D.A. Davidson - Senior Data Engineer

• Ability to maintain regular, predictable attendance • 7 or more years of Data Engineering experience in an oversight capacity • Extensive domain-specific experience in the Financial Services industry • Experience with Microsoft cloud-based technologies in a hybrid architecture • RDBMS expertise with Microsoft SQL Server (on prem and Azure SQL): advanced T SQL, query design, execution plans, index strategies (clustered/non clustered, filtered, included columns), partitioning, statistics, and concurrency/isolation level • Data modeling mastery: 3NF normalization, strategic denormalization for read models, star/snowflake schemas, surrogate vs. natural keys, referential integrity, and temporal tables for auditing/history • Experience performing operational analysis on internal and external data and processes to uncover failure points and identify opportunities for improvement • Experience designing and implementing API-oriented schemas for web and mobile application performance and optimization • Holistic awareness of processes supporting data preparation, metadata, dependencies, lineages, compliance and workload management • Understanding of meta-model and metadata management requirements • Security and governance experience: RBAC, least privilege, secrets management, PII handling, encryption at rest/in transit, row level security, auditing, and compliance (e.g., SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR) • Design, implement and maintain a robust, efficient and compliant application data repository and integration architecture. • Work with Business and IT stakeholders to assist with data-related technical issues and provide application support. • Coordinate, direct and oversee the work of third-party engineers through solution design reviews, code reviews and process reviews. • Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements like, automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability. • Research and analyze new technologies, methodologies and architectures for viability. • Build and maintain a service-based architecture for web and mobile applications. • Work independently within a scrum delivery team, with oversight from domain and enterprise architects, in support of business-critical applications. • Contribute to the development of frameworks, guidelines, best practices and examples to ensure data structures and integration processes are accurate, compliant and secure. • Implement telemetry indicators to monitor performance, quality metrics to track accuracy and access controls to ensure compliance.