Data Engineer & Insights Analyst / Full-Time / Remote / Harrisburg, PA
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Accepting Candidates Until 11/10/2026 at 2:00 PM
The Position:
Client: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – Office of Administration – Enterprise Information Security Office (OA-EISO)
Position Title: OA-EISO - Data Engineer & Insights Analyst FA2 (815653)
Location: Remote Off-Site with Client in Harrisburg, PA
Note: There will two (2) rounds of interviews; the first will be virtual via Teams and if selected for a second interview it will be in-person in Harrisburg, PA.
OA-EISO is looking for a Data Engineer & Insights Analyst to join its team of analytics professionals to support the Pennsylvania Longitudinal Data System (PALDS). This position will be responsible for transforming complex data into trusted, usable information to support program delivery, operational improvements, and executive decision-making in state government agencies. The Data Engineer & Insights Analyst will understand policy-relevant research questions, evaluate available data sources, and develop analytics products to deliver actionable insights.
Additionally, the Data Engineer & Insights Analyst will design and build data pipelines, integrate and transform data from multiple sources, identify and address data quality issues, and establish controls to support responsible use of data. This role requires both technical depth and strong analytical judgment, including the ability to work with large, complex, and confidential datasets. The successful candidate must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems, and products. They must also be comfortable with supporting data conversions associated with system modernization and/or replacement efforts. The right candidate will be excited by the prospect of optimizing the Commonwealth's longitudinal data architecture to support our next generation of data initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture.
- Design and implement cloud-based data solutions using AWS services such as S3, Glue, Redshift, EMR, Athena, Kinesis, and Lambda.
- Build and maintain data orchestration workflows using tools such as Apache Airflow, AWS Step Functions, or similar services.
- Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business area requirements.
- Engineer analytical data environments that support advanced statistical analysis, predictive modeling, machine learning, and evidence-building activities.
- Partner with data scientists, research analysts, and policy analysts to ensure enterprise data assets support reproducible research and statistical modeling.
- Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: e.g. automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability.
- Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and 'big data' technologies.
- Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into education and workforce outcomes, operational efficiency, and other key business performance metrics.
- Develop and maintain data pipeline monitoring, alerting, and logging frameworks.
- Implement data quality checks and validation frameworks across pipelines.
- Develop dashboards, reports, analytical models, and/or other decision-support products.
- Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Data, Design, and Support teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.
- Ensure compliance with applicable Commonwealth policies, data governance standards, privacy requirements, security controls, and interagency data-sharing agreements.
- Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing data products needed to support ongoing operations and data-informed decision-making.
- Work with data and analytics professionals to strive for greater functionality in our data systems.
The Skills and Experience:
- 5+ Years: Hands-on experience with cloud-based data services such as AWS (e.g. S3, EC2, Glue, EMR, RDS, Redshift, Athena, Lambda, DynamoDB)
- 5+ Years: Proficiency in object-oriented/object function scripting languages: e.g. Python, R, Java, C++, Scala
- 5+ Years: Proficiency in relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Oracle, MS SQL Server, Postgres, Cassandra
- 5+ Years: Experience with version control systems such as Git and CI/CD pipelines
- 5+ Years: Knowledge of data modeling techniques including dimensional modeling, data vault, and star/snowflake schemas
- 5+ Years: Familiarity with data cataloging and metadata management tools such as AWS Glue Data Catalog
- 5+ Years: Understanding of data governance, data lineage, and data quality frameworks
- 5+ Years: Knowledge of REST API design and integration patterns
- 5+ Years: Experience with big data tools: e.g. Hadoop, Spark, Kafka
- 5+ Years: Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: e.g. Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow
- 5+ Years: Experience with data integration services solutions from vendors such as Informatica, MuleSoft, Talend, and TIBCO
- 5+ Years: Experience with stream-processing systems: e.g. Storm, Spark-Streaming
The Company:
The mission of Domino Technologies, Inc. is to provide clients with IT solutions for their individual business processes that lead to strategic market advantages. Since its founding in 1996, the Domino Tech Team has built a solid record of performance working with clients in the Government and Commercial sectors.
The Perks:
- Excellent Market Salary
- Competitive Benefits
- Paid Holidays and Vacation
- Positive Work-Life Balance
The Location:
Domino Technologies is based in the Harrisburg area – the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Dauphin County. Located on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, Harrisburg is the anchor of the Susquehanna Valley metropolitan area.
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