Principal Data Engineer

Summit School Services
Any Location, IL
Job Description
Role Overview

As a Principal Data Engineer, you will serve as the technical authority for our data infrastructure, driving the strategy for data warehouse design, real-time streaming, and robust governance. You will balance hands-on technical leadership with strategic cross-functional collaboration, mentoring engineers, and aligning our data capabilities with long-term business goals.

What You Will Do

You will design, govern, and optimize our Microsoft Fabric and Power BI design to transform complex, multi-modal data streams into secure, scalable, and actionable intelligence. You will bridge the gap between technical execution and business strategy, ensuring our data platform is robust, compliant with federal regulations (FERPA), and built for high-performance self-service analytics.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will be the strategic anchor and technical authority for our enterprise data ecosystem, with opportunities to mentor engineers, drive technical innovation, and align data capabilities with business goals.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in data engineering
  • at least 2+ years of hands-on experience designing enterprise solutions within Microsoft Fabric or advanced Azure Synapse/Databricks environments
  • Deep technical understanding of Fabric capacities, OneLake shortcuts, Managed Private Endpoints, and the interplay between Lakehouses and Warehouses
  • Expert-level knowledge of Apache Spark (PySpark) and the Delta Lake storage format
  • Experience with Fabric Git integration, Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) for Fabric resource provisioning

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance coverage
  • Holiday pay
  • PTO accrual
  • Retirement savings plan
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