Working Title: Senior Data Engineer
Job Class: Information Technology Specialist 4
Agency: Minnesota IT Services
Job ID : 88930
Location : St. Paul
Telework Eligible : Yes #LI-Hybrid
Full/Part Time : Full-Time
Regular/Temporary : Unlimited
Who May Apply : Open to all qualified job seekers
Date Posted : 09/19/2025
Closing Date : 09/25/2025
Hiring Agen cy/Seniority Unit : Minnesota IT Services
Division/Unit : Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)
Work Shift/Work Hours : Day
Days of Work : Monday - Friday
Travel Required : No
Salary Range: $37.07 - $61.14 / hourly; $77,402 - $127,660 / annually
Job Class Option : Data Systems
Classified Status : Classified
Bargaining Unit/Union : 214 - MN Assoc of Professional Empl/MAPE
FLSA Status : Exempt - Professional
Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities (https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/diverse-workforce/people-with-disabilities/connect700/) : Yes
The work you'll do is more than just a job.
At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.
Join the 2,800+ professionals of Minnesota IT Services (https://mn.gov/mnit/about-mnit/careers/) (MNIT) who connect Minnesotans to services that will improve their lives. This position serves our partners at the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The MNIT DEED team provides technical support to help improve employment conditions in Minnesota. The team supports work that improves workforce and community development, increases business recruitment, and helps Minnesota small businesses to expand into international trade.
As a Senior Data Engineer with Minnesota IT Services and the Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED), you will shape, build, maintain, and support the DEED Amazon Web Services (AWS) Postgres database cluster and data lake infrastructure. You will leverage data lake technologies to support the growing data science needs within the DEED data lake. Using your advanced cloud database and data lake production experience, you will ensure that the production database and data lake environments operate efficiently, securely, and effectively.
By applying project management techniques, you will resolve technical issues, investigate new database and data lake technologies, recommend changes and enhancements, and maximize the technologies' potential to meet DEED's evolving needs. In addition, you will provide leadership, technical and administrative expertise, and business knowledge to ensure production databases, and the data lake are available and performing within prescribed service levels in a 24/7 environment.
Additional job duties include Postgres SQL database administration, performing upgrades and installing patches, and serving as a technical advisor to the application development team on the use of Postgres SQL. You will also support data lake administration and serve as a data engineer for the DEED Paid Leave teams.
Occasional work outside of traditional business hours may be required.
This position requires an employee to be onsite at 180 5th Street E, St. Paul, Minnesota at least 50% of the time, with some opportunity to perform work from a telework location. Telework (https://mn.gov/mmb-stat/policies/1422-telework.pdf) for Minnesota IT Services is available on a limited basis. Employees will be required to meet current telework eligibility requirements.
Minimum Qualifications
Candidates must clearly demonstrate all of the following qualifications in their resume. Resume tips here. (https://mn.gov/mnit/about-mnit/careers/hiringprocess.jsp) :
This position requires a minimum of four (4) years of advanced data science experience.
Experience must include:
Data lake technologies such as Apache Spark, Delta Lake, and/or Unity Catalog
Production data lake administration, development and maintenance.
Data lake security and Amazon AWS Postgres RDS databases.
Data modeling experience in creating effective models and schemas, and experience creating and supporting ETL/ELT processes
Experience with Python in a data engineering
Ability to deliver effective verbal or written messages that facilitate a mutual understanding on both parties.
Customer service skills that include active listening, empathy, and problem-solving.
A master's degree in Information Technology or an IT related field substitutes for three (3) years of experience, OR an IT related bachelor's degree substitutes for two (2) years, OR an IT related associate's degree substitutes for one (1) year.
Preferred Qualifications
Data lake technical decision making with limited resources and precedence.
Sophisticated data lake troubleshooting ability, including the ability to create and test hypotheses based on relative likelihood, and a willingness and ability to creatively consider all possible causes for a problem and test appropriately.
Experience with Databricks
Experience with Infrastructure as Code / Terraform
Proficient in creating and supporting ETL/ELT processes
Additional Requirements
It is the policy of Minnesota IT Services that a successful candidate must pass all legally required checks prior to employment which may consist of the following:
SEMA4 Records Check (applies to current and past state employees only)
Criminal History Check
Reference Check
Social Security and Address Verification
Education Verification
Other legally required checks
Minnesota IT Services will not sponsor applicants for work visas, including F-1 STEM OPT extensions. All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is an Equal Opportunity employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or membership in a local commission as defined by law. As an affirmative action employer, we actively seek and encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status.
Reasonable accommodations will be made to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email careers@state.mn.us . Please indicate what assistance is needed.
