Senior Enterprise Data Engineer

ASPCA is seeking a Senior Enterprise Data Engineer to support its enterprise data engineering operations. The role designs, builds, and maintains enterprise data warehouse models and pipelines using dbt Core, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, and master data management workflows while ensuring data quality, reliability, governance, and performance.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, implement, and maintain dbt Core models across the medallion architecture, applying appropriate transformation patterns to meet operational, analytical, and dimensional data requirements
• Integrate MDM workflows and reference data into medallion-layer transformations in alignment with enterprise data governance standards
• Apply mastered entities, harmonized identifiers, survivorship rules, and standardized reference values to Gold-layer models as defined by enterprise MDM policies
• Build data models that power enterprise analytics, reporting, and other downstream uses
• Implement modeling best practices (e.g., naming conventions, documentation, testing, and lineage tracking) across all layers to ensure dbt Core models comply with enterprise governance standards and quality, performance, and security requirements
• Optimize SQL code and dbt Core transformation logic to ensure efficient, scalable, and maintainable data pipelines
• Design, build, and maintain robust pipelines that support data ingestion, transformation, and delivery while adhering to engineering standards for well-structured code, clear documentation, and idempotent processing
• Implement and maintain scalable job orchestration, monitoring, alerting, automated testing, and error-handling capabilities
• Preserve version control for pipeline code artifacts and support CI/CD workflows to ensure reliable deployment of changes
• Troubleshoot pipeline problems, such as issues with data quality and concerns over data freshness, across Microsoft Fabric, dbt Core, and Snowflake
• Conduct root cause analysis and proactively drive pipeline improvements
• Work closely with the Data Management & BI team to align on definitions, requirements, and expectations, ensuring that engineered datasets are accurate, trusted, and analytics-ready
• Collaborate with the Strategy & Research team to deliver granular, well-structured Silver-layer datasets that support statistical analysis, data science modeling, and operational insights
• Support enterprise data governance and data quality through strong metadata practices and clear documentation of transformation logic
• Identify opportunities to improve data workflows, automate processes, and reduce technical debt
• Participate in code reviews, knowledge-sharing sessions, and team-wide initiatives that strengthen engineering quality and consistency
• Contribute to the advancement of the ASPCA's data ecosystem by evaluating emerging tools and technologies

Requirements:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a strong commitment to data quality
• Ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners
• Solid written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey data and technical concepts
• Comfortable operating in a highly distributed, cross-functional environment
• Skilled at managing multiple priorities, shifting requirements, and changing timelines
• Demonstrates curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to experiment and learn
• Takes initiative and works independently while valuing teamwork
• Welcomes feedback and proactively seeks opportunities to improve systems and workflows
• Values diversity of thought and embraces an inclusive, collaborative team culture
• Ability to exemplify ASPCA's core values and behavioral competencies
• Expert-level proficiency in dbt Core is required, including advanced model design, macro development, custom tests, documentation practices, performance optimization, and integration with automated deployment pipelines
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Fabric and/or Azure Data Factory for enterprise pipeline orchestration, monitoring, scheduled and event-driven workflows, Lakehouse integration, operational support, and troubleshooting of production data pipelines
• Deep knowledge of data warehousing principles, including dimensional modeling, medallion architecture, and ELT transformation patterns
• Strong SQL skills required
• Familiarity with Git/GitHub workflows and DevOps CI/CD practices
• Experience with cloud-native or SaaS-based data engineering tools
• English (required)
• High School Diploma,  GED, or equivalent experience (Required)
• 5+ years of hands-on experience building, maintaining, and optimizing dbt Core transformation pipelines across medallion architectures in production environments (Required)
• 5+ years of experience designing, implementing, and supporting production data pipelines using Microsoft Fabric or Azure Data Factory, including orchestration, monitoring, operational support, and troubleshooting of enterprise data workflows (Required)
• Demonstrated experience applying dimensional modeling and enterprise data modeling practices (e.g., star schemas, SCDs, conformed dimensions)
• 3+ years of experience designing and maintaining data warehouse models and transformation workflows (Required)
• 3+ years of experience working within modern cloud data warehouse environments required
• Python experience preferred
• Proficiency with Snowflake is strongly preferred, including warehouse configuration, performance tuning, query optimization, cost management, and implementing role-based access controls
• Familiarity with Snowflake-native dbt Projects, including development, deployment, scheduling, monitoring, configuration management, and version upgrades of dbt workloads within Snowflake, is strongly preferred
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field preferred
• experience with Snowflake is strongly preferred
• Experience integrating mastered entities and reference data from commercial Master Data Management (MDM) platforms into enterprise data pipelines preferred
• Reltio preferred
• Experience working within structured DevOps workflows, version control, and automated delivery pipelines preferred