Data Engineer

Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) is a world-wide leader in IT asset and cloud infrastructure reuse, redeployment, recycling and refining.  SLS serves global clients across a range of industries to securely and responsibly recycle and manage the disposition of IT equipment and electronic products.
Our asset management and recovery service enables businesses to meet both their social and legal obligations in the treatment of surplus electronics in a legally compliant, data secure, fully traceable, and environmentally sustainable manner. With our global reach, expertise, and infrastructure, SLS is able to provide a comprehensive solution for e-waste and IT asset disposition anywhere in the world.

At Sims Lifecycle Services, we believe progress is driven by our people. If you’re set on making real change for tomorrow, we have the scale, resources, and ambition to make it happen.  Now’s an extraordinary time to work with us. SLS is the global leader in circular cloud solutions. We will continue to drive circular economy initiatives with our clients to improve environmental outcomes and business results. To achieve it, we’re bringing together people with unique stories, perspectives, backgrounds, and talent – and we need yours too! 

Join Our Dynamic Team!  We are seeking a Data Engineer to join team at our West Chicago, IL or La Vergne, TN. This is a fantastic opportunity for a results-driven professional who thrives on solving business challenges, identifying opportunities, and building strategic partnerships. Reporting to Data Engineering Lead with, this role will be the SLS Data Engineer supporting the company’s modern data platform by designing, operating, and optimizing Microsoft Fabric–based data pipelines using the bronze, silver, and gold architecture. This role owns the performance, reliability, maintenance, and lifecycle management of enterprise databases across on‑premises and cloud environments. Acting as the escalation point for complex database issues, the engineer partners with application, platform, and analytics teams to modernize data and warehouse solutions. Through proactive performance monitoring, optimization, and migration leadership, the role ensures business continuity, regulatory compliance, and scalable, data‑driven decision‑making.

This is more than a job - it's a chance to develop your career with a global organization that values innovation, collaboration, and results. We are in an exciting period of growth, and the successful candidate will play an essential role partnering with the IT team enables the organization’s success by delivering secure, reliable, and innovative technology solutions. They support core systems, data platforms, and applications while ensuring performance, availability, and compliance. By partnering closely with business teams, IT drives modernization, operational efficiency, and data‑informed decision‑making across the enterprise to influence outcomes.

Key Accountabilities

With a promote-from-within philosophy and a variety of programs available to support continuous learning, Sims offers the opportunity for a rewarding career. We are committed to the ecologically sound and sustainable use of resources and strive to operate in a manner that minimizes waste and protects the environment.
 
A career with SLS provides you with the opportunity to work with an organization whose goal is to be the world’s safest and most responsible recycling company. Our people achieve this by creating a zero-harm workplace, being exemplary members of the communities in which we operate, and being responsible stewards of the environment. We also offer competitive pay and a range of attractive benefits.

SLS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value the diversity of all of our employees and are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone can contribute, advance on merit, and realize their full potential. SLS does not discriminate with regard to race, sex, religion, color, national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, housing status, source of income, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to any employment decision, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.  qualified applicants with a disability in need of a reasonable accommodation may request such without fear of reprisal or discrimination.

To achieve our purpose to create a world without waste to preserve our planet, we are guided by our Principles of Purpose: Be Safe + Well, Band Together, Be Accountable + Transparent, Consistently Innovate, Inspire with Purpose, Celebrate + Have Fun.