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Requisition ID # 174343 Job Category: Engineering / Science Job Level: Individual Contributor Business Unit: Technology & Security Work Type: Hybrid Job Location: Oakland Department Overview Technology & Security delivers secure, resilient, and scalable enterprise platforms that support critical business applications, infrastructure services, cloud operations, automation, and emerging technology enablement. Position Summary The Data Platform Engineer (DPE) builds and supports modern data infrastructure that enables advanced business capabilities across AWS (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift), Azure (Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Synapse), and AzureLocal (SQL Managed Instance). The DPE manages cloud storage services, including AWS (S3, EBS, EFS, FSx), Azure (Blob Storage, Azure Files, Managed Disks, Data Lake Storage), and AzureLocal (Storage Spaces Direct, Azure Managed Disks). The role focuses on designing reliable data pipelines and data structures that support analytics, AI, and machine learning workloads. The DPE also integrates AI capabilities into database platforms to improve automation, optimization, and predictive maintenance. The role includes developing AI-driven workflows that support database maintenance, performance tuning, and data cleansing. Infrastructure provisioning for database and storage resources is managed through Terraform, including multi-cloud resource provisioning, lifecycle policies, encryption, replication, and access control as code. Deployment automation is implemented through Azure DevOps pipelines, including database schema migrations, storage provisioning, backup validation, and environment promotion from DEV to PROD. PG&E is providing the hourly rate range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual hourly rate paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. This job is also eligible to participate in PG&E’s discretionary incentive compensation programs. The hourly rate for this position ranges from $49.04 to $77.88. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and 1-2 days per week at our Oakland Headquarters based on business need. The assigned work location will be within the PG&E Service Territory.  Job Responsibilities • Build, test, and deploy data solutions and data pipelines for relational databases, data lakes, and data warehouses. • Build and implement data integrity, data cleansing, and data retention processes. • Create data objects within cloud storage services. • Troubleshoot, maintain, and install software components related to databases. • Collect, review, and analyze data to support operational reliability and performance optimization. • Partner with application teams to identify, analyze, and resolve data inconsistencies. • Assist in data quality controls, validation rules, reconciliation checks, schema drift handling, and automated exception reporting to improve trust in downstream analytics, AI, and reporting workloads. • Develop infrastructure-as-code modules and reusable deployment patterns for databases, storage accounts, networking dependencies, monitoring policies, backup configuration, replication, and environment promotion. • Plan and execute database and storage migrations from legacy or on-premises platforms to cloud-native architectures, including assessment, dependency mapping, cutover planning, validation, rollback planning, and post-migration optimization. Qualifications Minimum: • Bachelor's degree in computer science, job-related discipline, or equivalent experience • 2 years experience in infrastructure, systems administration, cloud operations, or related Information Technology functions • 1 year of experience supporting cloud technologies, cloud services, infrastructure automation, or cloud-based operating environments • AWS Certified Data Engineer or Azure Data Engineer or equivalent cloud platform certification Desired: • 3 years of experience with databases. • Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment • Knowledge of cloud technologies and services, including EC2, Lambda, Terraform, S3, OCI, and CI/CD, and containers • Experience with SQL, Oracle, NoSQL, Aurora Postgres, RDS, and Redshift • Experience with data management • Understanding of Agile/Scrum principles and team-based delivery practices • Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment practices and tools • Understanding of the AI development life cycle • Understanding of machine learning concepts, platforms, and operational workflows • Ability to deliver work in sprints and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams • Experience with scripting

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Requisition ID # 174343
Job Category: Engineering / Science
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Technology & Security
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland
Department Overview
Technology & Security delivers secure, resilient, and scalable enterprise platforms that support critical business applications, infrastructure services, cloud operations, automation, and emerging technology enablement.
The hourly rate for this position ranges from $49.04 to $77.88.
Build, test, and deploy data solutions and data pipelines for relational databases, data lakes, and data warehouses.
Build and implement data integrity, data cleansing, and data retention processes.
Create data objects within cloud storage services.
Troubleshoot, maintain, and install software components related to databases.
Collect, review, and analyze data to support operational reliability and performance optimization.

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Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
Knowledge of cloud technologies and services, including EC2, Lambda, Terraform, S3, OCI, and CI/CD, and containers
Experience with SQL, Oracle, NoSQL, Aurora Postgres, RDS, and Redshift
Experience with data management
Understanding of Agile/Scrum principles and team-based delivery practices
Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment practices and tools
Understanding of the AI development life cycle
Understanding of machine learning concepts, platforms, and operational workflows
Ability to deliver work in sprints and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
Experience with scripting

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awsazuresqlaimachine learningagilescrumci/cdpostgres

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