Remote Lead Data Engineer — Cloud Platforms & Analytics

First Citizens; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 129,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise data platforms powering analytics, reporting, and BI. This role focuses on cloud-based data platforms using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL, while mentoring engineers and driving engineering excellence.

The successful candidate will oversee data warehouses, ODS, ETL/ELT pipelines, and real-time processing with modern streaming architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years in Data Engineering or Data Warehousing.
• Or High School Diploma with 10+ years in same areas.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and implementation of enterprise data solutions using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, SQL.

Skills

AWS

Snowflake

dbt

Python

SQL

Spark

Apache Airflow

Power BI

Tableau

Kinesis

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Apache Airflow

Astronomer

Kafka

Kinesis

Snowpipe Streaming

Tableau

Power BI

AWS Console

Job description

First Citizens is seeking a Lead Data Engineer to lead the design, development, and modernization of enterprise data platforms powering analytics, reporting, and BI. This role focuses on cloud-based data platforms using AWS, Snowflake, dbt, Python, and SQL, while mentoring engineers and driving engineering excellence.

The successful candidate will oversee data warehouses, ODS, ETL/ELT pipelines, and real-time processing with modern streaming architectures.