Data Engineer — West Bend, WI

About the Role

Delta Defense is seeking a Data Engineer to help transform complex data into clear, actionable insights that support business decisions. This hands-on role focuses on building reliable data solutions, supporting the Enterprise Data Warehouse, and improving access to KPIs, metrics, and reporting across the organization.

The selected candidate will work with data systems and infrastructure to create clean, tested, reusable datasets, maintain data quality, and support data transformation and modeling standards. The role requires 2–5 years of experience in data engineering or business intelligence, along with strong SQL skills and an understanding of ETL/ELT methodologies.

About the Company

Delta Defense, LLC is driven by a mission to help responsible Americans protect the people they love. The company serves more than 860,000 USCCA Members nationwide and has been recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies for 15 consecutive years. Delta Defense emphasizes continuous improvement, employee growth, and meaningful work that supports its mission.

Key Responsibilities

• Work within data collection and processing systems to create clean, tested, and reusable datasets for analysis.

• Contribute to established data transformation standards and ensure compliance with data format and attribute requirements.

• Support data quality standards by maintaining and enhancing data profiling methodologies.

• Follow engineering best practices for CI/CD, unit testing, performance testing, and optimization.

• Partner with the Data Architecture team to maintain data model quality and consistency.

• Use existing data infrastructure to fulfill data-related requests and perform data housekeeping, cleansing, normalization, hashing, and required data model changes.

• Analyze data to identify anomalies, trends, and correlations across similar datasets.

• Troubleshoot issues, identify potential solutions, and resolve problems as appropriate.

• Develop a strong understanding of best practices related to personally identifiable information (PII) and follow organizational risk policies and standards.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• 2–5 years of experience in data engineering or business intelligence roles.

• 3–5 years of SQL experience.

• At least 1 year of experience in an Agile Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Solid understanding of ETL/ELT methodologies.

• Solid understanding of industry-standard analytical modeling techniques.

• Ability to demonstrate the Core Values of Delta Defense, LLC.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Data Science, Data Analytics, Statistics, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Ability to work efficiently with AWS cloud technologies such as S3 and EMR.

• At least 1 year of dbt experience.

• Proficiency in Python and scripting languages.

Work Location and Environment

• Location: Delta Defense headquarters in West Bend, Wisconsin.

• Work Arrangement: Hybrid flexibility is available, but the goal is for the selected candidate to work onsite.

• Visa Sponsorship: Delta Defense does not currently or in the future provide sponsorship for this position.

Why Join Delta Defense?

• Be part of a company with 15 consecutive years on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies.

• Contribute to work supporting more than 860,000 USCCA Members nationwide.

• Join a culture focused on growth, continuous improvement, and investment in employees.

• Take on meaningful work that contributes to the company's mission.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Delta Defense is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights under federal employment laws. For further information, review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.