What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Data Engineer position at TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM?
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Senior Data Engineer
Who We Are
The Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) is an award-winning statewide public retirement system that provides retirement, disability, and death benefits to more than 230,000 employees, retirees, and their beneficiaries of 940 participating Texas cities. TMRS staff are passionate about providing Texas public servants, who have contributed so much to their communities and improved the lives of so many, with a secure lifetime monthly retirement benefit.
Who We Are Looking For
TMRS is seeking a skilled Data Engineer to join our innovative Data Management Team within the IS Department. In this role, you’ll be instrumental in shaping the future of data and analytics by transforming raw data into valuable insights that influence strategic decisions throughout the organization. Our unique culture places significant value on a healthy work life balance - we don’t just say it, we live it. TMRS invests in our staff - we hire the best, offer continuous staff development opportunities, make space for creativity, and compensate generously. We deliver, recognize, and celebrate results which benefit our city partners and members.
The Data Engineer brings expertise in business intelligence and specializes in implementing modern, cloud-based data and analytics solutions. As part of the Data Management Team within the IS Department, this role focuses on transforming raw data into actionable insights for stakeholders. Serving as a full-stack engineer, the Data Engineer designs and develops automated pipelines to manage, transform, and optimize TMRS data assets, while also building business intelligence tools and dashboards.
Education and Experience
- Experience with Azure Data & Analytics SaaS and PaaS Services
- Advanced SQL (PL/SQL, T-SQL) and performance tuning experience
- Experience creating Power BI reports
- Skilled in writing DAX queries
- Data modeling in cloud data storage platforms
- Agile development supported by JIRA, Confluence, and Git
- Initiative to conduct detail-oriented problem solving in a collaborative environment
- Skilled in clear and concise communication, both written and verbal, and able to effectively discuss complex technical concepts with executive and non-technical stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree in data science, statistics, math, information systems, engineering, computer science, or related field
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience with data, analytics, and reporting solutions
What You'll Do
- Design and optimize data storage and transformation workflows to meet specific use cases, ensuring an effective balance between security, accessibility, reliability, cost-efficiency, and traceability.
- Design, develop, and optimize strategic business intelligence tools that support operations and drive continuous improvement.
- Participate in code reviews for data and software engineers working on sprint deliverables.
- Perform data analysis and communicate meaningful insights to internal stakeholders to support strategic decision making, drive efficiencies, and enhance our customer experience.
- Derive and publish technical requirements and operating procedures, mapped from business requirements, to clearly identify source data, calculations, and workflow for data products.
- Partner with Security and Infrastructure teams to ensure data security and reliability.
- Stay current with emerging technologies in data and analytics, evaluating and recommending tools to enhance capabilities.
What You Can Expect
- Competitive salary ranging from $130,000 to $180,000 depending on experience and qualifications.
- TMRS offers competitive compensation with medical, dental and vision insurance provided at no cost to employees, participation in TMRS’ retirement pension benefit, twelve paid holidays, and a new centrally located office.
- TMRS promotes employee growth and development by financially supporting educational and training programs.
Physical Requirements
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force. Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with federal, state, and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
Qualifications
Salary : $130,000 - $180,000