Data Engineer, OIT — Moscow, ID — LinkedIn — 4490067390

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

Job posting number: #7373441

Posted: November 11, 2026

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

The Data Engineer supports the design, development, and operation of the university’s enterprise data platform. This position is focused on building the data pipelines, transformations and data products that power institutional analytics and decision-making on the lakehouse platform.

The Data Engineer will work closely with the Technical Product Manager for Enterprise Data, Data Governance Manager and institutional stakeholders to ingest, transform and serve data across the university’s lakehouse. The position offers meaningful hands-on work with Databricks, Delta Lake, and cloud infrastructure in a collaborative, mission-driven environment.

Duties May Include

Building and maintaining data ingestion pipelines from enterprise source systems

Transforming raw data into clean, structured data products using medallion architecture principles

Supporting the Databricks lakehouse platform including Unity Catalog administration and pipeline monitoring

Collaborating with data consumers, analysts and product managers to define and deliver data products

Documenting data pipelines, data models and platform runbooks

Other duties as assigned

Required Experience

Two years of experience in data engineering, software development or a closely related technical role

Demonstrated experience writing Python or SQL to process, transform or analyze data

Experience building or supporting data pipelines or ETL/ELT workflows in a production environment

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Fx2Gm72, Information Technology, Management of Information Systems or a related field; four additional years of experience (for a total of six years) may substitute for a Bachelor’s Degree

Required Other

None

Additional Preferred

Three (3) or more years of experience in data engineering or a closely related technical field

Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate or Professional certification

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field

Experience With

Cloud-based data lakehouse platforms (Databricks preferred)

PySpark or distributed data processing frameworks

Data modeling patterns including medallion architecture, dimensional modeling or data vault concepts

ERP data structures in student, HR or finance domains (Banner/Ellucian preferred)

Cloud platforms

Source control and collaborative development workflows (Git, pull request reviews)

Data quality frameworks and tooling (e.g., dbt tests or similar)

BI platform connectivity and supporting analytical consumers (Power BI or similar)

Higher education technology environments and constituent-sensitive data

Agile development methodologies and sprint-based delivery

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