HR and Safety Data Engineer - IT Data Management - Journey - Permanent - 2026-08259

State of Washington•Thurston County – Olympia, WA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

This dynamic role provides enterprise data engineering, automation, integration, and technical HRIS support within the Information Technology Services (ITS) Division. The position is responsible for building and maintaining HR, HRIS, and Safety data pipelines, including data management for HRIS and Safety systems, designing, building, and maintaining curated HR, HRIS, and Safety datasets, and ingesting, transforming, reconciling, and publishing reliable data across various platforms. The role also involves building validated datasets and reporting models for analytics, maintaining documentation, scripting and coding support for ETL/ELT pipelines, creating automation scripts, supporting integrations, and maintaining version-controlled code repositories. Additionally, the position provides technical Workday configuration support, translates business requirements into technical specifications, collaborates with stakeholders, and contributes technical content for various documents. General IT support includes multi-layer testing, supporting UAT cycles, incident response, root-cause engineering, and documenting issues and fixes. Compliance, security, and governance are enforced through role-based access controls, secure data handling, encryption, and monitoring for anomalous behavior.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Information Technology, HR, or Safety.
Four (4) years of recent professional Information Technology experience or related experience.
Demonstrated recent professional experience in relational database design, Structured Query Language (SQL), programming and scripting (Arcade, Python, JavaScript), data access pattern designs.
Eight (8) years of recent professional Information Technology experience or related experience.
Demonstrated recent professional experience in relational database design, Structured Query Language (SQL), programming and scripting (Arcade, Python, JavaScript), data access pattern designs.
Must pass a Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) background check.

Nice To Haves

Experience in using principles and practices of linear referencing to manage event data tied to routed spatial data layers.
Information Technology experience such as consulting, analyzing, designing, programming, developing computer applications, managing and directing projects, and providing end-user or technical support.
Knowledge of fish biology, ecology, and natural resource management.
Experience with use of mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) units, and other data logging devices) for designing and deploying custom field survey data collection solutions.
Professional experience preparing and presenting highly technical information, concepts, or IT applications to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

Data management for HRIS and Safety systems.
Design, build, and maintain curated HR, HRIS, and Safety datasets, including SQL views, stored procedures, validated models, and structured extracts.
Ingest, transform, reconcile, and publish reliable data across Workday, HRMS, Safety platforms, and ITS applications (e.g. Total Time).
Build validated datasets and reporting models supporting SSRS/Power BI dashboards for operational and strategic analytics.
Maintain documentation of data lineage, definitions, and mappings.
Develop automated ETL/ELT pipelines using SQL Server, SSIS, C#, PowerShell, and Python.
Create automation scripts to streamline HR/Safety operational processes.
Support inbound/outbound integrations into and out of Workday, HRMS, Safety systems, and enterprise data platforms (e.g. HRMS).
Maintain version-controlled repositories of integration and automation code.
Provide full technical Workday configuration support (business processes, calculated fields, routing logic, module settings), with final approval by the HRIS Product Owner.
Translate HR/Safety business requirements into technical specifications, workflows, data models, and integration logic.
Collaborate with HR, Safety, PMO/BA, ITS, and vendors on technical design, configuration alignment, and system-wide impacts.
Contribute technical content for SOWs, vendor deliverable reviews, and change-support activities.
Conduct multi-layer testing (unit, integration, regression, system, performance) for pipelines, configurations, and integrations.
Support UAT cycles, validate business outcomes, and prepare deployment readiness evidence.
Provide rapid incident response and long-term root-cause engineering for HRIS, Safety, and ITS data workflows.
Document issues, fixes, improvements, and regression coverage.
Enforce role-based access controls and secure data handling.
Implement encryption, secure transfer protocols, and hardened interfaces.
Validate integrations and configuration changes against privacy, security, and data protection requirements.
Monitor for anomalous behavior or unauthorized activity and respond appropriately.