Remote Senior Data Platform Engineer | Cloud Data Pipelines

First Citizens Bank; Tallahassee (FL); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform Engineering Organization. You will design scalable cloud-based data architectures and build data solutions across the enterprise, enabling analytics and data-driven decisions.

The role emphasizes real-time and batch data pipelines, data governance, and mentoring teammates. Involves collaboration with product partners and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise data platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Cloud Data Platforms, or related technology disciplines.
• OR
• High School Diploma or GED and 8 years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, Cloud Data Platforms, or related technology disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Data Architecture and Strategy - Design and implement scalable, efficient data architectures.
• Advanced Data Pipeline Development - Architect and implement complex data pipelines for real-time and batch processing.
• Data Governance and Quality Management - Establish and enforce data governance policies and best practices.
• Performance Optimization and Troubleshooting - Analyze and optimize system performance for large-scale data operations.
• Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing - Mentor junior data engineers and provide technical guidance.

Skills

Data architecture

ETL/ELT development

Python

SQL

Data warehousing

Cloud platforms

Data governance

Data pipelines

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Experience 8+ years alternative

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Apache Airflow

Astronomer

Spark

Kafka

AWS

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join the Data Platform Engineering Organization. You will design scalable cloud-based data architectures and build data solutions across the enterprise, enabling analytics and data-driven decisions.

The role emphasizes real-time and batch data pipelines, data governance, and mentoring teammates. Involves collaboration with product partners and business stakeholders to deliver enterprise data platforms.