Interested in joining a growing company where you will work with talented colleagues, enhance a supportive and energetic culture, and be part of the climate solution? At Energy Solutions, we focus on the big impacts. And we believe that market-based programs can be a powerful force to deliver large-scale energy, carbon, and water-use savings. Since 1995, we’ve harnessed that power to offer proven, performance-based solutions for our utility, government, and institutional customers.
We are seeking a Data Engineer III to join our Information Systems team to design, develop, and maintain data and ETL platforms supporting the data needs across Energy Solutions. In this role, you will bring your expertise and leverage cutting-edge technologies in AWS to implement ETL for building Data platforms. This unique position is perfect for individuals with technical prowess in the data field who want to impact energy efficiency markets and greenhouse gas reductions through our work for major North American utilities and other clients around the country.
Energy Solutions operates as a predominantly remote workforce with offices in six different locations. Employees who reside within 40 miles of an office (except New York) will be assigned to that location, though in-office attendance requirements may vary by team. At this time, we are not accepting applications from candidates residing in the following states: Alaska, Delaware, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Architecting and Optimizing ETL Pipelines: Design, implement, and optimize scalable ETL processes using industry-leading tools and technologies. Ensure data integrity, consistency, and efficiency while handling complex transformations and large-scale data ingestion.
- Enterprise Data Modeling & Database Architecture: Develop and refine enterprise-level data models and database architectures for optimal storage, retrieval, and analytics. Leverage best practices in normalization, denormalization, and dimensional modeling to support high- performance data ecosystems.
- Advanced Performance Optimization & Scalability: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across ETL pipelines, database operations, and distributed systems. Implement advanced tuning strategies, indexing, partitioning, and caching mechanisms to enhance query efficiency and system throughput.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in computer science or information technology and 6 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree in a related field.
- Candidates from other disciplines that have 6 or more years of work experience using related technologies are also encouraged to apply.
- High proficiency in programming languages commonly used in ETL development, such as PLSQL, SQL, and Python. Ability to write efficient SQL queries, SQL store procedures, develop scripts for data transformations, and utilize programming frameworks and libraries to create/enhance ETL mappings and workflows.
- Expertise in utilizing AWS services, including but not limited to Amazon s3, glue, data catalog, Amazon redshift, redshift spectrum, and Amazon Athena. Ability to leverage these services to build scalable, reliable, and performant data pipelines and analytics solutions.
- Proficiency in working with relational databases such as Postgres, Oracle, MySQL, or SQL Server. Knowledge of database design, optimization techniques, and advanced querying capabilities.
- Experience in performance tuning and optimizing database operations.
- Familiarity with data governance frameworks and data security best practices.
- Passion for learning new technologies, staying up to date with industry trends, and exploring innovative approaches to ETL development.
Compensation is commensurate within experience with the pay band of: $120k - $145k/Annually
Compensation is commensurate with experience and includes a generous retirement package. Energy Solutions provides an excellent benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, other pre-tax contribution plans and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
Equal Opportunity Employer
Energy Solutions is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. We afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. Energy Solutions conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility
We live out our mission day in and day out by helping our clients and communities generate clean energy solutions the world needs. Our success is dependent on developing a team of creative thinkers, innovators, and a workforce that reflects the diversity of our world. To that end, we’re committed to hiring, promoting, and retaining a diversity of talent, and infusing inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) throughout our business. We encourage people from all backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. Come grow with us at Energy Solutions!
Office Locations and a Remote Workforce
Energy Solutions operates as a predominantly remote workforce with offices in six different locations. Employees who reside within 40 miles of an office (except New York) will be assigned to that location, though in-office attendance requirements may vary by team. At this time, we are not accepting applications from candidates residing in the following states: Alaska, Delaware, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Wyoming.
Background Check Information
Information will be requested to perform the compulsory background check. A drug screen and authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely are preconditions of employment. Energy Solutions is an equal opportunity employer.
Reasonable Accommodations
Energy Solutions is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. If you require accommodations in completing this application, interviewing, and/or completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please email [email protected].
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