Data Platform & Engineering Specialist

Data Platform & Engineering Specialist

Molex is seeking a motivated and highly skilled Data Platform & Engineering Specialist to join our Lincoln Digital OpEx Team. This role combines data engineering expertise with platform reliability and cloud architecture skills, enabling you to own the end-to-end data lifecycle—from ingestion and transformation to infrastructure scalability and security within the plant, as part of our Transportation Innovative Solutions division (TIS).

You will work closely with application teams, network/security engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver robust, secure, and observable data services that power real‑time and batch analytics.

• Design and implement ETL/ELT pipelines for batch and streaming data
• Optimize complex SQL queries and data models for performance and scalability
• Ensure data quality and governance through schema validation and data contracts

• Architect and maintain cloud‑based data platforms (AWS/Azure)
• Implement systems for reproducible environments
• Manage networking while working with the Global IT team (VLANs)

• Build and operate event‑driven pipelines using tools like Kafka/Kinesis/Event Hubs
• Monitor and tune streaming systems for throughput, latency, and reliability

• Set up logging, metrics, and alerting for data services
• Implement CI/CD for data pipelines and platform components
• Develop data storage and retention strategies along with recovery and backup

• Partner with application teams, network/security engineers, and analysts
• Document architecture, runbooks, and operational playbooks

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, and/or 3+ years of experience in data engineering and platform/infrastructure roles
• SQL experience (complex queries, performance tuning, data modeling)
• Experience with Python for data workflows; familiarity with Java/Scala for streaming
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and networking fundamentals
• Expertise in streaming technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, Event Hubs) and orchestration
• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus/Grafana, Cloud Watch, Azure Monitor)

• Experience with Spark, Databricks, or dbt.
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Certifications:
  
  AWS/Azure Data Engineering, Networking, or Kafka Confluent

This role is not eligible for VISA Sponsorship or VISA Transfer

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength – focusing on overall well‑being so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E‑Verify. Please  for additional information. (For Illinois E‑Verify information , aqui, or tu).