Data Engineer II - Military Veterans
at Love's Travel Stops
Req ID: 445708
*This is a hybrid role with three days in our OKC office, and two remote days.*
BASIC PURPOSE: As a Data Engineer II for Loves, the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in building, managing, and optimizing data pipelines for the Enterprise Data & Analytics initiatives following industry standard practices and tools. This role will be the key interface in operationalizing data and analytics on behalf of the business unit(s) and organizational outcomes. The candidate will require both creative and collaborative skills working with IT and business, including data scientists, data analysts, and other data consumers, as well as 3rd party business partners and vendors. The candidate should have 3-5+ years of experience in the responsibilities listed below.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/SKILLS:
- Collaborate with program leadership to architect, build, and maintain data pipelines through acquisition, ingestion, staging, and modeling
- Moderate experience with various Data Management architectures like Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Hub, Data Vault and the supporting processes like Data Integration, Governance, and Metadata Management
- Moderate experience working with large, heterogeneous datasets in building data pipelines and integrating datasets using traditional data integration technologies, including ETL/ELT, data replication/CDC, message-oriented data movement, and API-based data acquisition
- Responsible for the identification and qualification of source data to satisfy master and transactional data requirements for the target warehouse
- Perform data assessment and mapping activities, and develop the underlying migration framework to extract, transform, validate, enrich, and load the source data
- Fundamental understanding of data warehousing principles
- Ability to understand impacts of a solution architecture on corresponding design, build, and test efforts
- Ship small features with minimal oversight
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Required Experience:
- Moderate experience with cloud data warehouses, such as Snowflake
- Moderate experience working with complex SQL code
- Moderate experience working with open-source or commercial message queuing technologies, such as Azure Service Bus, Apache Nifi, Apache Kafka, etc.
- Moderate experience working with DevOps capabilities like version control, automated builds, testing and release management using tools like Git
- Moderate experience working with replication software such as Fivetran or HVR
- Moderate experience with ETL tools
- Preferred Experience:
- SQL Server 2008+ experience a plus
- SAP Hana experience a plus
- Tableau experience a plus
- Power BI experience a plus
- R/Python experience a plus
- Dbt experience strongly preferred
- Education:
- HS Diploma or equivalent required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business with MIS or technology related degree (C.S.) required
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS & CHARACTERISTICS
- Capable of thinking big picture and sorting through an ambiguous environment
- Ability to manage numerous competing demands in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrates good judgement, sense of urgency and commitment to high standards of ethics, regulatory compliance, customer service and business integrity
- Required to be highly creative and collaborative
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely to various levels in the organization
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Requires prolonged sitting, some bending and stooping.
- Occasional lifting up to 25 pounds.
- Manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard and calculator.
- Requires normal range of hearing and vision
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Job Function(s): Information Technology
Love’s has been fueling customers’ journeys since 1964. Innovation and perseverance continue to lead the way for the family-owned and -operated business headquartered in Oklahoma City with more than 40,000 team members in North America and Europe. The company’s core business is travel stops and convenience stores with more than 630 locations in 42 states. Love’s continues its commitment to offer products and services that provide value for professional drivers, fleets, four-wheel customers, RVers, alternative fuel and wholesale fuel customers. Giving back to communities Love’s serves and maintaining an inclusive and diverse workplace are hallmarks of the company’s award-winning culture.
The Love’s Family of Companies includes:
- Gemini Motor Transport, one of the industry’s safest trucking fleets.
- Speedco and Love’s Truck Care, the largest oil change and preventive maintenance and total truck care network.
- Musket, a rapidly growing, Houston-based commodities supplier and trader.
- Trillium, a Houston-based alternative fuels expert.
- TVC Pro-driver, a commercial driver’s license (CDL) protection subscription service.
Oklahoma City, OK
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At Love's, we're passionate about providing friendly service and clean, modern facilities stocked with the fuel, food, and supplies drivers need to keep them going. We were founded on this idea in 1964, and it remains our guiding principle more than 40 years later: "Clean Places, Friendly Faces".
Love's has been at the forefront of the convenience store and travel center industry for more than three decades. We were among the first to combine self-service gasoline with grocery items, offer fresh deli sandwiches, add quick-service restaurants, and sell gift and novelty items. Today, we continue that spirit of innovation by adding Truck Tire Care centers and roadside assistance to our Travel Stops.
Who We Are Looking For
Love’s is looking for natural-born leaders, technicians, operators, and customer service team members. The skills and structure you bring from your military experience will strongly connect with Love’s fast-paced, multi-faceted and customer-focused work environment. Your ability to think strategically and execute tactically also translates well with our Love's team.
Testimonials from Military Team Members at Love’s:
- "After leaving active duty, I missed the brotherhood of the Marine Corps. At Love’s, that Esprit de Corps exists in a civilian setting!" ~ Angela
- "Love’s is like the military in its structure. You know what to do, when to do it and you’re given the guidance and leadership to do it." ~ Charles
- "Love's structure, camaraderie and intensity is very much like the military. They are going to push you further than you knew you were capable of, and they are not going to accept less than your best.” ~Kirk
Should I Apply?
Are you a military veteran or spouse who is looking for a civilian career that provides opportunities for growth and career advancement? Love’s is proud to hire veterans and active-duty service men and women. Leadership, strategy development and teamwork are the foundation for Love’s success, and we want your military experience to help you succeed in your career. Apply with Love’s today to take that next step in your journey.
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