Lead Data Engineer

Key Skills

Amazon RedShift, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), AWS, AWS Glue, AWS Sagemaker, Data Analytics, Data Lake, Data science techniques, Design, Lambda, Large data sets, Leadership Skill, Transformer

Job Description

As a Lead Data Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in Data Detail versus Data Science. You’ll be helping build the acumen and internal knowledge to work within the global tool set. You’ll also have the opportunity to work with a range of AWS services, including S3, Redshift, EMR, Lambda, Glue and SageMaker. Location preference is Chicago, IL Metropolitan Area or Battle Creek, MI. 

You will be scoping and designing technical solutions, working with a variety of internal customers, including functional stakeholders, data scientists and data analysts. Developing and maintaining solutions to ingest raw data from enterprise systems and third parties into the Kellanova's data lake and designing and building data warehouse models in Redshift.

Kellogg is progressing toward unleashing our full potential by the end of 2023. After this portfolio transformation journey is complete, this role will support Kellanova, a leading company in global snacking, international cereal and noodles, plant-based foods, and North America frozen breakfast. Learn more about our bold next steps at UnleashingOurPotential.com. 

HERE’S A TASTE OF WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Working on very detailed Data types, data lakes and being extremely detailed.
• Reverse engineering complex data sets that have little documentation attached to them.
• Engineering data transformations to prepare data for analytics according to business requirements.
• Analysis of incoming data and trends and development of monitoring systems to track anomalies and data quality issues.
• Driving innovation and continuous improvement of the global data engineering practice, including evaluation of emerging technologies and approaches and establishing data engineering best practices. 

YOUR RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

• Scoping and designing technical solutions, working with a variety of internal customers, including functional stakeholders, data scientists and data analysts.
• Developing and maintaining solutions to ingest raw data from enterprise systems and third parties into the Kellogg data lake.
• Designing and building data warehouse models in Redshift.
• Engineering data transformations to prepare data for analytics according to business requirements.
• Analysis of incoming data and trends. Development of monitoring systems to track anomalies and data quality issues.
• Driving innovation and continuous improvement of the global data engineering practice, including evaluation of emerging technologies and approaches.
• Establishing and championing data engineering best practices within the engineering community. 

WHAT’S NEXT

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 If we can help you with a reasonable accommodation throughout the application or hiring process, please USA.Recruitment@kellogg.com.

This role takes part in Locate for Your Day, Kellogg’s hybrid way of working that empowers office-based employees to, in partnership with their managers, find a balance between working from home and the office.

ABOUT KELLOGG COMPANY

Kellogg Company is a multibillion-dollar company with over 30 thousand employees all over the globe. We are proud to make delicious foods that people love – foods that you grew up with like Frosted Flakes, Cheez It, Eggo, Pop-Tarts, Crunchy Nut, Pringles, as well as innovative foods such as MorningStar Farms, RX bar, and Noodles.

Our KValues and BetterDays commitments are at the core of who we are, what we believe and what brings us together. We’re proud to say we’ve been awarded with Fortune’s “World’s Most Admired Companies”, DiversityInc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity”, Newsweek’s “Most Loved Workplaces”, and many more awards that you can check out here.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion has been part of our DNA since the beginning. Clearly stated in our Code of Ethics “we have respect for individuals of all backgrounds, capability and opinions.” We believe that equity is more than leveling the playing field. It is making sure barriers, both tangible and intangible, are removed. Interested in the numbers? We hold ourselves accountable with our yearly Features report.

Kellogg is proud to offer industry competitive Total Health benefits (Physical, Financial, Emotional, and Social) that vary depending on region and type of role. Be sure to ask your recruiter for more information!