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Data Engineer

DENG.GEN.P2

P2P2 — Developing Professionalmedium0.70draftglobalv1

Data Engineers design and own complex pipelines and data storage solutions.

Summary

Data Engineers design and own complex pipelines and data storage solutions.

Level — P2 — Developing Professional

Early-career professional; developing skills, handles routine tasks with some independence

Scope
Defined deliverables / small features
Autonomy
General supervision; reviewed at milestones
Complexity
Some non-routine problems; applies established patterns
Impact
Own and immediate-team deliverables
Decision rights
Routine technical choices within guidance
Leadership
May guide interns
Typical experience
1–3 yrs

Core outputs

No core outputs recorded yet.

Adjacent roles

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Components

Responsibilities8

  • Design and own complex pipelinescommonlevel
  • Ensure data qualitycommonlevel
  • Optimize data storage solutionscommonlevel
  • Implement data security measurescommonlevel
  • Collaborate with data scientists to support advanced analyticscommonlevel
  • Develop and maintain ETL processescommonlevel
  • Conduct performance tuning of data systemscommonlevel
  • Document and improve data engineering processescommonlevel

Tasks5

  • Design complex data pipelines.commonlevel
  • Ensure data quality.commonlevel
  • Optimize storage solutions.commonlevel
  • Implement security measures.commonlevel
  • Support analytics.commonlevel

Skills8

  • Big data toolscommonlevel
  • Data warehousingcommonlevel
  • ETL developmentcommonlevel
  • Data quality assurancecommonlevel
  • Data securitycommonlevel
  • Performance tuningcommonlevel
  • Process documentationcommonlevel
  • Advanced SQLcommonlevel

Knowledge8

  • Big data technologiescommonlevel
  • Data warehousingcommonlevel
  • ETL processescommonlevel
  • Data security practicescommonlevel
  • Performance optimizationcommonlevel
  • Advanced SQL techniquescommonlevel
  • Data governancecommonlevel
  • Analytics supportcommonlevel

competency8

  • Proficiency with big data toolscommonlevel
  • Data warehousing conceptscommonlevel
  • Analytical thinkingcommonlevel
  • Problem-solvingcommonlevel
  • Attention to detailcommonlevel
  • Communicationcommonlevel
  • Project managementcommonlevel
  • Data securitycommonlevel

qualification5

  • Proficiency with big data toolscommonlevel
  • Designed a data pipeline end-to-endcommonlevel
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fieldcommonlevel
  • 2-4 years of experience in data engineeringcommonlevel
  • Certification in big data technologiescommonlevel

Title aliases

AliasTypeConfidenceApproved
Data Engineering IIcommonmedium0.70
Data Engineering 2commonmedium0.66
Data Engineer IIcommonmedium0.70
Data Engineer 2commonmedium0.66
Data Engineercommonmedium0.50

Classification mappings

O*NET / SOC

  • code=15-0000title=Computer & Mathematical Occupationssource=inferred_from_superfunctionreviewStatus=needs_review