IT Data Engineer

Woodward is committed to creating a great workplace for all team members. Our company and its members are committed to acting with integrity, being respectful and accountable to one another, and staying humble and driven, while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.

We are steadfastly committed to attracting the best talent across our communities creating a rewarding workplace. Together we are fulfilling our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.

Woodward supports our members’ wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. 

Estimated annual base pay: 65,000.00 (minimum) - 85,000.00 (midpoint) - 104,000.00 (maximum)

All Levels are eligible for the benefits below:

• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity. 

• 401(k) match (4.5%)

• Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)

• Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members  

• 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays. 

• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire

• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave. 

• Paid parental leave.

• Adoption Assistance  

• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits. 

• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life 

• Member referral bonus 

• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending 

• Voluntary benefits, including:  

  • Home / Auto Insurance discounts 

  • Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave 

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor established data pipelines and scheduled jobs; build and validate basic ETL/ELT operations and simple data models.

• Become familiar with SAP S/4HANA and other enterprise source systems, assist analysts by locating fields, explaining basic table relationships, and answering questions about various business attributes.

• Support analysts and data scientists by gathering basic requirements; triage tickets and resolve routine incidents using the IT ticketing system.

• Provide support for Power BI, Fabric, and Business Objects users; troubleshoot common report issues and escalate complex problems.

• Perform routine platform administration tasks for on-prem servers and web/application stacks.  Apply updates, monitor services, and escalate incidents.

• Follow defined processes to provision and revoke user access across cloud and on-prem platforms.

• Contribute to documentation efforts, simple architecture notes and process steps.

Key Skills:

• Proficient in SQL

• Entry-level Python/PySpark, or comparable scripting languages (Scala, Java, etc.)

• Entry-level experience with ETL/ELT using Azure Synapse pipelines, Azure Data Factory, or comparable tools (AWS Glue, Google Cloud Dataflow, Apache Airflow, etc.).  Experience with SAP Data Services preferred.

• Beginner knowledge of SAP S/4HANA data structures and common data models.  Experience with SLT sidecar for continuous replication preferred.

• Basic understanding of data warehouses (cloud or on-prem), relational databases and data modeling concepts.

• Basic proficiency with connecting to, extracting and loading data from REST APIs.

• Exposure to Microsoft Power BI and Fabric admin features (workspace and capacity management, security).  Experience with SAP Business Objects and Power BI report development (including DAX and M languages) preferred.

• Familiarity with version control (Git), basic testing and CI/CD.

• Clear communication to both technical and nontechnical people, receptive to peer feedback, problem-solving ability, team player, continuous learner.

Other Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, or related discipline is preferred.

• 1-2 years in data engineering, ETL, data warehousing, or similar roles supporting enterprise analytics required.

Application window is anticipated to close 7 days from original posting date.

This information is provided in compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and is the company’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons.

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).   All applicants must be U.S. Persons within the meaning of the ITAR and EAR, or eligible to obtain all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ITAR defines a U.S. Person as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident (i.e., 'Green Card holder'), or a protected person (e.g., asylee, or refugee).

Woodward is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local laws.

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