Data Engineer – Tekton Terraform

Job Summary:

Our client in Dearborn, MI is looking for an Data Engineer General. This is a contract position.

What You Will Do:

The GDIA Data Factory Platform covers all business processes and technical components involved in ingesting a wide range of enterprise data into the GDIA Data Factory (Data Lake) and the transformation of that data into consumable data sets in support of analytics. The Data Factory Enablement Team, as the name suggests enables teams build their solutions in the GCP Data Factory Platform by proving Tools, Guidelines, processes and support. We are looking for candidates who have a broad set of technology skills across areas and come from a background of DevOps, with exposure to infrastructure and solution monitoring. This person will be expected to provide consultative services to the Software Development and Database Engineering teams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Work as part of an implementation team from concept to operations, providing deep technical subject matter expertise for successfully deployment of Ford’s Data Platform.
• Implement methods for standardization of all parts of the pipeline to maximize data usability and consistency.
• Test and compare competing solutions and report out a point of view on the best solution.
• Design and Build CICD Pipelines for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services: BigQuery,DataFlow,Pub/Sub, Data Fusion and others.
• Work with stakeholders including Analytics, Product, and Design teams to assist with data related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
• Develop IAC tekton pipelines to execute pattern playbooks and templates.
• Designing cloud performance and monitoring strategies.
• Designing and implementing workflows to automate the infrastructure release and upgrade process for applications in Dev, UAT and Production environments..
• Mentor and grow technical skills of engineers across multiple sprint teams by giving high quality feedback in design and code reviews and providing training for new methods, tools, and patterns.

Basics:

• Someone who understands Cloud as being a way to operate and not a place to host systems.
• In-depth understanding of GCP product technology and underlying architectures.
• Experience and very strong with development eco-system such as Git, Jenkins, Terraform and Tekton for CI/CD.
• Experience in working with Agile and Lean methodologies.
• At least 2 years of tekton experience.
• At least 5 years of Terraform experience or 3 years with terraform certification.
• At least 3 years of experience in Google cloud and Google cloud professional architect certification.
• Certifications:
  • HashiCorp.
  • Terraform Associate.
  • Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer.
  • Google Cloud Certified Professional Architect.

How You Will Be Successful:

• Envision the Future
• Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Seek Technology and Business “First”
• Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive Benefit Package
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Discounts
• Free training on all Altair products

Why Work with Us:

Altair is a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit altair.com

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Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.