Remote Data Engineer II: Scalable Pipelines

First Citizens Bank; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a data engineer to design, develop, and maintain data pipelines, warehousing, and governance frameworks. You will collaborate with data scientists and analysts to deliver scalable, secure data solutions across real-time and batch processing environments.

The role emphasizes building robust ETL/ELT processes, cloud-native development on AWS or Azure, and strong CI/CD practices using GitLab or GitHub Actions. Remote-friendly across eligible U.S. locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field with 2+ years in data engineering or cloud data platforms.
• Alternatively, High School Diploma or GED with 6+ years in data engineering or cloud data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines for real-time and batch data processing and integration.
• Build and optimize data warehouse structures; ensure data quality and consistency.
• Implement data governance, quality, and compliance policies; document standards.
• Enforce data security measures and access controls.
• Analyze and optimize system performance for large-scale data operations; troubleshoot issues.

Skills

Data engineering

Data technologies

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Medallion Architecture

Qlik Replicate

Python

dbt Cloud

Snowflake

RBAC

AWS

Azure

CI/CD (GitLab/GitHub Actions)

Splunk

Dynatrace

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a data engineer to design, develop, and maintain data pipelines, warehousing, and governance frameworks. You will collaborate with data scientists and analysts to deliver scalable, secure data solutions across real-time and batch processing environments.

The role emphasizes building robust ETL/ELT processes, cloud-native development on AWS or Azure, and strong CI/CD practices using GitLab or GitHub Actions. Remote-friendly across eligible U.S. locations.