This Global Travel & Tourism client of Focus GTS takes travel to the next level by specializing in providing luxury, premium, and adventure travel experiences through their fleet of cruise ships, offering vacations to destinations worldwide.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Data Engineer on behalf of this Company who thrives on innovation, collaboration, and delivering exceptional solutions. The position sits on the Data Analytics and AI Team reporting to the Sr. Manager, Data Solutions Engineering. The primary focus of this role will be to support the Fleet Energy Optimization & Analytics, Global Marine Operations team in implementing and delivering their strategy and results. This Senior Data Solutions Engineer builds, manages, and optimizes reusable enterprise data pipelines for onboard systems. They use technical and analytical skills to solve business problems for onboard Cruise Products while ensuring data governance and data security compliance. Senior Engineers also mentor junior engineers in finding optimal and efficient solutions for designing, preparing, and storing data for analytical and operational use cases.

Key Responsibilities:

Participate in requirements gathering, data mapping, and designing while considering the interconnectivity of systems onboard
Build and maintain data pipelines from disparate sources that meet functional and non-functional business requirements
Create, maintain, and reuse existing ETL processes, employing a variety of data integration and data preparation tools
Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements, i.e., automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing pipelines for greater scalability, etc.
Work with stakeholders, including Product, Data, and Business teams, to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data needs
Create datasets for operational reports, KPIs/metrics, analytics, and data science to uncover insights helping the business make objective decisions and gain a competitive edge
Write, debug, and implement complex queries involving multiple tables or databases across platforms
Collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture team to ensure alignment on data standards and processes
Work closely with Marine Technical Engineers and Scientist to identify data needs and develop data acquisition strategies
Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in data systems
On-call and off-hours support required
Create and maintain technical design documentation

Qualifications:

Experience:
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in data/cloud engineering, working/creating datasets for a data warehouse, and ETL development tools (Azure Data Factory, Azure container app, Flask and Docker, Databricks, SQL, and Python)
- Experience using best practices in designing, building, and managing data pipelines that require data transformations as well as metadata and workload management
- Experienced in working with large, heterogeneous datasets in building and optimizing data pipelines, pipeline architectures, and integrated datasets using traditional and new data integration technologies (such as ETL, ELT, data replication, change data captures, message-oriented data movement, API design, Azure API management, stream data integration, and data virtualization)
- Experienced in performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to identify issues and opportunities for improvement
Skills:
- Expert-level knowledge with programming languages including Python, SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, and/or relational SQL databases such as Oracle and SQL Server
- NoSQL database experience is a plus
- A proficient understanding of data streaming technologies, particularly experience with Apache Kafka, is highly preferred
- Familiarity with Marine Operations and understanding of ship technical operating systems and related data
- Understanding of cruise line operations is preferred either in technical-engineering, Nautical operations, new builds, or other areas
- Knowledge and experience working with agile methodologies and tools (such as Jira) are a plus
Soft Skills:
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
- Demonstrate a certain degree of creativity with analytical and problem-solving skills
- Display curiosity in understanding the data for the specific area of responsibility
- Proven ability to collaborate with technical peers to best support cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
- Capable of working independently
- Strive to help guide junior engineers
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment practices
- Ability to approach complex problems with creativity and display analytical and problem-solving skills
- Display curiosity in understanding the data for the specific area of responsibility

Why This Opportunity?

Impact: Play a pivotal role in a company that thrives on innovation, collaboration, and delivering exceptional solutions
Professional Growth: This is a HIGH STAKES role for a global client, ability to create a name for yourself!
Culture: This client brings together employees spanning the global and is on the forefront of advanced digital engineering, technology solutions, and data-driven digital experiences, they create exceptional and efficient experiences for travelers

This role is position out of the Miami, FL office with possible travel to Miramar office once a week.

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