Remote Senior Snowflake Data Engineer - Data Platform & Governance

First Citizens Bank; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a senior data engineer to own the Snowflake data platform across multiple accounts. You will design scalable data architectures, implement security controls, and collaborate with partners to enable data-driven decisions.

The role emphasizes governance, RBAC/ABAC, and object optimization, with hands-on coding in Python, DBT, and Airflow. Remote-friendly with mentorship and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 4+ years of data engineering experience, or equivalent with 8+ years.
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake platform design, security, and RBAC/ABAC.
• Experience building and governing data warehouses and data pipelines.
• Familiarity with Python, DBT, Airflow, and cloud data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable data architectures aligned with business goals.
• Enforce data governance, security policies, and data quality checks.
• Build Snowflake objects and optimize clustering and performance.
• Coordinate deployments across environments and manage release processes.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to drive data-driven decisions.

Skills

Data Architecture

Data Governance

RBAC/ABAC

Snowflake

ETL/ELT

Python

DBT

Airflow

Cloud Platforms

Security & Compliance

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Okta

SailPoint

PowerBI

Tableau

Splunk

Dynatrace

Astronomer Airflow

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a senior data engineer to own the Snowflake data platform across multiple accounts. You will design scalable data architectures, implement security controls, and collaborate with partners to enable data-driven decisions.

The role emphasizes governance, RBAC/ABAC, and object optimization, with hands-on coding in Python, DBT, and Airflow. Remote-friendly with mentorship and cross-functional collaboration.