System Engineer III

03-Jul-2025

US Remote

10391BR

Company Summary

As the recognized global standard for project-based businesses, Deltek delivers software and information solutions to help organizations achieve their purpose. Our market leadership stems from the work of our diverse employees who are united by a passion for learning, growing and making a difference. At Deltek, we take immense pride in creating a balanced, values-driven environment, where every employee feels included and empowered to do their best work. Our employees put our core values into action daily, creating a one-of-a-kind culture that has been recognized globally. Thanks to our incredible team, Deltek has been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post and a Best Place to Work in Asia by World HRD Congress. www.deltek.com

Business Summary

The Deltek Information Technology team provides technical support, services and applications to Deltek's global workforce. We are dedicated to finding innovative ways to help our employees maximize their productivity and exceed their business goals. If you're a world-class problem solver looking to be part a diverse, dynamic and collaborative team - join us as we power success for all of Deltek.

Position Responsibilities

Position Overview

We are seeking a hands-on and forward-thinking Lead Data Platform Engineer to help drive the development and operationalization of our self-service data platform. This role will be instrumental in enabling business users to access trusted data insights while establishing the technical foundation for our Snowflake-based analytics ecosystem. You will play a key role in modernizing the existing Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) environment. This position provides an opportunity to make a significant impact on our data maturity, directly enabling future analytics, reporting, and AI/ML initiatives across the company.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Development & Management (35%)

• Refactor and optimize existing complex SQL Server-based data pipelines, identifying and addressing technical debt to improve performance, scalability, and maintainability

• Design scalable, modular schemas and data models to support future analytics use cases

• Develop and maintain business-friendly data products including customer data views and product data views

• Create intuitive interfaces for non-technical users to access and analyze data

• Implement data cataloging and discovery tools to enhance data accessibility

• Design and deploy BI best practices and enablement programs

Technical Implementation (25%)

• Develop and implement robust and efficient data pipelines using modern cloud-native tools and practices

• Implement data quality monitoring, validation, and alerting systems

• Contribute to performance tuning and optimization of Snowflake workloads

• Create reusable data transformation logic and business rules

• Optimize Snowflake performance for self-service workloads

Stakeholder Collaboration (20%)

• Partner with data consumers (BI team, business analysts, business application integration teams, and domain leads) to understand data requirements and translate them into robust technical solutions

• Be a vocal advocate for modernization, helping educate internal stakeholders on data platform capabilities

• Collaborate with the Senior Data Architect and Data Engineers on platform architecture decisions

• Coordinate with the Data Quality Lead to ensure data reliability

• Support the Data Enablement Analysts in user training and adoption

Governance & Operations (15%)

• Establish self-service platform governance frameworks

• Monitor platform usage and optimize for user experience

• Maintain documentation and training materials

• Lead platform vendor relationships and tool evaluations

Innovation & Strategy (5%)

• Research and implement emerging self-service analytics technologies

• Contribute to the overall data strategy roadmap

• Identify opportunities for automation and efficiency gains

Qualifications

Technical Skills

• 3+ years of experience in data engineering, platform development, analytics infrastructure or related domains

• Strong expertise in Snowflake data warehouse platform

• Proficiency in SQL and at least one programming language (Python preferred)

• Experience with BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Sigma, or similar)

• Familiarity with data modeling concepts and best practices, especially dimensional modeling

Platform & Business Alignment

• Comfort in legacy environments while building toward modern architectures

• Experience translating complex requirements into technical data models or products

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, especially in cross-functional settings

• Experience with data catalog and metadata management tools

• Knowledge of role-based access control and data security

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience migrating from SQL Server to Snowflake

• Knowledge of dbt (data build tool) or similar transformation frameworks

• Familiarity with enterprise applications (Salesforce, ERP systems)

• Experience in SaaS or software industry

• Understanding of data mesh principles

• Familiarity with DataOps and MLOps practices

• Experience with version control and CI/CD for data artifacts

• Certifications in Snowflake or related technologies

Key Initiatives You'll Support

• Enable self-service analytics for 1,000+ business users

• Reduce time-to-insight from weeks to hours

• Enable real-time customer insights and product usage analytics

• Democratize access to account hierarchy and product taxonomy data

What We Offer

• Opportunity to architect the foundation of a new-generation data platform

• Work with modern cloud technologies and best-in-class tools

• Shape how thousands of employees interact with data

• Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and growth opportunities in an expanding data organization

Team Structure

This role reports to the Director of Data Engineering. The initial team includes 4 data engineers, with planned growth.

Compensation Information

The U.S. salary range for this position is $98000.00 - $171500.00. This range is subject to change as Deltek takes a number of factors into consideration when determining individual base pay, such as location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including incentive compensation and equity.

Benefits and perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of employment with Deltek. Employees have access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan and company match, paid vacation time and holidays, well-living programs, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and tuition reimbursement.

Travel Requirements

No

Compliance Requirements

Certain roles may have additional privacy, security and compliance requirements to the extent they support Costpoint GCCM or similar product offerings.

EEO Statement

Deltek, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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