Data Engineer - Kafka

ecture is consistent throughout ongoing projects. They engage through the entire lifecycle of a project from data mapping, data pipelines, data modeling, and finally data consumption. They must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems, and products. They will learn to optimize or even re-design our company's data architecture to support our next generation of products and data initiatives. They can take on smaller projects from start to finish, work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors and trace issues to their source. They develop solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.

Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC, Chicago, IL, and Quincy, MA.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Solves simple to moderate application errors, resolves application problems, following up promptly with all appropriate customers and IT personnel.

• Reviews and contributes to QA test plans and supports QA team during test execution.

• Participates in developing streaming data applications (Kafka), data transformation and data pipelines.

• Ensures change control and change management procedures are followed within the program/project as they relate to requirements.

• Able to interpret requirement documents, contributes to creating functional design documents as a part of data development life cycle.

• Documents all phases of work including gathering requirements, architectural diagrams, and other program technical specifications using current specified design standards for new or revised solutions.

• Relates information from various sources to draw logical conclusions.

• Conducts unit testing on data streams.

• Conducts data lineage and impact analysis as a part of the change management process.

• Conducts data analysis (SQL, Excel, Data Discovery, etc.) on legacy systems and new data sources.

• Creates source to target data mappings for data pipelines and integration activities.

• Assists in identifying the impact of proposed application development/enhancements projects.

• Performs data profiling and process analysis to understand key source systems and uses knowledge of application features and functions to assess scope and impact of business needs.

• Implement and maintain data governance policies and procedures to ensure data quality, security and compliance

• Ensure operational stability of a 24/7/365 grocery retail environment by providing technical support, system monitoring, and issue resolution which may be required during off-hours, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Technical field; equivalent trainings/certifications/experience equivalency will be considered

• 3 or more years of equivalent experience in relevant job or field of technology

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in relevant field of study preferred, Additional trainings or certifications in relevant field of study preferred

• Experience in Agile teams and or Product/Platform based operating model.

• Experience in retail or grocery preferred.

• Experience with Kafka.

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Salary Range: $101,360 - $152,040

Actual compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on their unique qualifications and experience, internal equity, and market conditions. Final compensation decisions will be made in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.

At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent.

Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.

Our associates are the heartbeat of our organization. We are committed to offering a welcoming work environment where all associates can succeed and thrive. Guided by our values of courage, care, teamwork, integrity (and even a little humor), we are dedicated to being a great place to work.

We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.