Associate Data Engineer - Direct College Hire

Southwest Airlines is committed to providing a stable work environment with equal opportunities for growth. They are seeking an Associate Data Engineer to support their Artificial Intelligence and Data & Architecture teams, focusing on building data pipelines and preparing data for AI models.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and maintain the components of our data engineering pipeline, and various container-based services configured through UIs, SQL, PL/SQL, Python, and Shell, with code managed in GitHub, deployed through Jenkins
• Work as a part of our production support team to ensure the highest standards of product configuration that meet client requirements
• Test and troubleshoot data pipeline using sample and live client data, utilizing Jenkins, Python, and Java to automate these tests. Must be able to parse logs to determine next actions
• Utilize dashboards for Kubernetes/OpenShift to diagnose high level issues and ensure services are healthy
• Support Implementation immediately after go live and work with implementation team to transition support
• Work with data providers to clarify requirements and remove roadblocks
• Drive automation into everyday activities
• May perform other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders

Skills

• High School Diploma or GED
• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field; or equivalent formal training
• Entry level experience, developing skills and knowledge in: Cloud infrastructure, DataLake, AbInitio
• ETL experience ensuring source to target data integrity
• Various file types (Delimited Text, Fixed Width, XML, JSON, Parque)
• Unit Testing, Code Quality tools, CI/CD Technologies, Security and Container Technologies
• Agile development experience and Agile ceremonies and practices
• Ability to perform work duties from [limited space work station/desk/office area] for extended periods of time
• Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job
• Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job
• Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines
• Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines
• Proficient in cloud technologies, including AWS (Lambda, S3, EMR, SageMaker) and Microsoft Azure, and SQL for data management and analysis
• Experience with ETL development and tools, including Ab Initio and AWS Glue
• Knowledge of AWS services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, VPC, API Gateway, EC2, EMR, CloudWatch, and AWS Q Developer
• Proficiency in Java, Python, and SQL, with experience using GitLab for version control
• Familiarity with Terraform for infrastructure automation and deployment

Benefits

• Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too)
• Southwest will help fund your 401(k) retirement savings with Company contributions up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings
• Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan- when Southwest profits, you profit
• Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets)
• Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You will have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan with coverage retroactively available to your first day of employment.

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