Data Engineer (Kusto)

TCS•Bellevue, WA

About The Position

This role focuses on owning and supporting the IDaRS Circular Center application as the functional owner. The Data Engineer will collaborate with engineering teams on feature development, roadmap planning, and bug resolution. Key responsibilities include handling site requests, incidents, and end-to-end troubleshooting, as well as configuring and maintaining business rules and demand data while ensuring data quality. The position involves performing UAT testing and providing feedback for application improvement. A significant part of the role includes analyzing large datasets using Kusto (KQL), SQL, and Excel to investigate and resolve issues, performing deep data analysis, hypothesis testing, and root cause investigations. The engineer will work with asset-level and part-level data across multiple datasets, develop and optimize Kusto queries for performance and scalability, and build reusable query patterns to support dashboards and troubleshooting. Collaboration with engineering and operations teams is crucial for supporting application enhancements and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Strong experience with Kusto (KQL), SQL, and Kusto Query Language.
Strong analytical skills with experience performing deep data investigations and root cause analysis.
Advanced proficiency in Excel and Power BI.
Experience working in logistics, operations, or supply chain environments.
Experience supporting applications in live production environments.
Experience with bug tracking, incident management, user support, and UAT testing.
Ability to work with large and complex datasets, including asset-level and part-level data.
Experience performing complex joins and optimizing Kusto queries for performance and memory usage.
Experience building reusable query patterns for dashboards and troubleshooting.
Ability to collaborate with engineering and operations teams.
Strong problem-solving, ownership, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to AI Copilot-based solutions.
Experience with Power Automate.
Understanding of hardware components (e.g., network line cards).
Experience working with large-scale enterprise platforms and internal tools.

Responsibilities

Own and support the IDaRS Circular Center application as the functional owner.
Collaborate with engineering teams on feature development, roadmap planning, and bug resolution.
Handle site requests, incidents, and end-to-end troubleshooting.
Configure and maintain business rules and demand data while ensuring data quality.
Perform UAT testing and provide feedback to improve application functionality.
Analyze large datasets using Kusto (KQL), SQL, and Excel to investigate and resolve issues.
Perform deep data analysis, hypothesis testing, and root cause investigations.
Work with asset-level and part-level data across multiple datasets.
Develop and optimize Kusto queries for performance and scalability.
Build reusable query patterns to support dashboards and troubleshooting.
Coordinate with engineering and operations teams to support application enhancements and continuous improvement.