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Abbvie INC

Senior Data and Analytics Engineer

North Chicago, IL, US Posted today

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TranslationSupply chainLeadershipData engineeringWarehouse operationsAWSElectronic health recordsSparkAirflowdbtReconciliationCI/CD

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Sponsorship verdict

Sponsorship possible

One solid signal, not two. Worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.

  • Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 177 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
  • The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
  • No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
  • What Abbvie INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles7 certified filings for “Senior Data Engineer” (Database Architects) in IL: $116k–$195k, median $165k.
  • Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
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Employer is on a government sponsor record
The US Department of Labor certified 177 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
No salary bar for this route
H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
What Abbvie INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles
7 certified filings for “Senior Data Engineer” (Database Architects) in IL: $116k–$195k, median $165k. Most were filed at wage level IV (43%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).

US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).

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About the role

The Senior Data and Analytics Engineer will be responsible for translating complex business and data requirements into scalable, secure, and high-performing analytics and data engineering solutions for the Operations (Supply Chain) organization. The role will partner closely with internal DATA (Data, AI, Transformation and Automation) teams, and cross functional Business Technology Solutions (BTS), business stakeholders, architects, and delivery teams to understand strategic priorities and design, build, and deliver modern data solutions that enables analytics, business intelligence, and AI use cases.  This role requires a strong combination of hands-on technical expertise and strategic thinking, understanding the North Star platform architecture to implement practical engineering solutions while ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, development standards, data governance, security, and engineering best practices. The individual will also provide technical leadership throughout the solution lifecycle, proactively manage technical risks and dependencies, and communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.  Responsibilities  • Hands-on engineering and solution delivery: Design, develop, test, deploy, and support production-grade data pipelines and data products for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. Build for both batch and near-real-time/streaming patterns, with reusable components, parameterized frameworks, and automated recovery.  • Lakehouse and modern data warehouse architecture: Implement solutions using Amazon S3, Apache Iceberg/open table formats, AWS Glue Data Catalog, Amazon EMR/Spark, Amazon Redshift and Redshift Spectrum. Apply medallion patterns (Bronze, Silver, Gold), dimensional and domain-oriented modeling, workload isolation, partitioning, clustering/sort strategies, and performance optimization.  • Data product and data mesh enablement: Translate business domains into discoverable, interoperable, and governed data products. Define product contracts, ownership, metadata, quality expectations, service-level objectives, lineage, and approved consumption patterns for dashboards, self-service analytics, APIs, data science, and AI.  • Ingestion and orchestration: Engineer reliable ingestion from enterprise applications, databases, files, APIs, and event streams. Develop orchestration using tools such as Apache Airflow, dbt, AWS Step Functions or equivalent approved platforms, with dependency management, idempotency, observability, alerting, and backfill capability.  • Data quality, governance, and security: Embed automated data-quality controls, reconciliation, schema validation, lineage, cataloging, retention, encryption, least-privilege access, and auditability. Partner with data governance, security, privacy, architecture, and platform teams to meet AbbVie standards and regulated-industry expectations.  • DevSecOps and engineering excellence: Establish source-control, code-review, automated testing, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, environment promotion, release management, and operational monitoring practices. Improve reliability, cost, performance, and developer productivity through measurable engineering standards.  • Business partnership and technical leadership: Understands organization's vision, goals, and strategies and partner with DATA, BTS, Operations stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable designs. Provide technical direction, resolve design and delivery issues, communicate risks and trade-offs, and contribute to portfolio prioritization and roadmap decisions.  • Operational ownership: Own solutions through the full lifecycle, including production readiness, deployment, support transition, incident resolution, root-cause analysis,

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