Principal Engineer, Enterprise Data Platform

At Western Digital, our vision is to power global innovation and push the boundaries of technology to make what you thought was once impossible, possible.

At our core, Western Digital is a company of problem solvers. People achieve extraordinary things given the right technology. For decades, we’ve been doing just that. Our technology helped people put a man on the moon.

We are a key partner to some of the largest and highest growth organizations in the world. From energizing the most competitive gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Binge-watch any shows, use social media or shop online lately? You’ll find Western Digital supporting the storage infrastructure behind many of these platforms. And, that flash memory card that captures and preserves your most precious moments? That’s us, too.

We offer an expansive portfolio of technologies, storage devices and platforms for business and consumers alike. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital®, G-Technology™, SanDisk® and WD® brands.

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Provide strategic direction and technical oversight for a significant greenfield initiative focused on rebuilding and modernizing our data warehouse infrastructure.
• Possessing deep knowledge of data engineering principles, tools, and technologies. 
• Providing direction and guidance on data architecture, solution design, and implementation strategies. 
• Designing and implementing data pipelines, data warehouse, and data lake using modern technology components like Spark, Iceberg, Delta Lake, Scala, Python etc.
• Implementing and enforcing data governance policies, including data security controls and privacy regulations. 
• Define and maintain end to end data flows, Data Lineage, Data Catalog for various data marts
• Be a liaison between solution architects, BSA’s and data engineers to ensure compliance to standards of Data integrations, data management and review the data solutions
• Maintain inventory and roadmap of data assets across the Data Platform
• Ensure best practices for data democratization architecture & data virtualization
• Offer insight, guidance, prototype, and direction on the usage of latest trends and technical capabilities for Enterprise Data Management
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and best practices, sharing knowledge and encourage team to continuously improve their skill’s

REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering or related field
• Minimum 15+ years of experience working with Data Management including Data Integration/ETL (Informatica, Talend, Fivetran etc.), Data Warehouse/Lakes (Oracle, Snowflake, Databricks, Google Big Query, Redshift), Master Data Management, Data Quality, Data Modeling, Data Analytics/BI, Data Enrichment, Security and Governance.
• Minimum of 7+ years of experience focused specifically on Delivery or Solution Architecture of large complex data management programs
• Strong data modeling expertise in supporting both classic and modern data Lakehouse architectures.
• Strong understanding and experience building ELT/ETL solutions
• Experience on various data Quality tools like Informatica Data Quality, Atlan, Collibra, etc.
• Demonstrable experience working with data structures coming from variety of ERP, CRM and other data sources
• Experience working with at least one major cloud data platforms like AWS, Azure, Google, etc.
• Experience working with at least one modern Lakehouse platforms like Databricks, Snowflake, etc.
• Experience working with Tableau, Power BI, or other Data visualization tools. Knowledge of advanced analytics GenAI platforms is a plus.
• Develop Entity Relationship Diagrams using and data modeling tools.
• Guide technical team to tunes complex solutions, monitor system performance, and provide recommendations and means for improvement
• Prototype new technologies and implement innovative solutions to enable teams to consume and understand data faster
• Responsible for metadata management of data domain, inclusive of data definitions, data catalog, data lineage and documentation of data flow for critical processes, Sox compliance
• Partner with Data Governance analyst and Business Data Stewards
• Maintain in-depth understanding of business functions, processes, and relationships as it relates to data

SKILLS

• A solid understanding of data modeling, modern data architecture, master data management, data profiling and data cleansing techniques.
• Experience with REST APIs, GraphQL / OData and Event-Driven Architecture Expertise in SQL with modern data warehousing solutions (e.g., GBQ, Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks).
• Proficiency in Python and open-source data processing tools (Spark, Parquet, dbt, dataform, etc.)
• Familiarity with essential DevOps practices, including version control, automated CI/CD, etc.
• Ability to analyze, communicate and solve complex problems

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

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Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 10/25/2024, although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.