconciliation, and quality rules as part of pipeline processing.
- Build reusable and maintainable pipeline components following established engineering standards.
- Configure and maintain Delta Lake storage structures, tables, schemas, partitions, and optimization routines.
- Apply Delta Lake performance and maintenance practices, including OPTIMIZE, Z-ORDER, VACUUM, partitioning, and file-management strategies.
- Assist with metadata, cataloging, and lineage standards using Unity Catalog.
- Support integration between Amazon S3, Azure Storage, Google Cloud Storage, and Databricks.
- Implement automated data-quality checks, profiling, validation, and monitoring across the Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers.
- Implement role-based access-control policies, security controls, and data-classification tags defined by the enterprise governance model.
- Support metadata and lineage mapping across Unity Catalog and Microsoft Purview.
- Build, schedule, monitor, and maintain production workflows using Databricks Workflows, Delta Live Tables, Azure Data Factory, and other approved orchestration tools.
- Contribute to continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines for data-engineering code, including source control, automated testing, deployment, and environment management.
- Support development, quality-assurance, and production promotion processes.
- Monitor production pipelines, respond to failures and data-quality issues, troubleshoot failed jobs, investigate root causes, and support pipeline recovery.
- Perform performance tuning across Spark jobs, SQL workloads, Delta tables, and data pipelines.
- Participate in operational improvements that increase pipeline reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Work with the Senior Data Architect to translate architecture designs and technical standards into implementation tasks.
- Participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, coding reviews, and engineering standards meetings.
- Collaborate with Data Scientists, machine-learning engineers, analysts, product teams, and other engineering stakeholders to understand data requirements.
- Document data pipelines, data flows, data dictionaries, transformation logic, data-quality rules, test cases, job schedules, and operational procedures.
- Provide implementation feedback to the Data Architect and identify opportunities to improve platform patterns, tooling, and developer experience.
- Hands-on or working knowledge of Delta Lake, medallion architecture, and modern lakehouse best practices.
- Experience with metadata, cataloging, and governance platforms such as Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview, AWS Glue Data Catalog, or similar enterprise tools.
- Experience with workflow orchestration and scheduling technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Databricks Workflows, Apache Airflow, Databricks Jobs, or DBX.
- Experience with Git-based development, continuous integration and continuous delivery, and DevOps practices.
- Knowledge or experience with geospatial or geographic information system data, business-intelligence semantic layers such as Power BI, or data preparation for artificial-intelligence and machine-learning workloads.
- Relevant cloud or Databricks certifications, such as Databricks Data Engineer Associate, Microsoft Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203), or equivalent certifications.
- Understanding of asset-integrity management concepts, including inspection data, risk scoring, corrosion tracking, defect management, and maintenance data for pipeline or utility operations.
- Experience integrating oil and gas, utility, infrastructure, or pipeline asset data into enterprise data platforms.
- Experience with pipeline and facility data, geographic information system or geospatial asset data, inspection and maintenance records, or asset-risk datasets.
- Familiarity with regulatory, compliance, and audit-reporting requirements associated with pipeline, utility, or asset-integrity data.
About the company
Irth Solutions provides cloud-based software that protects critical underground assets for utilities, energy, and telecoms. It stores asset data, coordinates 811 call-before-you-dig requests, and supports damage prevention and land management for buried pipelines and cables. The company differentiates itself through a long focus on underground asset protection and by expanding capabilities via acquisitions in land rights and pipeline integrity. Its goal is to be the essential software layer that helps grid resiliency, 5G build-out, and the energy transition by coordinating excavation and safeguarding infrastructure.
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Upper Arlington, Ohio
Founded
1985
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Christine Harding joined as CCO on February 25, 2026, sharpening enterprise go-to-market execution.
- Irth's March 2026 customer story cites Enbridge cutting pipeline review times to minutes.
- AI-driven screening, routing, and analytics fit utility labor shortages and tighter compliance timelines.
What critics are saying
- TPG ownership pressures Irth to show growth after Blackstone exited in 2025.
- Borealis and OneBridge integrations can distract teams through 2026 and expose product overlap.
- ESRI, Enbridge-aligned in-house tools, and one-call modernization threaten Irth's core workflow monopoly.
What makes Irth Solutions unique
- Thirty years in 811 workflows gives Irth entrenched North American utility credibility.
- Irth combines damage prevention, asset integrity, land management, and stakeholder engagement after Borealis.
- Its platform is connected to every North American one-call center, creating switching friction.
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Company News
811spotter is Now an HCSS Marketplace Partner. Irth: Published September 30, 2026 I'm thrilled to announce that 811spotter is now an HCSS Marketplace partner. Why is this collaboration significant for contractors? Rateb Almasri, Senior Product Manager of Partnerships at HCSS, sums it up best: "Integrating with 811spotter will help HCSS customers eliminate double entry by pulling jobs and cost codes from HeavyJob & your ERP to ensure your 811 tickets are tagged with consistent data to form a best-in-breed solution." As I often say, nobody gets into the construction business to manage 811 tickets - people get into this business because they like to build stuff. 811spotter makes it radically easy to track, document and communicate ticket information between office and field teams. And now, through its integration with HCSS's project management systems like HeavyJob, contractors can streamline operations, eliminating redundant data entry and ensuring consistent data across projects. Beyond fulfilling legal compliance, 811spotter empowers contractors to pre-plan jobs, identify hazards and maintain on-site visibility. The overall result is massive operational uptime. For instance, MGE Underground managed 12,000 tickets in a year with its system, significantly improving their operational efficiency. This partnership represents more than an alliance between two companies; it signifies a commitment to revolutionizing construction project management. Irth Solutions, L.L.C. is excited about this new chapter with HCSS and look forward to driving more innovations in the industry. Read more on HCSS's website. Thank you for your continued support and trust in 811spotter. Here's to a safer, more efficient future in construction management!
Irth appoints Christine Harding as Chief Commercial Officer. Irth: Updated on May 21, 2026 Veteran technology executive brings decades of global leadership experience in enterprise software, digital transformation and commercial strategy. COLUMBUS, OHIO - February 25, 2026 - Irth Solutions, a TPG portfolio company, announces the appointment of Christine Harding as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Harding joins the company with more than 25 years of experience leading global software, technology and professional services organizations. As Chief Commercial Officer, Harding leads Irth's global growth strategy, go-to-market execution and customer lifecycle initiatives, helping accelerate the company's continued expansion across critical infrastructure markets. She will oversee commercial operations spanning sales, marketing, product strategy and customer engagement, with a focus on delivering measurable value through Irth's software, analytics and AI-driven technologies. Harding has built and scaled complex technology businesses throughout her career, including leading multi-billion-dollar divisions with full P&L responsibility across the Americas, EMEA and JAPAC. She has held senior leadership roles at Access, Oracle, AVEVA, Honeywell and Dell Technologies, where she led high-performing sales, marketing, product and services organizations focused on digital transformation and operational excellence. "Christine brings an exceptional combination of commercial leadership, operational expertise and strategic vision to Irth," said Brad Gammons, CEO of Irth Solutions. "Her experience leading global software organizations and helping customers navigate digital transformation will be instrumental as we continue expanding our platform capabilities and delivering greater value to the industries we serve." "I'm excited to join Irth at such a pivotal time for the company and the industries it supports," said Harding. "Critical infrastructure operators are facing increasing pressure to modernize operations, manage risk and improve resilience. Irth's platform, deep industry expertise and customer-first approach uniquely position the company to help organizations navigate that transformation and drive meaningful operational impact." Harding attended Brigham Young University and is an active public speaker, leadership coach and instructor. Outside of her professional career, she is also an accomplished triathlete who competes in events around the world. About Irth Irth Solutions, a TPG portfolio company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, delivers enterprise software for critical network infrastructure. For over 30 years, energy, utility and telecom companies across the U.S. and Canada have trusted Irth for damage prevention, asset integrity, land management and training solutions. Powered by geospatial data, business intelligence and AI, Irth's market-leading SaaS platform delivers the 360-degree situational awareness operators need to proactively mitigate risk, manage compliance, and optimize asset performance - helping ensure the resilient, sustainable delivery of essential services that millions of people and businesses rely on every day. About TPG TPG is a leading global alternative asset management firm, founded in San Francisco in 1992, with $261 billion of assets under management and investment and operational teams around the world. TPG invests across a broadly diversified set of strategies, including private equity, impact, credit, real estate and market solutions, and its unique strategy is driven by collaboration, innovation and inclusion. TPG's teams combine deep product and sector experience with broad capabilities and expertise to develop differentiated insights and add value for fund investors, portfolio companies, management teams and communities. Media Contact: Irth Josh Fuller [email protected]
Irth Solutions, backed by TPG, has acquired Borealis Software to enhance its platform for critical infrastructure performance management. This merger combines Irth's damage prevention and asset integrity solutions with Borealis' stakeholder engagement tools, benefiting energy, utility, and telecom industries globally. The acquisition supports Irth's growth strategy, with JEGI LEONIS advising Borealis in the transaction.
Irth Solutions (Irth), a leading provider of enterprise software for critical energy and infrastructure companies, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by TPG, a leading global alternative asset management firm.
TPG will acquire Irth through TPG Growth, the firm's middle market and growth equity platform, from Blackstone Energy Transition Partners ("Blackstone").