What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Data Engineer position at City of Tucson?
Posting Close Date :
Applicants must submit their completed application by 02-23-2025 at 11 : 59 p.m. MST
ABOUT THIS JOB
Position Specific Summary
The Cloud Data Engineer position at the City of Tucson’s Information Technology Department (ITD) is responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud-based systems and data lake solutions within the organization's technology ecosystem. This position involves managing key components to ensure seamless performance, scalability, and reliability across cloud environments.
Work is performed under the supervision of the Information Technology Administrator. This position does not supervise.
Duties and Responsibilities
Designs and implements scalable and secure cloud-based data lakes within the Amazon Web Services (AWS), ecosystem, leveraging Snowflake to optimize storage and performance for structured and semi-structured data. Develops data models, schemas, and storage architectures that ensure seamless data flow and integration between cloud services and legacy systems while aligning with organizational needs. Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including data engineers, and analysts, to ensure data systems meet business requirements and organizational standards.
Leads engineering efforts for system enhancements and cloud migration projects, transitioning from legacy on-premise systems to modern cloud-based platforms like Snowflake, Redshift, and Databricks. Designs and optimizes extract, transform, load (ETL) and extract, load, transform (ELT) processes to ensure seamless data ingestion, transformation, and loading from multiple sources. Identifies opportunities for process improvements and automation while aligning workflows with organizational goals.
Acts as the escalation point for identifying, diagnosing and resolving performance issues, data integration challenges, and infrastructure concerns. Resolves complex issues within the cloud, Apache tools, and database systems, ensuring seamless system integration. Implements data governance and security measures, ensuring compliance with industry standards and organizational policies.
Monitors Snowflake and related data environments to ensure system availability, performance, and reliability. Performs database engineering task such as tuning, query optimization, and capacity planning for cloud data systems. Manages backups, recovery strategies, and disaster recovery planning for mission-critical cloud-based data systems.
Creates and maintains comprehensive technical documentation, including architectural designs, data flow diagrams, and process documentation, for use by technical and non-technical stakeholders. Maintains runbooks and guides to facilitating knowledge transfer and operational handoffs. Documents lessons learned and best practices to guide future system designs.
Performs all other duties and tasks as assigned. Assists with special and related projects as needed.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education : Bachelor’s degree.
Work Experience :
Three (3) years of directly related experience.
- Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :
Experience in cloud-based data architecture, including roles such as Snowflake Architect, Cloud Data Engineer, or Systems Engineer.
Experience in cloud-native data warehousing and analytics platforms, such as Snowflake, Databricks, Amazon Redshift, or Google BigQuery.
Hands-on experience with big data processing frameworks, including Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, and Apache Hadoop.
Experience with API integrations, including Representational State Transfer (REST) and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) for data exchange between systems.
Application and Special Instructions
All applicants are required to submit an updated resume. Applications received that do not contain a resume will be considered incomplete and will not be considered further in this recruitment process.
POSITION DETAILS
Job Profile
J2025 - Systems Engineer
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Compensation Grade
G110
Hourly Range
35.37 - 61.01 USD
The City of Tucson considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education / training, key skills, and internal equity.
FLSA
Exempt
Position Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time
Department
Information Technology
Department Link
No Website
Background Check : This position has been designated to require a criminal background check.
ABOUT US
Benefits : The City of Tucson offers a generous benefits package for benefit-eligible positions. The comprehensive, flexible, and affordable coverage is designed to optimize health and well-being, security and future, and peace of mind. Benefits begin with medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and FSA coverage, surpassing your standard 401(k) program by offering a rich pension plan plus optional Roth and pretax deferred compensation savings. With your well-being in mind, our paid time off program provides new hires with 38 paid days off in the first year of employment, with time off increasing steadily in subsequent years. We offer twelve weeks of paid parental leave, paid tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, off- and on-the-job training, and opportunities to forge connections with peers and the community through employee resource groups and paid volunteer hours. You can learn more about our benefits at
Citizenship : The City of Tucson employs only U.S. Citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. Citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Status.
City of Tucson is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action / Veterans / Disability Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy), national origin, veteran status, age, disability, genetic testing, or any other protected status.If you believe you have been a victim of discrimination, you may file a complaint with the City of Tucson's Office of Equal Opportunity Programs, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or Arizona Attorney General's Office of the Civil Rights Division (ACRD).
The City of Tucson is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities or who require religious accommodation; please contact Human Resources at or 520-791-2619.
Recruiter Name
Liliana Almeraz (99363)
Recruiter Email
For Human Resources general questions please contact 520-791-4241.
Salary : $35 - $61
