Data Operations Engineer

Schneider Electric•Nashville, TN

3d•$114,400 - $171,600

About The Position

We’re hiring an Expert Data Operations Engineer to run, optimize, and scale our AWS‑based data platforms. You’ll partner with developers and architects to productionize data flows, tune performance, enforce governance, and deliver reliable, observable pipelines that power analytics and AI.

Requirements

Bachelor’s in Computer Science/IT or equivalent experience in data management, integration, or data warehousing.
Hands‑on with AWS: S3, KMS, Lambda, Glue/Spark, SQS, EventBridge, Step Functions.
Strong AWS networking fundamentals: VPC, subnets, routing, NAT gateways, security groups.
Expertise with Redshift concurrency scaling and Athena tuning.
IAM proficiency: roles, policies, assume‑role, cross‑account access.
Advanced SQL (joins, window functions, aggregations) with distributed engines (Redshift/Athena).
Experience writing and maintaining Terraform.
Solid understanding of Spark architecture, execution plans, and performance tuning.
Strong communication, ability to juggle priorities in a fast‑paced environment, and a collaborative, data‑driven mindset.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with serverless and event‑driven pipelines.
NoSQL experience (DynamoDB, MongoDB).

Responsibilities

Optimize Amazon Redshift performance (distribution keys, sort keys, query tuning) and support Athena optimization.
Build and operate ETL/ELT pipelines with AWS Glue; orchestrate workflows with Airflow.
Manage semantic layers and metadata to enable trustworthy analytics and AI.
Apply best practices for partitioning, compression, and columnar storage.
Monitor and troubleshoot data workflows for high availability and reliability; automate observability and reporting.
Automate data processes using Python, SQL, and AWS‑native tools.
Enforce data security and governance (Lake Formation, IAM), including row/column‑level controls and least‑privilege access.
Support monitoring, auditing, and compliance using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and related services.
Continuously improve architecture by adopting relevant AWS best practices and emerging patterns.
Collaborate with Operations, Data Governance, and PMO to meet standards and delivery goals.

Benefits

medical (with member reward points)
dental
vision
basic life insurance
Benefit Bucks (credits to apply towards your benefits)
flexible work arrangements
paid family leaves
401(k) + match
well-being and recognition (including service anniversary) programs
12 holidays per year
15 days of paid time off per year (pro-rated in the first year of employment based on start date)
opportunity to purchase company stock (eligibility depends on start date)
military leave benefits