Thales

Senior Data Engineer (F/H)

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15 days ago
La Ciotat, FranceSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and evolve the Snowflake data platform using OpenTofu/Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
  • Develop components for data ingestion, transformation, and exposure to consuming teams.
  • Design and implement robust data models based on Medallion and Data Mesh architectures.
  • Industrialize data transformation pipelines and ensure their quality, maintainability, and testability.
  • Deploy data security and governance mechanisms, including RBAC, access management, row-level security, secrets management, and monitoring.
  • Improve engineering practices through generative AI and assisted-development tools.
  • Contribute to architecture decisions and write technical documentation.
  • Collaborate with business teams, cloud architects, cybersecurity experts, and product teams to develop scalable technical solutions.

Requirements

  • Engineering-school or Master’s qualification in computer science, data engineering, or cloud computing.
  • At least three years of data engineering experience in demanding production environments.
  • Strong command of Snowflake, SQL, Python, Terraform/OpenTofu, GitLab CI/CD, and dbt or similar tools.
  • Knowledge of data governance and data architecture.
  • Autonomy, curiosity, rigor, and strong critical-thinking skills.
  • Ability to understand and challenge existing architectures and design robust, maintainable, and durable solutions.
  • Ability to connect business needs, security constraints, and technical requirements.
  • Professional proficiency in written and spoken English.

Benefits

  • Attractive compensation package.
  • Continuous skills development through training programs, academies, and internal communities.
  • Inclusive and supportive environment focused on employee work-life balance.
  • Recognized social and environmental commitment.
  • International work environment with opportunities for career mobility and development.
  • Location: La Ciotat, France.

Tech Stack

dbtGitLab CI/CDPythonSnowflakeSQLTerraform

Categories

Data Engineering
Thales

About Thales

10,000+ employees

Thales designs and sells defense, aerospace, space, and digital identity/cybersecurity systems to governments, armed forces, infrastructure operators, and enterprises. Its portfolio spans avionics, radars and sensors, satellites, air traffic management, secure communications, and cybersecurity and identity solutions (bolstered by the 2019 Gemalto acquisition). Headquartered in Meudon, France, Thales is publicly traded on Euronext Paris (HO) and reported €20.6 billion in sales in 2024.

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