Associate Principal - Data Engineering

Role Purpose

Own endtoend architecture for the CBS News Datahub BigQuery knowledge graph semantic layer Looker and conversational analytics

Key Responsibilities

Define target and phase architectures validate service selection and integration patterns design security IAM and environment dependencies within project boundaries define NFR assumptions and design decisions guide engineering teams review canonical ontology LookML and Gemini integration designs support architecture approvals

Run discovery workshops define personas and analytical journeys baseline entitiestables with client owners document user stories and definitions of done manage requirement traceability support semantic definitions coordinate UAT readiness and signoff evidence

Define business entities canonical structures and SilverGold data models aligned to CBS News analytical personas

Mandatory Skills

GCP data architecture BigQuery BigLakeDataplex DataflowDataprocComposer LookerLookML Vertex AI or Gemini integration enterprise integration and security patterns