Senior ETL Developer and Data Specialist

Senior ETL Developer and Data Specialist

Company:
The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company's Talent Analytics and Innovations team is currently seeking a Senior ETL Developer and Data Specialist to join our team in Seattle, WA. The Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) Developer and Data Specialist designs, builds, and maintains ETL/ELT pipelines, data infrastructure, and analytics-ready datasets to support business intelligence, analytics, and graph-enabled use cases. This role will work closely with analytics, data science, data governance, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, performant, and well-governed data solutions using Alteryx, Teradata, Neo4j, and Tableau.

Position Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and operate ETL/ELT workflows and data integrations using Alteryx and other orchestration tools
• Build and maintain scalable data pipelines to ingest, transform, and load data into Teradata (and other data warehouses/lakes) with strong focus on performance and resource optimization
• Model, implement, and maintain graph data models and pipelines using Neo4j to support relationship-centric analytics and discovery
• Collaborate with analysts and Business Intelligence (BI) teams to create certified, analytics-ready datasets and semantic layers consumed by Tableau dashboards and reports
• Implement data quality checks, validation rules, reconciliation processes, and monitoring/alerting for ETL jobs and data products
• Profile source systems, document data lineage, and maintain metadata in coordination with Data Stewards and governance teams
• Optimize SQL and Teradata-specific constructs (e.g., statistics, join strategies, VPROC considerations) for high-volume ETL and query performance
• Support incremental and change-data-capture (CDC) patterns; implement effective partitioning and archiving strategies
• Create technical documentation, runbooks, deployment artifacts, and handoffs for operational support
• Participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and CI/CD processes; implement infrastructure-as-code or automated deployment where applicable
• Troubleshoot production incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive corrective actions to reduce recurrence
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to best practices for data engineering, modeling, and visualization

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at one of the listed location options.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 3+ years of hands-on ETL/data engineering experience building production data pipelines
• Experience with Alteryx for building ETL flows, macros, and automation
• Experience with Teradata development and performance tuning (SQL, utilities, load strategies)
• Experience building and querying Neo4j graph databases and modeling graph relationships for analytics
• Experience developing Tableau dashboards and supporting extracts, data sources, and visualization best practices.

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Certifications: Alteryx Designer Advanced, Teradata certification, Neo4j Certified Professional, Tableau Desktop/Server Certified Associate (or similar)
• Experience with cloud data services and hybrid architectures (cloud connectors to Teradata, Neo4j Aura, S3/ADLS integrations)
• Experience with CI/CD for data pipelines, containerization (Docker), and orchestration frameworks
• Advanced SQL skills and deep familiarity with Teradata SQL dialect and performance considerations.
• Alteryx Designer/Server experience: workflow design, macro development, scheduling, and debugging
• Neo4j: data modeling (nodes/relationships), Cypher query language, import/migration patterns, and indexing strategies
• Tableau Desktop/Server or Tableau Cloud: data source design, LODs, performance optimization, and dashboard design
• Experience with ETL orchestration and scheduling tools (Alteryx Server, Airflow, Control-M, etc.)
• Experience with CDC, incremental loads, and data partitioning/archival approaches
• Scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, or similar) for orchestration, transformations, and utilities
• Experience with data quality tools/processes and metadata/catalog tools (or willingness to integrate them)
• Experience with security and privacy best practices for PII/HR data: role-based access, encryption, masking

Conflict of Interest:
Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary pay range: $131,750 - $190,000

Language Requirements:
Not Applicable

Education:
Not Applicable

Relocation:
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Export Control Requirement:
This is not an Export Control position.

Safety Sensitive:
This is not a Safety Sensitive Position.

Security Clearance:
This position does not require a Security Clearance.

Visa Sponsorship:
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Contingent Upon Award Program
This position is not contingent upon program award

Shift:
Shift 1 (United States of America)

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