Nationwide · 1 day ago
Specialist, Data Engineer
Nationwide is a company passionate about innovation and delivering extraordinary care to its customers. The Data Engineer role involves acquiring, curating, and publishing data for analytical or operational uses, ensuring that data is in a ready-to-use form for various consumers, including business users and data scientists.
BankingFinancial ServicesInsuranceLife Insurance
Responsibilities
Provides basic to moderate technical consultation on data product projects by analyzing end to end data product requirements and existing business processes to lead in the design, development and implementation of data products
Produces data building blocks, data models, and data flows for varying client demands such as dimensional data, standard and ad hoc reporting, data feeds, dashboard reporting, and data science research & exploration
Applies secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities
Translates business data stories into a technical story breakdown structure and work estimate so value and fit for a schedule or sprint is determined
Creates simple to moderate business user access methods to structured and unstructured data by such techniques such as mapping data to a common data model, NLP, transforming data as necessary to satisfy business rules, AI, statistical computations and validation of data content
Assists the enterprise DevSecOps team and other internal organizations on CI/CD best practices experience using JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence etc
Implements production processes and systems to monitor data quality, ensuring production data is always accurate and available for key stakeholders and business processes that depend on it
Develops and maintains scalable data pipelines for both streaming and batch requirements and builds out new API integrations to support continuing increases in data volume and complexity
Writes and performs data unit/integration tests for data quality With input from a business requirements/story, creates and executes testing data and scripts to validate that quality and completeness criteria are satisfied. Can create automated testing programs and data that are re-usable for future code changes
Practices code management and integration with engineering Git principle and practice repositories
Qualification
Required
Proficiency in data engineering concepts, including data pipelines, data management, and data quality
Experience with Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes and tools
Strong programming skills, especially in Python and SQL
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms, particularly Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Data modeling and data architecture expertise
Familiarity with data governance and controls
Knowledge of business intelligence (BI) tools and dashboard/reporting solutions
Understanding of machine learning concepts and their application in data engineering
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities
Agility and adaptability in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
Business acumen and the ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
Innovation and continuous learning mindset
Ability to work effectively within Agile methodologies
Three to five years of relevant experience with data quality rules, data management organization/standards, practices and software development
Experience in data warehousing, statistical analysis, data models, and queries
One to three years' experience with Cloud technology and infrastructure including security and access management
Moderate to advanced skills with modern programming and scripting languages (e.g., SQL, R, Python, Spark, UNIX Shell scripting, Perl, or Ruby)
Good problem solving, oral and written communication skills
Preferred
Education: Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, business, statistics, math, a related field or comparable experience and education strongly preferred
Graduate studies in business, statistics, math, computer science or a related field are a plus
Certifications are not required but encouraged
Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus
Benefits
Medical/dental/vision
Life insurance
Short and long term disability coverage
Paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
Nine paid holidays
8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
401(k) with company match
Company-paid pension plan
Business casual attire
And more.
Company
Nationwide
Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the United States.
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