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Data Engineer Principals #IN1214

Yesterday Columbus, IN

DESCRIPTION

Work with key business stakeholders, IT experts and subject-matter experts to plan, design, build and deliver optimal analytics and data science solutions. Gather requirements and build roadmaps, architectures and lead decision making process for tools selection to help the Product Teams achieve their goals. Collaborate and align with the wider Organization and Enterprise Data Strategy. Create data architectures for data lake, databases, and data warehouse structure based on functional and technical requirements. Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture using experience with databases and data management. Apply the science of measurement to assess whether a solution meets its intended outcome using the Function's defined best practices, including Quality Assurance Metrics and Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) standards, tools, metrics and key performance indicators to deliver a quality product. Leverage engineering principles and practices to design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing processes such as quality control. Analyze complex business systems, industry requirements, and data regulations. Identify, design and implement internal process improvements including automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery and re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability. Work with Executive, Product, Data and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and data infrastructure needs. Create solution designs and patterns using the Cummins Technical Reference Model (CTRM), CLEAN standards, and existing reference patterns to maintain alignment to company standards. Ensure compliance with data governance and data security requirements while creating, improving and operationalizing these integrated and reusable data pipelines, enabling faster data access, integrated data reuse and vastly improved time-to-solution for the data and analytics initiatives. Develop applications for a Cloud-based environment and data extraction tools from variety of sources using experience with Big Data technologies including Java, Map-Reduce, SPARK, Scala, HBase, Hive, Kafka, ODBC, and SQL query language. Drive failure mode, troubleshooting methods, and data quality across operational business processes and decision making. Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in data systems. Apply experience with IoT Technology in manufacturing, end products, and other applications where sensors capture and generate large amounts of data that need to be transferred using data pipelines to massive data lakes that are powered and managed by Big Data technologies. Utilize Agile software development methodologies including DevOps, Scrum, and Kanban to manage various projects including software development and advanced analytics product development to increase productivity and deliver products that meet value to customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Positions require a Master's degree in Data or Industrial Engineering or Technology, or related field and 3 years of experience as a Data Scientist or Engineer, Developer, or related position. Alternatively, the employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Data or Industrial Engineering or Technology, or related field and 5 years of experience as a Quality or Software Engineer, Data Scientist, or related position. Experience to include: Build analytics and data science solutions; Databases and data management; Quality Assurance Metrics and Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC); Analyze complex business systems, industry requirements, and data regulations; Create solution designs and patterns; Develop applications for a Cloud-based environment; Big Data technologies including Java, Map Reduce, SPARK, Scala, HBase, Hive, Kafka, ODBC, and SQL query language; Drive data quality to strive for greater functionality in data systems; IoT Technology; Agile software development methodologies including DevOps, Scrum, and Kanban.

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QUALIFICATIONS

Start Date of Posting: 04/16/2026

End Date of Posting: 05/01/2026

Position Type: On-site

Location: Columbus, IN

*Annual USD Salary Minimum - Maximum $127,350 to $155,650

Job Systems/Information Technology

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category On-site with Flexibility

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

Min Salary $127350

Max Salary $155650

ReqID 2427476

Relocation Package Yes

100% On-Site Yes

Due to the operational nature and specific job duties of this role, work is required to be completed 100% in person/On-site.

Cummins and E-Verify

At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates the right to work using E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Visit http://EEOC.gov to know your rights on workplace discrimination.

Client-provided location(s): Columbus, IN
Job ID: Cummins-R-BE5151BAEBCF4FFC9093052D769947F1
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2026-04-17T20:13:57

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • On-Site Gym
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Company Outings
    • Casual Dress
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Leave of Absence
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Paid Holidays
  • Financial and Retirement

    • Relocation Assistance
    • Performance Bonus
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Pension
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
  • Professional Development

    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Diversity and Inclusion