Remote Lead Data Engineer - Cloud Data Platforms

First Citizens Bank; Jacksonville (FL); Remote; USD 129,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to spearhead our Data Platform Engineering Organization, driving enterprise data platforms for analytics, BI, and decision-making. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership across cloud data platforms, data warehousing, and modern ETL/ELT practices.

The successful candidate will mentor engineers, collaborate with product partners and stakeholders, and advance engineering excellence using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL, while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years in data engineering or related fields.
• Alternative: High School Diploma or GED with 10+ years in data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of enterprise data solutions using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL.
• Develop and support data warehouses and ETL/ELT pipelines for analytics and reporting.
• Design batch and real-time data processing with streaming architectures.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Define data quality, governance, and testing standards across the data platform.
• Establish monitoring, deployment, and observability standards, including SLAs and SLOs.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices in data engineering.

Skills

AWS

Azure

GCP

Snowflake

Python

SQL

dbt

Apache Airflow

Kafka

Kinesis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

High School Diploma or GED with 10 years experience

Tools

dbt

Apache Airflow

Astronomer

Kafka

Amazon Kinesis

Qlik Replicate

Snowpipe Streaming

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking an experienced Lead Data Engineer to spearhead our Data Platform Engineering Organization, driving enterprise data platforms for analytics, BI, and decision-making. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership across cloud data platforms, data warehousing, and modern ETL/ELT practices.

The successful candidate will mentor engineers, collaborate with product partners and stakeholders, and advance engineering excellence using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL, while