Associate Data Platform Engineer

Who are we hiring? 

 
The Associate Data Platform Engineer will be responsible for supporting, enhancing, and maintaining Madison Square Garden Company’s advanced data platforms used for both analytics and for the integration of business and customer-facing applications. The Associate Data Platform Engineer will have the opportunity to work with data that spans all of MSG’s business units and includes metrics for the Knicks, Rangers, Rockettes, and concerts held in The Madison Square Garden Company’s iconic venues. The Associate Data Platform Engineer will work closely with both Data Platform Engineers and Sr Data Platform Engineers supporting the development of solutions that establish MSG as a leader in the use of data to drive outstanding business performance by making actionable insights available when and where they add the most value 

What will you do?   

• Support, maintain, and optimize components of the Madison Square Garden enterprise data architecture that power analytics and production reporting across the business, working hands-on with Python, SQL, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Athena. 
• Partner with business stakeholders and Business Intelligence developers to analyze complex business questions and deliver clear, data-driven answers. 
• Develop and maintain enhancements to the enterprise data warehouse, ensuring new data sources and business requirements are integrated reliably and at scale. 
• Build, maintain, and extend ETL transformation processes that populate dimensional data models, applying version control, modular SQL design, and testing practices to keep the analytics layer maintainable, well documented, and trusted for reporting across the organization. 
• Implement data quality checks and validation logic throughout the pipeline lifecycle, proactively identifying anomalies, reconciliation gaps, and upstream source issues before they reach business users. 
• Develop and schedule workflows using modern orchestration tooling such as Apache Airflow, with attention to dependency management, retry logic, and monitoring. 
• Triage, troubleshoot, and resolve issues across data solutions, working with technical and business partners to identify root causes and implement durable fixes. 
• Document data flows, models, and processes, and collaborate closely with teammates through code review and knowledge sharing to strengthen the platform and the team. 
• Provide exceptional experiences for our guests, partners, and team members, including by adhering to our appearance and presentation guidelines while on-site.    

What do you need to succeed?    

• 2+ years of related experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or a comparable technical role 
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience 
• 1+ years of hands-on experience building ETL/ELT pipelines (dbt preferred) and developing SQL, with working knowledge of Big Data solutions and NoSQL databases 
• 1+ years of experience with, or a solid conceptual understanding of, Python and its application to data processing and analysis 
• Conceptual understanding of cloud-based data environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP 
• Familiarity with ETL tooling and modern IDEs or development environments is a plus 
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with attention to detail and a focus on data accuracy 
• High level of enthusiasm for learning new technologies and building innovative data solutions 

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