First Citizens Bank · 15 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer – Qlik, DBT, Snowflake
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expFirst Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing complex data solutions. This role involves leading the development of data pipelines and analytics platforms while mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance data-driven decision-making.
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Responsibilities
Data Architecture and Strategy - Design and implement scalable, efficient data architectures. Lead the development of data strategy aligned with business objectives. Evaluate and integrate new technologies to enhance data capabilities
Hands-on Data Pipeline Development - Implement complex data pipelines for real-time and batch processing. Optimize data flows for high-volume, high-velocity data environments. Develop advanced ETL processes for diverse data sources
Data Governance and Quality Management - Establish and enforce data governance policies and best practices. Implement data quality frameworks and monitoring systems. Ensure compliance with data regulations and standards
Performance Optimization and Troubleshooting - Analyze and optimize system performance for large-scale data operations. Troubleshoot complex data issues and implement robust solutions
Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing - Mentor junior data engineers and provide technical guidance. Contribute to the development of best practices and standards. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive data literacy
Testing & Automation - Write unit test cases, validate the data integrity & consistency requirements, build automated data pipelines using GitLab, Github, CICD tools
Code Deployment & Release Management - Adopt release management processes to promote code deployment to various environments including production, disaster recovery, and support activities
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Data engineering, big data technologies, cloud platforms OR High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Data engineering, big data technologies, cloud platforms
Preferred
Strong hands-on experience in building robust metadata-driven, automated data pipeline solutions leveraging modern cloud-based data technologies, tools for large data platforms
Strong experience leveraging data security, governance methodologies meeting data compliance requirements
Strong hands-on experience building medallion architecture automated ELT data pipelines, snowpipe frameworks leveraging Qlik Replicate, DBT Cloud, snowflake with CICD
Strong hands-on experience building data pipelines, data integrity solutions across multiple data sources and targets like SQL Server, Oracle, Mainframe-DB2, files, Snowflake
Experience working with various structured & semi-structured data files - CSV, fixed‑width, JSON, XML, Excel, and mainframe VSAM
Experience using S3, Lambda, SQS, SNS, Glue, RDS AWS services
Excellent proficiency in Python, Pyspark, advanced SQL for ingestion frameworks and automation
Hands-on data orchestration experience using DBT cloud, Astronomer Airflow
Experience in implementing logging, monitoring, alerting, observability, performance tuning techniques
Implement and maintain sensitive data protection strategies - tokenization, snowflake data masking policies, dynamic & conditional masking, and role‑based masking rules
Strong experience designing, implementing RBAC, data access controls, adopting governance standards across Snowflake and supporting systems
Strong experience in adopting release management guidelines, code deployment to various environments, implementing disaster recovery strategies, leading production activities
Experience implementing schema drift detection and schema evolution patterns
Financial banking experience is a plus
Must have one or more certifications in the relevant technology fields
Team Player: Support peers, team, and department management
Communication: Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Problem Solving: Excellent problem-solving skills, incident management, root cause analysis, and proactive solutions to improve quality
Partnership and Collaboration: Develop and maintain partnership with business and IT stakeholders
Attention to Detail: Ensure accuracy and thoroughness in all tasks
Company
First Citizens Bank
First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$33M2021-05-07Post Ipo Debt· $10M
2018-08-29Post Ipo Debt· $23M
1986-10-31IPO
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Craig Nix
Chief Financial Officer
Samantha Bureau - Johnson
SVP & Director, Customer Contact Center
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