Automation Engineer – Data Governance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Work collaboratively with internal clients and cross-departmental teams to enhance RTX’s data and data governance strategy.

• Design, develop, and maintain APIs, API contracts, scripts, and reusable automation components to facilitate data governance processes.

• Automate the ingestion, scanning, synchronization, and workflow activities of metadata across data governance platforms.

• Develop and manage ETL pipelines for processing metadata and transferring governance-related data.

• Automate the processes of data profiling, validation, execution of data quality rules, and integration of data quality results.

• Create scheduled and event-driven automation for the onboarding and management of newly created data assets.

• Implement logging, monitoring, retry logic, exception handling, and reconciliation processes.

• Test, deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain automation solutions effectively.

• Utilize software engineering best practices, including version control, CI/CD, and automated testing.

• Contribute to the development of data governance roadmaps and tool requirements.

• Identify opportunities to enhance data management processes and bring business value.

⛳️ Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required; only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field with at least 5 years of experience.

• Proficiency in scripting or software development languages such as Python, Java, or PowerShell.

• Experience in developing and integrating REST APIs, working with JSON, OAuth, and API contracts.

• Knowledge of ETL development, data integration, and workflow orchestration.

• Experience with SQL and cloud or data platform technologies.

• Familiarity with data profiling, validation, and automation of data quality processes.

• Exposure to version control, CI/CD pipelines, and automation testing.

• Experience in integrating metadata management and data catalog platforms.

• Understanding of workflow automation and event-driven architecture.

• Experience with implementing monitoring, logging, exception handling, and reconciliation for automated processes.

• Strong problem-solving abilities and a keen attention to detail.

• Capability to link business processes and data management requirements to technical solutions.

• Ability to balance long-term technical strategy with tactical implementation in an Agile environment.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively with internal clients and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Experience contributing to data governance initiatives, roadmaps, or enterprise data management programs.

🏝️ Benefits

• Compensation package.

• Healthcare benefits.

• Wellness benefits.

• Retirement benefits.

• Work/life benefits.

• Parental leave, including paternal leave.

• Flexible work schedules.

• Achievement awards.

• Educational assistance.

• Child/adult backup care.

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Life insurance.

• Short-term disability.

• Long-term disability.

• 401(k) match.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Employee assistance program.

• Employee Scholar Program.

• Paid time off.

• Holidays.

• Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs, depending on position level and eligibility.