Job Details

The Houston Texans are in a season of growth and are seeking an individual for the position of Data Engineer.


Our Texans Teammate Habits:

Dedication to the team

Be adaptable

Passion for work

Win with integrity

Own the outcome


Culture: Weattract the best and brightest professionals by nurturing core ideals such as character, hard work, discipline, and teamwork. We reward performances and demand a total commitment to excellence and a will to win in everything that we choose to do.

Basic Function: Build, maintain, and enhance data applications utilized by Club and Lone Star Sports and Entertainment (LSSE) staff. Design and maintain integrations between multiple systems. Create business solutions and maintain the integrity and security of data and data storage. Work with internal departments to automate processes with the goal of improving performance and developing industry-leading reporting and forecasting.

Job Function (Duties & Responsibilities):

• Design, develop, create, and maintain database integrations, storage, and applications using Microsoft development tools in a cloud environment.
• Participate in moving data from traditional storage models.
• Modify existing databases, queries, integrations, and pipelines as necessary to accomplish evolving goals and needs.
• Architect scalable solutions to support automation and integration.
• Ensure database integrity, work with IT data integrity audits, enforce standards, and prevent redundant/duplicate data.
• Maintain, support, and improve data analytics platforms and storage systems.
• Design and build integrations for existing applications.
• Participate in the creation of requirement analysis and definitions.
• Develop, debug, test, and deploy new and existing applications.
• Create and update technical documentation.
• Project Management and Collaboration: Participate in system-related projects from planning through implementation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide updates and documentation on the project to leadership.
• Perform various other tasks that may be assigned from time to time by the Senior Director of Enterprise Applications.

Subject to reasonable accommodations, position requires routine face-to-face personal interaction with other Club personnel; therefore, job responsibilities must be physically performed in the Club offices and not in a telecommuting manner.

Skills Required:

• Proficiency in Microsoft SQL, including SQL Server and Azure SQL.
• ETL/ELT and data modeling experience.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Power Automate / Flow, PowerApps, and/or SharePoint.
• Working knowledge of modern DevOps solution patterns and Infrastructure as code cloud automation solutions.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Azure Data Factory, Databricks and Data Pipelines.
• Strong OOP principles and practice with Python, Java, or C#.
• Experience in the design and implementation of end-to-end data pipelines.
• Ability to integrate with line of business (LOB) applications.
• Experience designing and supporting batch and REST-based API integrations.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks in a high-energy environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven ability to take initiative and be innovative.
• Rough implementation and maintenance, and documentation.
• Ability to maintain attention to detail and work effectively under pressure and within deadlines.

Education/Experience:

• A bachelor's degree from a four-year accredited college or university is preferred.
• High School Diploma required.
• Minimum of three to five (3-5) years of applicable work experience required.

Title: Data Engineer

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department: Information Technology

Reports to: Senior Director of Enterprise Applications

Please note that while resumes of all candidates will be considered, as a way for the Texans organization to acknowledge and reciprocate the tremendous support given the Team by local fans and the local community in general, qualified candidates with permanent addresses in the Houston metropolitan and surrounding areas will be given first consideration whenever possible.

If your skills and experience match our available position requirements, a Human Resources representative will contact you directly. Due to the volume of resumes received by the Houston Texans, we are unable to provide updates on the status of individual applications.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Job Questions:

1. How does your relevant job experience relate to the job description (internship or job related)?
2. What is your preferred contribution to projects (individual or team) and why?
3. Give an example of an improvement or project that you worked on and are particularly proud of the results and explain why.
4. What are your compensation expectations? (please list an amount or range in USD ($); 'Negotiable' or an explanation without an amount is not acceptable)