Job Description:
Idaho Power located in vibrant Boise, Idaho is looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join our Information Technology team. It's an exciting time to work for Idaho Power. Our work plays a critical role in communities we serve across Idaho and Oregon, and we're working hard to safely provide our customers with the safe, reliable, and affordable energy they depend on. While this position is based at Idaho Power's downtown Boise location, we offer both flexible schedules and the opportunity to work up to 40% remote.
What does a Senior Data Engineer do for us?
They design, develop, and support complex enterprise data solutions that enable trusted analytics, operational decision-making, and emerging artificial intelligence capabilities. Leads technical delivery for assigned projects, builds scalable pipelines, integration frameworks, data products, analytical datasets, and semantic models, and partners with business and technology stakeholders to translate processes into secure, reliable, reusable, governed information assets. Provides technical guidance while contributing to architecture decisions, platform modernization, and engineering improvements.
In addition to the meaningful work we do, we offer work-life balance, competitive pay and benefits, an employee incentive plan, and both a 401k employer-match and a pension plan, making Idaho Power one of the best employers in the state.
A COMPETITIVE CANDIDATE WILL HAVE
Knowledge of:
- Enterprise data architecture, integration patterns, and modern cloud data platform design
- ETL/ELT and data-processing technologies
- Medallion, Lakehouse, and Warehouse architecture patterns
- Relational and distributed data systems
- Dimensional modeling and semantic model design
- Data governance, metadata, lineage, quality, and stewardship
- Software development lifecycle practices including Agile, source control, automated testing, and CI/CD
Preferred:
- Utility industry processes and data domains
Skills in:
- Advanced SQL and Python development, including query and workload performance optimization
- Designing enterprise data pipelines, integration frameworks, analytical datasets, semantic models, and reusable data products
- Root cause analysis and resolution of complex data, performance, and production issues
- Azure DevOps, Git, automated testing, deployment automation, and CI/CD
- Translating complex requirements into technical designs and recommendations
- Technical leadership, stakeholder collaboration, and mentoring
Preferred:
- Hands-on use of Microsoft Synapse, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Power BI, or comparable enterprise data and analytics technologies
Ability to:
- Lead technical delivery of complex enterprise data solutions within assigned projects
- Translate business processes into scalable, secure, reliable, and maintainable solutions
- Apply architecture patterns and engineering standards while contributing to design and architecture decisions
- Evaluate alternatives, resolve complex issues, and identify improvements
- Communicate complex concepts and build alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Mentor peers and guide project-level technical execution
- Manage multiple priorities while working independently and collaboratively
Preferred:
- Apply knowledge of utility processes and data domains to complex enterprise data solutions
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, data science, engineering, or a related field
OR
- An equivalent combination of education and experience
Experience:
- 5 years of experience in data engineering, business intelligence, cloud data platforms, data architecture, database development, or a related discipline
Preferred:
- Experience with utility industry processes or data domains
Idaho Power
1221 W Idaho St
Boise
Idaho United States
www.idahopower.com
