Data Engineer I — Azure Data Platform & BI

Western Alliance Bancorporation; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Tuition assistance

401(k)

Job summary

Western Alliance Bank is seeking an Engineer I - Data Engineer to design, build, and deploy critical data platform components supporting analytics objectives. You will work with cloud data engineering, data management, and cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable data pipelines and insights.

Responsibilities include building ETL pipelines with Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and DevOps, applying test‑driven development, and using Power BI for BI visuals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, MIS, or Data & Analytics.
• Basic knowledge of RDBMS and query languages such as T-SQL, PL/SQL or Spark SQL.
• Willingness to tackle new challenges and continuously learn modern automation and integration methods and tools.
• Entry level knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Entry level knowledge of regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards, and practices.
• Entry level organizational and interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with team members, stakeholders, and external partners.
• Entry level experience from classroom work with code repositories and automated code build solutions for CI/CD Pipelines.
• Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, evaluate, and deploy data engineering solutions using Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure DevOps.
• Build ETL and data pipeline capabilities across systems for regulatory reporting and analytics.
• Implement Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for data solutions following technical standards.
• Apply test‑driven development practices to data solutions.
• Use Power BI to design, deploy, and visualize tabular cubes for BI insights.
• Conduct data exploration and profiling using Excel and Informatica.
• Partner with product owners, data architects, and stakeholders to gather requirements.
• Support and resolve enterprise platform issues while identifying improvement opportunities.
• Troubleshoot files, data, API, and orchestration issues ensuring data integrity.

Skills

Azure Data Factory

Azure Synapse Analytics

Azure DevOps

Power BI

T-SQL

PL/SQL

Spark SQL

Informatica

Excel

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, MIS, or Data & Analytics

Tools

Visual Studio

VS Code

WinSCP

WinMerge

SQL Server Management Studio

Azure DevOps

Job description

Western Alliance Bank is seeking an Engineer I - Data Engineer to design, build, and deploy critical data platform components supporting analytics objectives. You will work with cloud data engineering, data management, and cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable data pipelines and insights.

Responsibilities include building ETL pipelines with Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and DevOps, applying test‑driven development, and using Power BI for BI visuals.