MetLife · 15 hours ago
Lead Azure Data Engineer
Cary, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$120K/yr - $175K/yr
8+ years expMetLife is one of the world’s leading financial services companies, and they are seeking a Lead Azure Data Engineer to enhance their Data and Analytics organization. The role involves leading the design and management of data architecture, building data solutions, and collaborating with various teams to optimize data processes and products.
Asset ManagementFinancial ServicesInsuranceLife InsuranceRisk Management
Responsibilities
Design and solution end-to-end data architecture for data hubs/data products, all the way from source systems to consumption
Oversee the design and management of data solutions to ensure data is stored, processed, curated, and utilized effectively
Own and build a reusable data pipeline utilizing Azure/Databricks for Engagement Program data products
Ingesting huge volumes of data from various platforms for Analytics needs and writing high-performance, reliable, and maintainable ETL code
Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, ensuring the efficient flow of data within the organization with the defined processes and tools
Collect, store, process, and analyze large datasets to build and implement extract, transfer, load (ETL) processes
Develop reusable frameworks to reduce the development effort involved, thereby ensuring cost savings for the projects
Utilizing CI/CD Pipelines: Utilize and enhance CI/CD practices to automate the delivery of data solutions, ensuring reliability and scalability based on the defined tools
Utilize Cloud technologies (Azure Databricks) to enable data product solutions
Develop quality code 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
Partner with Marketing, Marketing Tech, Business, BI, and Data Science teams to create reusable data products
Work with a team spread across the globe in driving the delivery of projects and recommend development and performance improvements
Track and report on KPIs for solution delivery and data quality
Communicate and present use cases, solutions, and impact to business stakeholders and mid/senior management
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
8+ years of Data solutions, development, and delivery experience with 4+ years of recent experience in Azure/Databricks environments
Proficiency and extensive experience with SQL, Spark &/or Scala/Python and performance tuning
Hands-on expertise in: Azure SQL Synapse, Azure Databricks, and/or Data Factory experience is a MUST
Strong experience in building/designing Data warehouses, data stores for analytics consumption on Cloud (real-time as well as batch use cases)
Building and implementing a data ingestion and curation process developed using Cloud data tools such as Azure SQL Synapse, Data Factory, Spark (Scala/Python), Data Bricks, Delta Lake, etc
Good scripting experience, primarily on shell/bash/ PowerShell
Strong SQL knowledge and data analysis skills for data anomaly detection and data quality assurance
Experience implementing data governance and data quality using the enterprise toolset
Databricks certifications and/ or Microsoft Azure Certifications
Very good problem solver and excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
Preferred
Expertise in Python and experience writing Azure functions using Python/Node.js
Experience using Event Hub for data integrations
Eagerness to learn new technologies on the fly and ship to production
Hive database management and Performance tuning - Partitioning / Bucketing
Very good problem solver and excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
Benefits
Comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability
Company-paid life insurance and legal services
A retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 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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