Data Platform & Analytics Engineer for APAC Growth

Zurich Insurance; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Zurich Insurance seeks a Data Engineer – Platform & Analytics to join our APAC regional edge platform data team. You will deliver end-to-end data solutions, including databases, data lakehouses, pipelines, and dashboards, partnering with stakeholders to enable reliable analytics and self‑service reporting.

The role emphasizes data governance, security, and scalable architecture across cloud platforms, with opportunities for growth as data capabilities mature in the region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in CS/IT/Data Eng or related field
• 3–7 years of experience in data engineering, database development, or analytics engineering
• Experience in Agile delivery environments preferred

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
• Support and optimize cloud-based data platforms, databases, and data lakehouses.
• Build scalable data integration solutions across multiple source systems.
• Ensure data quality, reliability, monitoring, and operational excellence across data assets.
• Manage data ingestion, transformation, and delivery processes.
• Database Administration & Support; troubleshoot and tune databases.
• Assist with performance tuning, access management, and ops support.
• Implement data security, governance, and compliance requirements.
• Support deployment, release activities, and production issue resolution.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand reporting requirements.
• Develop and support dashboards, reports, and analytical datasets.
• Translate business requirements into scalable data models and reporting solutions.
• Enable self-service reporting through governed datasets.
• Contribute to data standards and platform improvements.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and operational controls.

Skills

SQL development

Relational databases

ETL/ELT pipelines

Cloud data platforms

Data warehousing concepts

Power BI

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Data Engineering

Tools

PostgreSQL

Oracle

SQL Server

Databricks

Delta Lake

Spark

Power BI

Git

Job description

Zurich Insurance seeks a Data Engineer – Platform & Analytics to join our APAC regional edge platform data team. You will deliver end-to-end data solutions, including databases, data lakehouses, pipelines, and dashboards, partnering with stakeholders to enable reliable analytics and self‑service reporting.

The role emphasizes data governance, security, and scalable architecture across cloud platforms, with opportunities for growth as data capabilities mature in the region.