Lower operating costs. Reduce asset downtime. Increase portfolio profitability. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐝 We don’t just drive performance—we back it up with the option to include a 95% performance guarantee. How does it work? If a system generates less than 95% of the annual energy we forecasted upon testing, we’ll cover the shortfall. 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 With Performance Assurance, our solar experts become an extension of your team so that you can grow and manage your portfolio at a fraction of the cost of hiring additional staff. You’ll have a dedicated portfolio manager—backed by a full team—tracking the health of your assets. 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Our AI-powered proprietary technology can detect and diagnose even minor issues that hinder performance. Using data from monitoring platforms and layering our technical capabilities, we filter out false alerts, allowing our team to respond immediately when action is required. 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 Our vetted nationwide field service network covers over 33,000 zip codes, giving you unlimited geographic growth potential. All work is coordinated and reviewed by our team for quality, so you’ll have peace of mind knowing your assets are in good hands. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 We provide easy access to centralized reporting for all system and performance data across your portfolio. Our reports ease the burden of consolidating data from different systems and providers, streamlining performance reporting and annual financial and ESG reporting. 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 Find the right complement to your business with our customizable Performance Assurance Plans. All plans include dedicated experts who work with you to drive the performance of your solar assets—so you can rest assured that your investments are protected.

About Omnidian

Omnidian, Inc. is a fast-growing Series C tech-enabled service company revolutionizing performance assurance for the distributed solar and energy storage industries. Omnidian is building a more sustainable future for the planet through our passionate teams, our innovative technology, and by creating an amazing customer experience. We are headquartered in Seattle, WA

The Job

We are looking for an experienced Data Platform Lead to own the availability, reliability, recoverability, security and performance of our data platforms. You will be responsible to architect, implement, manage and optimize robust data platforms. You will be responsible for cost transparency, containment and forecasting. You will own, enhance and update Data Platform processes and standards, understand company needs, and own and execute critical projects on our Data Platform roadmap.

Our IoT timeseries data is a critical component of our service. You will be responsible to understand the business and technical requirements for this data and to own the data platform architecture solutions, working closely with our Data Acquisition team for a cohesive architecture.

This role sits within our Engineering department and will report directly to our Director of Data Management and Information Security. Preference to where some of this team is located in Pittsburgh, Seattle, Upstate NY, Denver area.

What You'll Do

At Omnidian we believe in trust and autonomy. How you create an impact is ultimately up to you. Here is an outline of some of the things you’ll be doing:

Hands on Data Platform Administration (33%)

Participate in change management process; implement database changes

Ensure data structures are available, reliable, recoverable, secure and performant

Establish appropriate monitoring and alerting mechanisms for data platforms, including runbooks

Establish a transparent intake process for data platform administration requests; complete requests

Proactively identify improvements in database code or structure to improve performance and/or mitigate costs; make improvements as needed and/or work with stakeholders to prioritize and track the work

Create and maintain dashboards and alerts to track and forecast data platform costs

Own and Lead Critical Data Platform Projects (33%)

Own successful outcome and positive impact for critical large scale data platform projects including project management and communication

Mitigate risks and clear blockers

Collaborate cross functionally to drive initiatives

Contribute hands-on to the work as needed

Own the Data Platform Roadmap and Strategy (33%)

Establish, communicate and maintain a rolling 5 Quarter roadmap for Data Platform

Drive stakeholder alignment on roadmap and prioritization

Ensure scalable and cost effective architecture

Establish and continuously improve Data Platform architecture, processes and standards

Provide mentoring, coaching and education on Data Platform best practices and standards to stakeholders

Work with partner teams to establish SLAs for data platform administration requests and system availability; report against SLAs to stakeholders

Who You Are

Data Architecture Experience: You are comfortable with data architecture and patterns for both structured and unstructured data. You have experience owning and maintaining distributed big data platforms such as Databricks or Hadoop as well as relational databases such as MySQL.

Data Engineering Expertise: You have a strong working knowledge of Data Engineering processes and standards.

Leadership Abilities: You possess strong leadership skills, with the ability to provide mentoring cross-functionally.

Communication: You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Value Creation: You understand business needs, users, technology, and data, and collaborate with stakeholders to design and deliver data solutions that provide business value.

Problem-Solving: You demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying issues and implementing effective solutions.

Experience You’ll Need

5+ years experience as a Data Platform Engineer/DBA

2+ years in a technical leadership role

Experience successfully managing large scale data platform projects

Proficiency with distributed systems like Spark, Kafka and data lakes

Strong experience with relational databases like SQL Server or MySQL

Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure

Understanding of data modeling principles

Deep understanding of data platform availability, recoverability, security and performance best practices

Experience implementing and maintaining cost forecasting and containment processes and structures

Experience implementing data platform monitoring and alerting

Proficient with SQL

Experience That's a Plus

Solar Industry experience

Experience with Databricks

Experience with RDS

Experience with IoT Timeseries data

Experience with Timeseries types of data platforms

IaC (Infrastructure as Code) experience

Work-life and Culture

Most of our roles offer the opportunity to work remotely

If you are in the Seattle area, we offer a vibrant office space in the historic and beautiful Smith Tower, in the heart of Pioneer Square

We prioritize applicants near one of our employee clusters and offer one or more local gatherings per year

We provide outstanding benefits including family medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k) administration and $1k match per year and thoughtful paid time off

We offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave to all FTE employees (birthing and non-birthing) after 1 year, and four-week paid sabbatical leave after four years

We offer a competitive total compensation package that includes monthly health insurance premiums, bonuses and long-term stock options for every employee

We love to lift each other up through company-wide slack channels such as #puppiesandpets, #omnidian-wellness, #praiseandbooms and #sustainablefuture

We have affinity groups to help employees feel seen and supported, such as Rainbow Array, BIPOC, Thriving Survivors, Vets at Omnidian, Black Lights Matter and Neurospicy R Us

We are a passionate, mission driven team that believes in collaboration, mutual respect and trust. For examples, come Discover our Story!

Grow With Us

We mentor and invest in our employees and prioritize them for future opportunities. Check out our Instagram reels to see a few career journey examples

Internal candidates: Check out our advice on Internal Transfer: Job Application Process

Here are the next roles in this career track:

Senior Data Engineering Manager

Director of Data Management OR

Director of Software Engineering

We’re a fast-growing startup, which means we’re constantly reinventing processes, adding new products, and asking people to use all of their skills and talents. That means there’s gonna be a lot of opportunities for you to grow, which also means you will likely be stretched in ways you’ve never experienced in a job before. If you are resilient, determined, and not afraid of a big challenge, come apply.

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Diversity and Inclusion

We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our customers. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to ensuring our hiring and retention practices, as well as our office culture, reflects this value.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Omnidian is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity in the workplace. We make employment decisions on the basis of merit and business need. We hire without consideration to age, ancestry, citizenship, disability, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, national origin, political activity or affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

We invite you to be part of our mission to create a workplace that is inclusive and welcoming to all.

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