Engineer I - Software Data at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp in Westminster, CO

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Engineer I - Software Data

Ball Aerospace is looking for a data engineer to join the Mission and Process Analytics (MPA) team.

What You'll Do:

• Be a member of a dynamic data analytics team; a team tasked with being a champion for data-driven decisions throughout the enterprise while advancing Ball Aerospace's data analytics and data governance strategies and goals.
• Collaborate with team members and business stakeholders on projects that answer key questions that enable informed decision-making.
• Follow established procedures and leadership guidanceto discover, blend, transform and interpret data from disparate sources.
• Work with a variety of systems to integrate data and build out a data model/semantic layer for use in projects. Be open to guidance and technical feedback from leadership regarding results.
• Design, implement, and publish visualizations/dashboards and other reporting tools for consumption by the business community, contributing as part of a team to fulfill the team's goals in relation to MPA's objectives.
• Assist in the operationalization and quality assessments of software algorithms and re-usable components to mature the MPA toolkit.
• Work closely with the Information Technology organization in the development of data solutions.
• Partner with internal business stakeholders to gather requirements and develop solutions that provide access to information,when appropriate and in accordance with leadership guidance.
• Bring new and innovative ideas to the data analytics team and Ball Aerospace.
• Present technical and programmatic aspects of a project to the MPA team and to the stakeholder, when appropriate and in accordance with leadership guidance.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Support Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

What You'll Need:

• BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 2 or more years related experience.
• Each higher-level degree, i.e., Master's Degree or Ph.D., may substitute for two years of experience. Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education. Degree must be from a university, college, or school which is accredited by an agency recognized by the US Secretary of Education, US Department of Education .
• Degree in Computer Science is preferred.
• A passion for solving problems and finding answers to business questions of moderate scope and complexity.
• Attention to detail, self-motivation and go-getter attitude is required.
• Working knowledge and understanding of data integration tools, such as SQL or VQL.
• Understanding and ability to apply visualization tools and the development of dashboards and reporting solutions; tools like Tableau, Power BI, Business Objects Web Intelligence.
• Familiar with software development fundamentals - data structures, methodologies, and writing code in R, Python, JavaScript, or C#.
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts.
• Strong collaboration skills.

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote environment.
• May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
• May access other facilities in various weather conditions.
• Travel and local commute between Ball campuses and other possible non-Ball locations may be required.