Senior Enterprise Data Engineer – Snowflake & DBT Expert

Sammons Financial Group Inc.; West Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 95,311 - 158,851; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and family (M,

Job summary

Sammons Financial Group is seeking a Systems Analyst to design and implement scalable data pipelines and ELT/ETL solutions using Snowflake, dbt, and modern data engineering tools. The role offers alignment to Systems Analyst 2/3 levels with potential for growth within a financial services environment.

Candidate will integrate enterprise systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure data quality through governance and QA practices.

Qualifications

• College degree in computer science, information science, or MIS preferred.
• Minimum 8 years IT development experience or equivalent preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with business partners and IT staff.
• Strong problem-solving abilities to research and propose solutions.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Ability to direct and coordinate work without HR management responsibility.
• Knowledge of programming languages as required for the system.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement scalable data pipelines and ELT/ETL solutions using Snowflake and modern data engineering frameworks.
• Develop and manage data transformations and orchestration using dbt, ADF, ADL, or comparable tools.
• Integrate Snowflake with enterprise systems and cloud data platforms (MuleSoft, Kafka, REST APIs).
• Collaborate with product owner, architects, and developers to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Prepare and interpret business, functional, and non-functional requirements into data models and pipelines.
• Establish and enforce data engineering standards, best practices, and governance controls.
• Implement quality assurance of data processing, transformations, and error resolution.
• Monitor pipeline performance, reliability, and cost efficiency; suggest improvements.
• Research and recommend emerging tools and technologies to improve data delivery and integration efficiency.
• Certifications in Snowflake.
• Experience in the Life Insurance or Financial Services domain.

Skills

Snowflake

SQL

dbt

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/MIS

Tools

MuleSoft

Kafka

REST APIs

Job description

Sammons Financial Group is seeking a Systems Analyst to design and implement scalable data pipelines and ELT/ETL solutions using Snowflake, dbt, and modern data engineering tools. The role offers alignment to Systems Analyst 2/3 levels with potential for growth within a financial services environment.

Candidate will integrate enterprise systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure data quality through governance and QA practices.