Sr Cloud Data Engineer

At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), we’ve been hiring friends since 1937—people who share our passion for helping customers feel right at home. If you share our vision, we invite you to be one of us! People love working here! Named one of Furniture Today’s Best places to work, and here a few reasons why: A FUN, stable work environment, with no layoffs in our history. A safe place to work and shop, development opportunities leading you to the career of your dreams and a culture that encourages volunteering and serving our communities.

Pay Range: $91,934-138,906.00 annually

Job Description: Your Piece of the Puzzle

As NFM’s Senior Cloud Engineer, is responsible for any technological duties associated with cloud computing, including design, planning, management, maintenance, and support and will be responsible for designing, building, and managing our cloud-based data infrastructure. This role will play a critical role in the development and optimization of NFM’s data lake, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.

This is a remote position requiring the candidate to reside in one of the following states: NE, IA, MO, KS or TX.

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the USA on a full-time basis. NFM will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
  
  

Job Duties: A Day in the Life

• Lead:Design and implement scalable and secure data solutions using Fabric OneLake technology
• Manage: Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and architectures that support data ingestion, processing, storage, and delivery across multiple sources and destinations
• Oversee: Maintain knowledge of vendor technical solutions in the cloud space
• CollaborateCreate data tools for analytics and data scientist team members to assist them in building and optimizing our product
• Analyze Manage the full lifecycle and maintain the NFM cloud environment
• Team Up: Assist the I.T. organization / teams with integrations into configuration management and deployment tools
  
  

Your work will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love - because that’s what we love.

Qualifications: Can You Check These Boxes?

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years’ experience in network or systems administration or engineering
• 2+ years cloud experience
• Proficiency in SQL and Python, and familiarity with other programming languages and frameworks such as Scala, R, or Spark
• Experience with cloud-based data services and platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP, and with data warehouse and ETL tools such as Snowflake, SSIS, or Informatica
• Knowledge of data modeling, data quality, data governance, and data security best practices and standards
• Proven experience with Azure DataBricks, Azure Data Factory, and other Azure services
• Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets
• Experience with big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc.
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools
• Experience with Azure SQL DB, Cosmos DB, or other database technologies
• Experience with stream-processing systems
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Experience with Fabric OneLake development and management preferred
• Knowledge of networking within Azure Data Bricks, including VNET settings and firewall rules preferred
• Ability to set up linked services within Azure Data Factory and execute ADB notebooks preferred
• Familiarity with on-premises to cloud data migration and managing data across hybrid environments preferred
• Cloud Platforms: Proficient in Azure, including Azure DataBricks, Azure Data Factory, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse preferred
• Programming Languages: Strong command of Python, Scala, and SQL preferred
• Big Data Tools: Experience with Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and other big data technologies preferred
• Data Storage: Knowledge of various data storage solutions like Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Cosmos DB preferred
• Data Processing: Familiarity with data processing tools such as Azure Stream Analytics and Azure HDInsight preferred
• DevOps Tools: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, using tools like Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or GitHub Actions preferred
• Data Security: Understanding of data security practices, including encryption, data masking, and access control within cloud environments preferred
• Monitoring and Logging: Proficiency in using monitoring tools like Azure Monitor and log analytics solutions like Azure Log Analytic preferred
• Pre-employment screening includes, but isn’t limited to, criminal background check
  
  

Benefits: What’s in It for You?

As a full-time member of our NFM Family, you will enjoy:

• Same day pay - access to your earned pay on-demand, when you need it the most
• Competitive pay - generous annual increases up to 7%
• Inclusive culture – Because everyone who works or shops at NFM should feel right at home
• Health, dental, vision, life Insurance, short and long term disability
• Paid holidays (upon hire) and paid time off (after 90 days)
• Staff discount on merchandise (Collectively, NFM staff have saved almost $2 million on purchases in the last 12 months)
• Virtual and in-person career development opportunities at all levels
• Paid community volunteer opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• You’ll start saving for your retirement immediately in NFM’s 401(k) and you’re eligible for company match after one year. NFM’s 401(k) also offers Berkshire Stock as an investment option
  
  

Nebraska Furniture Mart is an Equal Opportunity Employer