Lead Data Engineer

About FlightSafety International

FlightSafety International is the world's premier professional aviation training company and supplier of flight simulators, visual systems and displays to commercial, government and military organizations. The company provides training for pilots, technicians and other aviation professionals from 167 countries and independent territories. FlightSafety operates the world's largest fleet of advanced full-flight simulators and award-winning maintenance training at Learning Centers and training locations in the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom.

Purpose of Position

The Lead Data Engineer is a hands-on technical leader responsible for architecting, developing, and guiding the implementation of modern data solutions in a cloud-based environment. This role provides technical leadership toSenior Data EngineersandSenior Analytics Engineers, ensuring best practices in data engineering, analytics, and reporting. The Lead Data Engineer plays a key role in strategic initiatives, driving the design and delivery of scalable data platforms, and enabling actionable insights through advancedPower BIdashboards and reports.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Serve as thetechnical leadon data engineering and analytics initiatives, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and business goals
• Providetechnical mentorship and guidanceto Senior Data Engineers and Senior Analytics Engineers
• Design and implement scalable ETL/ELT pipelines usingAzure Data Factory (ADF),Databricks, andDBT
• Lead the development ofData Vault 2.0models and ensure consistency across projects
• Architect and orchestrate data workflows usingDatabricks LakeFlow,Apache Airflow, and ADF
• Oversee data ingestion and replication strategies using tools such as Fivetran, SQDR, Rivery, or custom Python scripts
• Develop and optimizePower BIdashboards, reports, and semantic models to support business intelligence and self-service analytics
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, and analysts to translate requirements into technical solutions
• Ensure data quality, governance, and security standards are met across all data products
• Lead code reviews, enforce development standards, and promote best practices in data engineering and analytics
• Support CI/CD automation, DevOps practices, and version control for data pipelines and reporting assets
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex data issues in production and development environments
• Contribute to enterprise data strategy and participate in architectural review boards
• Maintain documentation for data architecture, pipelines, and reporting solutions
• Infrequent travel as needed

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution or equivalent industry experience

Minimum Experience

• 12+ years of experience in data engineering or software development roles
• 3+ years in a technical leadership or lead engineer capacity
• 5+ years of experience withAzure Data FactoryandAzure Data Lake Storage
• 3+ years of experience withDatabricks,Delta Live Tables, andUnity Catalog
• 3+ years of experience withPower BIdashboard and report development
• 2+ years of experience withDBTandApache Airflow
• Experience withData Vault 2.0modeling (certification preferred)
• Strong experience with Python, PySpark, and SQL

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

Deep expertise incloud data platf