Dick's Sporting Goods

Lead Data Engineer - Athlete (REMOTE)

United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Retail, Sports & RecreationIndustries

Position Overview

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At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve. If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!

This team supports a wide array of data sources, inbound and outbound. They collaborate with vendors to build and maintain ingress and egress data flows. This data supports marketing functions that do not necessarily relate to others, so the ability to go deep and broad quickly is crucial to this role.

The Lead Data Engineer will act as a SME for a data domain to support the enterprise's business needs. Design patterns and coordinating solutions with moderate complexity within assigned product team.

Responsibilities

  • Data Movement: Design distribution of complex data infrastructure resources and create advanced physical modeling and design services to tune database applications for optimum performance.
  • Data Architecture: Drive the modeling of highly complex data structures that allow for easy consumption and analysis. Select the appropriate technology for the implementation of solutions, leveraging a clear understanding of industry best practices and trends.
  • Data Set Exploration and Documentation: Drive the analysis, documentation and articulation of highly complex datasets while establishing quality and the lineage of the data.
  • Functional/Technical Requirements: Support the collection of functional requirements using document analysis and workflow analysis to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
  • Program/Portfolio Management Support: Contribute to the management of a portfolio of programs while reporting to and in partnership with senior teammates.
  • Ongoing Learning and Development: Act as a subject matter expert in an area of technology, policy, regulation, or operational management for the team. Maintain external accreditations and in-depth understanding of current and emerging external regulation and industry best practices through continuing professional development, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
  • Analysis of Current vs. Future State: Document Current vs. Future state processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the future-state capability to accurately record the change required.
  • Infrastructure and Network Development and Maintenance: Design and select business-critical storage, data center, and client/server environments to design solutions in line with industry best practice and provide a third-line point of escalation for appropriate global infrastructure solutions.
  • Information Security and Compliance: Creates and implements best practices for safely and securely moving data. Configures infrastructure utilizing department standards for access controls, firewall rules, and storage.
  • Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative solutions to better meet users’ and/or business, performance, quality needs.
  • Operational Compliance: Maintain and renew a deep knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, and ensure own work adheres to required standards.
  • Enterprise Infrastructure Modernization: Drive advances in technologies and architectures to increase the value delivered by technology and digital capabilities, either through improvements to the efficiency of the technology environment or through those that reduce the total cost of technology operations. Recommend and participate in activities related to the design, development, and maintenance of the digital capabilities within the enterprise architecture.
  • Horizon Scanning: Explore and develop a detailed understanding of external.

Company Information

At DICK’S Sporting Goods, we believe in how positively sports can change lives. On our team, everyone plays a critical role in creating confidence and excitement by personally equipping all athletes to achieve their dreams. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workforce, reflecting the communities we serve. If you are ready to make a difference as part of the world’s greatest sports team, apply to join our team today!

Skills

Data Engineering
Data Modeling
Data Architecture
Data Movement
Database Optimization
Data Analysis
Workflow Analysis
Program Management

Dick's Sporting Goods

Retailer of sporting goods and apparel

About Dick's Sporting Goods

DICK'S Sporting Goods is a retailer specializing in sporting goods, offering a variety of products such as sports equipment, apparel, and footwear. The company operates both physical stores and an online platform, allowing customers to shop in a way that suits them best. Customers can take advantage of financing options, such as 0% APR for larger purchases, making it easier to buy what they need. DICK'S Sporting Goods also has a loyalty program called ScoreCard, which rewards customers for their purchases, encouraging them to return. What sets DICK'S apart from competitors is its commitment to customer satisfaction, highlighted by its Best Price Guarantee, and its focus on social responsibility, believing in the positive impact of sports on lives. The goal of DICK'S Sporting Goods is to provide quality sporting goods while giving back to the community and promoting ethical business practices.

Coraopolis, PennsylvaniaHeadquarters
1948Year Founded
IPOCompany Stage
Consumer GoodsIndustries
10,001+Employees

Benefits

Flexible Work Hours
Remote Work Options

Risks

Increased competition from digital-first retailers could erode market share.
Closure of 35 stores in California may impact regional sales and brand presence.
Geopolitical tensions and elevated interest rates pose risks to supply chain stability.

Differentiation

DICK'S Sporting Goods offers exclusive brands and experiential retail strategies.
The company has a strong omnichannel presence, integrating online and physical stores.
DICK'S loyalty program, ScoreCard, enhances customer retention and repeat business.

Upsides

Experiential retail strategies are gaining traction, boosting customer engagement and sales.
The rise of 'athleisure' fashion aligns with DICK'S product offerings.
DICK'S Sporting Goods' strategic investments in House of Sport and Field House concepts fuel growth.

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