MetLife · 1 week ago
Lead Azure Data Engineer
Cary, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$115K/yr - $158K/yr
5+ years expMetLife is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management. The Lead Azure Data Engineer will own core platform architecture and data pipelines on Azure, enabling effective campaign activation and performance measurement for marketing efforts.
Asset ManagementFinancial ServicesInsuranceLife InsuranceRisk Management
Responsibilities
Own Azure-based MDP architecture and operations (security, reliability, performance, cost)
Build reusable ETL/ELT pipelines in ADF + Databricks/Delta for curated audience and measurement data products
Enable campaign activation by operationalizing segmentation logic and producing campaign-ready extracts for activation platforms
Deliver measurement datasets for performance, engagement, and attribution; support efficient refresh and reporting patterns
Implement governance: RBAC, encryption, auditing, lineage/metadata; ensure compliance with internal policies
Drive DevOps/IaC for data workflows (CI/CD, source control, automated deployments, monitoring)
Partner with Marketing Analytics, MarTech/Ops, and BI to prioritize backlog and deliver outcomes in Agile
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field experience
5+ years in data engineering/architecture; 2+ years in Azure environments
Expertise in Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL, and/or Azure Synapse
Strong SQL and/or Python; performance tuning for pipelines and queries
Git and CI/CD (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions)
Knowledge of customer/audience data models and campaign lifecycles (activation measurement optimization)
Preferred
Azure certifications (Solutions Architect / Data Engineer Associate)
Terraform/YAML Infrastructure as Code for Azure deployments
Marketing/MarTech integrations (Adobe, Salesforce, Marketo, CDPs) via APIs/REST
Third-party data onboarding and governance for marketing use cases
Streaming/real-time architectures (Event Hubs, Kafka, Stream Analytics)
Benefits
Comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision
Dental insurance
No-cost short- and long-term disability
Company-paid life insurance
Legal services
A retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife
401(k) with employer matching
Group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Digital mental health programs
Parental leave
Volunteer time off
Tuition assistance
Company
MetLife
MetLife is a provider of insurance, employee benefits, and financial services .
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$500M2024-06-20Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2000-04-14IPO
Leadership Team
Michel A. Khalaf
President & CEO, MetLife, Inc.
Koley Corte
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer - Institutional, Regional, Global Insights+Analytics
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