We are looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join our team in San Antonio, Texas. In this role, you will specialize in developing and maintaining software solutions for advanced testing equipment, including dynamometer facilities and emissions measurement systems. This position offers the opportunity to collaborate with customers and suppliers on technical challenges while contributing to innovative engineering projects.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Design and maintain LabView-based software to control dynamometer facilities and related testing equipment.<br>• Conduct engineering analysis to support the development of new test equipment, including systems involving fluid dynamics and heat transfer.<br>• Provide technical assistance with emissions measurement tools such as emissions benches and dilution tunnels.<br>• Engage with customers and suppliers to address technical inquiries and ensure project requirements are met.<br>• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring high-quality deliverables within established timelines.<br>• Maintain attention to detail in programming and analysis tasks to ensure accuracy and reliability.<br>• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency and meet testing compliance standards.
Major Duties and Responsibilities<br><br>Essential Tasks<br><br><br>Perform capacity and resource planning, assess risks with recommendations, design and implement VMware<br>server environments.<br>Plan and execute Infrastructure upgrades and migration projects with existing hardware and/or software.<br>Proactively anticipate, prevent and eliminate data center problems and risks by identifying and creating efficient<br>fixes for any security risks, patches/vulnerabilities, etc.<br>Provide Infrastructure services in all areas needed: storage networking, Operating System, network security,<br>directory services, server virtualization using system backup and restore, system and network monitoring,<br>application installation and configuration<br>Standard system administration duties including server install, System/Application install and patch management,<br>Windows problem determination and resolution, log analysis, etc.<br>Participate in after‐hours upgrades, troubleshooting, and/or on‐call availability as needed.<br>Work closely with a collaborative team, other IT staff, including networking, security, and data center operation<br>teams, to facilitate effective issue resolution.<br>Originate specifications, control documents, verification and validation plans, procedures, reports, and other<br>documentation in support of design and development activities.<br>Perform root cause analysis on complex issues in client environments to identify root causes and identify<br>resolution plans.<br>Review system implementation and performance as to implement system enhancements if needed.<br>Develop standardized deployment documentation where necessary to document build standards.<br>Must be able to mentor and teach other members of ITS as necessary.<br>Perform and assume duties and responsibilities of others as assigned by departmental management.<br>Knowledge of MS 365, internet browsers, LAN/WAN networking, enterprise WiFi, VMWare, storage technologies<br>Expert knowledge of PowerShell<br>Ability to configure, install, and maintain hardware and software for VMWare environment, Windows 10<br>desktops/laptops, and peripherals.<br>Performs other duties as assigned.<br><br><br>Education<br><br><br>Requires a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma. Related formal training preferred.<br><br><br>Licenses and/or Certifications<br><br>N/A<br><br><br>Experience<br><br>Requires seven or more years of IT experience.<br>Requires Extensive Active Directory and Virtualization Design skills. Requires experience with VMWare ESXi 6 or<br>greater. <br>Requires experience working with Windows 2003‐2018, VMware, Citrix, SBS Server, various backup technologies<br>(Rubrik).<br>Requires experience of Networking including TCP/IP, Switching, VLAN’s Routing and wireless.<br><br><br>Knowledge<br><br>Must obtain a working knowledge of regulatory/quality requirements and perform within all Standard Operating<br>Procedures (SOPs) and policies.<br>Must have extensive knowledge of Microsoft operating systems, Microsoft Server 2003 and above, Clustering<br>technologies, Active Directory design, Server Virtualization (VMware) File Virtualization, SAN design, High<br>Availability, SCCM, SCOM.
Additional Skills:<br><br>Deep hands-on expertise with dbt (Cloud or Core), including model development, testing, macros, packages, documentation, scheduling, and performance optimization.<br>Strong command of dbt project structure, materializations (including incremental models and snapshots), and integration with BI-owned metric certification and semantic layers.<br>Ability to evaluate when to leverage community dbt packages versus building custom solutions.<br>Expert-level SQL for complex analytical transformations and performance optimization.<br>Strong data modeling skills across dimensional (Kimball), Data Vault, and domain-oriented patterns, including temporal modeling, SCDs, and surrogate keys.<br>Proven judgment in balancing normalization vs. denormalization for performance, flexibility, and downstream analytics use cases.<br>Experience designing and implementing automated data quality testing and validation frameworks.<br>Familiarity with data quality tooling (e.g., Great Expectations) and core data quality dimensions across analytics workflows.<br>Familiarity with modern analytics stacks and how analytics engineering integrates with cloud data platforms, ingestion tools, dbt, and BI systems.<br>Working knowledge of DataOps practices such as version control, CI/CD, and automated testing.<br>Knowledge of K–12 education data domains and metrics, including enrollment, attendance, assessments, staffing, and multi-state reporting requirements.<br>Familiarity with education data privacy (FERPA), academic calendars, and operational rhythms.<br>Proven ability to lead technical teams, facilitate requirements and design discussions, and manage competing stakeholder priorities.<br>Strong communication and change management skills, translating technical capabilities into clear business value. <br> <br><br>Required experience:<br><br>Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.<br>7+ years of experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, data analytics, or closely related technical roles.<br>3+ years of experience in technical leadership or people management, leading analytics, data, or BI teams.<br>Demonstrated hands-on experience with dbt (2+ years) building and maintaining production data models and transformations.<br>Strong data modeling expertise, with a proven track record designing dimensional models, analytics data marts, or business-facing data products.<br>Expert-level SQL skills, including complex analytical queries and performance optimization<br>Experience partnering with non-technical stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.<br> <br>Preferred Education and Experience:<br><br>Master’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, or a related analytical field.<br>dbt Analytics Engineering certification or equivalent demonstrated expertise<br>Hands-on experience with Snowflake or comparable cloud data warehouse platforms.<br>Experience working with K–12 education data, student information systems, or education analytics.<br>Experience building data solutions for multi-state or geographically distributed organizations.<br>Exposure to data governance practices, including business glossaries and data quality frameworks<br>Familiarity with modern data stack tools (e.g., ingestion, orchestration, BI, and data quality platforms).<br>Experience leading analytics teams using Agile or iterative delivery methodologies.