IoT Data Engineer
PROPWR Houston, Texas, United States
Oil and Gas · 1,001-5,000 employees
About the role
The IoT Data Engineer designs, builds, and maintains scalable IoT data pipelines to support real-time and batch analytics across field operations. They are responsible for integrating telemetry from edge devices, ensuring data quality, and managing IoT system reliability.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field and at least 3 years of relevant experience in telemetry data pipelines. Strong analytical skills and proficiency with Azure services, Linux, and Grafana are required.
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Job Description
Job Summary
The IoT Data Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable IoT data pipelines and platforms that support real-time and batch analytics across field operations. This role focuses on integrating IoT telemetry from edge devices into the enterprise data ecosystem, ensuring reliability, data
quality, and operational visibility as deployments scale. The position works closely with Operations, OT, IT, and Analytics teams to support IoT device
onboarding, monitoring, and data ingestion while enabling long-term improvements to streaming pipelines, data architecture, and analytics readiness.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable IoT data pipelines using Azure services such as IoT Hub, Event Hubs, and Azure Data Lake.
- Implement streaming and batch ingestion patterns for IoT telemetry, alarms, and operational events.
- Support day-to-day IoT operations, including device onboarding, configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting
- Maintain dashboards and alerts for IoT health, telemetry flow, and system reliability using tools such as Grafana and Azure Monitor.
- Act as a point of contact for IoT operational issues and coordinate resolution with internal teams and vendors.
- Assist in stabilizing and scaling IoT deployments across multiple crews and locations.
- Implement data validation, monitoring, and quality checks for IoT telemetry and event streams.
- Ensure metadata capture, traceability, and operational logging for IoT data pipelines.
- Improve system reliability through error handling, replay strategies, and recovery mechanisms for streaming data.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IoT Data Engineering, or related field
- 3 years’ relevant experience in telemetry data pipelines and analytics
- 3 years’ experience managing mid-to-large projects
- Strong critical and analytical thinking skills, able to problem solve issues and provide effective solutions
- Experience with Linux, Azure services, Grafana
- Willing and able to reach out for help with the required skill sets
- Good verbal and written communication skills, able to effectively interact with vendors, diverse stakeholders, and personnel at all levels of the organization
- Personable, possesses strong teamwork and collaboration skills
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here represent those required for an employee to successfully perform the role’s essential functions. Reasonable accommodation may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform their major responsibilities.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, or walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop or bend; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 lbs.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here represent environmental conditions an employee will encounter while performing the role’s essential functions. The noise level in some work environments can be moderate and an employee may encounter extreme weather conditions while performing major duties. Reasonable accommodation may be provided for individuals with disabilities to perform their major responsibilities.
Disclaimer
The information provided in this job description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within the role’s classification. This job description is not to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications required of employees assigned to this role.
PROPWR is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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