MetLife · 23 hours ago
Lead Azure Data Engineer
Cary, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $158K/yr
10+ years expMetLife is a leading financial services company providing insurance and asset management solutions. They are seeking a Lead Azure Data Engineer to implement scalable data solutions, focusing on big data development and architecture for analytics.
Asset ManagementFinancial ServicesInsuranceLife InsuranceRisk Management
Responsibilities
Design and execute a large-scale data migration initiative with a focus on defining migration architecture, ensuring data quality, and data reconciliation from various sources for consumption and reporting for analytics
Ingest huge volumes of data from various platforms for Analytics needs and write high-performance, scalable, reliable, and maintainable pipelines in Azure data bricks, Azure Data Factory, and related services
Developing reusable frameworks to manage complex data transformations, Validations, and data reconciliations
Develop quality code with thought-through performance optimizations in place right at the development stage
Appetite to learn new technologies and be ready to work on new cutting-edge cloud technologies
Work with teams spread across the globe in driving the delivery of projects and recommend development and performance improvements
Extensive experience with various database types and knowledge to leverage the right one for the need
Strong understanding of data tools and ability to leverage them to understand the data and generate insights
Hands-on experience in building/designing at-scale Data Lake, Data warehouses, data stores for analytics consumption on Cloud platforms (real-time as well as batch use cases)
Utilize Cloud technologies (preferably Azure Databricks) to enable PaaS-centric enterprise solutions
Implement solutions that support dynamic scaling, including throttling and bursting for high-volume data workloads
Establish and evangelize modern software development practices, including CI/CD, automated testing, and code quality standards
Develop and support an API catalog for data services, ensuring standardization and security
Optimize reusable frameworks, Spark jobs for performance and cost efficiency in large-scale environments
Ability to interact with business analysts and functional analysts in getting the requirements and implementing ETL solutions
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's/ master's degree in information technology/computer science or a relevant domain
Microsoft Azure Certifications and/or Databricks certifications
10+ years of solutions development and delivery experience with 6+ years of recent experience in data engineering
Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets
Data architecture (traditional – examples include SQL Server + modern – examples include Azure) and knowledge of data architecture patterns
Strong experience in Azure data bricks, including Spark, Delta Lake, data stores for analytics consumption (real-time as well as batch use cases)
Ability to interact with business analysts and functional analysts in getting the requirements and implementing the ELT solutions
Proficiency and extensive experience with Spark/Scala/Python and performance tuning
Experience with APIs and web services for data exchange
Hands-on expertise in building & implementing data ingestion, curation, and data integration processes developed using Cloud data tools such as Azure Databricks, SQL, Azure Data Factory, Spark (Scala/Python), Delta Lake, etc
Performance tuning on Azure data bricks, dedicated SQL Pool and server SQL Pools, APIs loading and consumption optimizations
Very good problem solver and excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
Preferred
Experience using data reconciliation frameworks and data migration automation tools
Good scripting experience primarily on shell/bash/ PowerShell would be desirable
Experience in large-scale ERP transformation programs
Code versioning experience using Azure DevOps. Working knowledge of Azure DevOps pipelines
Prior experience leveraging AI and ML capabilities to automate and optimize complex workflows with intelligent use of low or no-code
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) and 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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