Highlights
Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise data pipelines and integrations across Oracle ERP, Finesse, MES, PLM, Primavera, proposal systems, and other operational platforms. This role is responsible for establishing scalable and reliable data engineering practices while ensuring enterprise data is accurate, secure, accessible, and aligned to business priorities.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Raceland, LA (Remote) |
| Industry | Marine Mfg & Services |
| Company Size | 1,000 to 1,499 employees |
| Website | http://www.bollingershipyards.com/ |
Description
Job Title: Principal Data Engineer
Location: Remote
POSITION OVERVIEW
We are seeking a dedicated Principal Data Engineer .The candidate will lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise data pipelines and foundational data assets supporting analytics, reporting, forecasting, and AI initiatives. This role is responsible for establishing scalable and reliable data engineering practices while ensuring enterprise data is accurate, secure, accessible, and aligned to business priorities.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Management, or related field
- Minimum of 8–12 years of experience in data engineering
- Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale data pipelines
- Strong SQL and data transformation expertise
- Experience with cloud data platforms (Azure preferred)
- Experience integrating ERP and operational systems
- Experience leading technical teams or mentoring engineers; prior people management experience is desirable
SKILLS
- Experience with Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, Fabric, or similar cloud technologies
- Experience in manufacturing, shipbuilding, industrial, or engineering-intensive environments
- Familiarity with Power BI and downstream analytics enablement
- Experience supporting AI/ML initiatives through engineered datasets and feature pipelines
- Knowledge of data observability, master data management, and metadata management practices
- Relevant cloud or data engineering certification
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the design, development, and support of enterprise data pipelines and integrations across Oracle ERP, Finesse, MES, PLM, Primavera, proposal systems, and other operational platforms
- Establish and maintain scalable data engineering standards, frameworks, and development practices
- Ensure consistent implementation of enterprise data architecture and medallion data design patterns (raw, curated, business-ready)
- Oversee data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, reconciliation, and validation processes
- Partner with Enterprise Architecture and Integration teams to align technical solutions with enterprise standards and future-state architecture
- Support analytics, reporting, forecasting, and AI initiatives through delivery of trusted and performant datasets
- Ensure data quality, lineage, observability, and reliability across enterprise data assets
- Provide technical leadership, architectural guidance, and mentoring to data engineering team members
- Collaborate with cybersecurity and infrastructure teams to ensure secure and compliant handling of enterprise data
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to data engineering capabilities and platform performance
- Mentor and develop technical talent while fostering strong engineering discipline and accountability
Bollinger is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, females, veterans and disabled individuals, and without regard to sexual orientation and gender identity.
Location: Remote
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Benefits
Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, 401K
About Company
The leading provider of quality maritime construction, boat repair and conversion products and services to both the U.S. Military and the commercial marine industry.
JOIN A WINNING TEAM
Bollinger Shipyards is one of the nation’s most respected employer providing services to a diversified customer base. Offering competitive wages, attractive benefits packages, skills training and the opportunity for advancement, Bollinger provides more than just a job, but an environment to start a long lasting rewarding career. Today, thousands of Bollinger professionals proudly strive to uphold the standards of excellence which have guided Bollinger for more than half a century.
We have brought national recognition to South Louisiana and honor to the Bollinger name. We are proud of our long established reputation of integrity as a leader in the shipbuilding industry, a reputation emanating from our success in creating a workforce dedicated to the principles of continuous improvement. Please click below to discover opportunities available in becoming a member of our Winning Team!