Staff Engineer

Role Overview

• work in a mid-level role with proficiency in one or more key products
• responsible for managing and supporting the organization's IT infrastructure or applications
• identify development and support needs as well as taking on design responsibilities supporting project tasks
• facilitate dialogue and activities, while also ensuring team collaboration
• responsible for enabling scalable, secure, and governed data solutions across the organization
• focus on platform reliability, performance, automation, and enablement of data engineering teams, rather than application-specific development
• collaborate with architects, data engineers, governance teams, and business stakeholders to implement cloud-first platform design patterns, automation frameworks, and operational best practices
• ensure strong alignment with enterprise standards
• take assignments that can be worked on individually without supervision and manage work effort from concept to completion
• design and implement engineering principles aimed at reliability practices and sound recovery procedures
• design transaction specific application performance monitoring metrics that can be captured and passed to business partners
• layout reference architecture and visual diagrams that capture work
• ensure compliance with IT policies, procedures, and industry standards, including reviewing and refining IT control enhancements
• build, configure, and manage enterprise data platform services across Azure and Microsoft Fabric environments
• own platform availability, reliability, and performance, including monitoring, alerting, and incident response
• implement backup, recovery, and failover strategies to ensure business continuity
• manage capacity planning, cost optimization, and workload isolation strategies
• implement and manage access controls, RBAC, AD groups, and secure connectivity (Private Link, VNet, Gateways)
• ensure platform compliance with enterprise governance, regulatory standards, and audit requirements
• define and implement platform-level monitoring, telemetry, and observability frameworks
• create and maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, and operational documentation
• support production operations through incident triage, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement

Requirements

• 5+ years of related experience in IT App Support, IT Development, IT Networking, or similar field
• Bachelor's degree in related field required
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking preferred
• Advanced knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices
• Advanced proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Additional experience with pipeline development and leveraging Azure DevOps while working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Intermediate to advanced ability to see the big picture and align projects with organizational goals
• Capable of leading and motivating cross-functional teams
• Expertise in resolving conflicts and addressing challenges as well as skilled at identifying and mitigating risks at the project level
• Proficient in governance patterns tied to intake, technical reviews and architectural compliance
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills
• May require up to 25% travel
• Expertise in Microsoft Azure & Microsoft Fabric, including Fabric Lakehouse, Warehouse, Workspaces, Capacity management, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Synapse Analytics, Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Key Vault, Azure Monitor
• Experience with Platform provisioning & automation (ARM, Terraform, YAML pipelines), CI/CD using Azure DevOps, Monitoring & observability frameworks, Security & access management (RBAC, Managed Identity, Service Principals)
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and/or PySpark
• Working knowledge of data engineering frameworks and data lifecycle concepts, Fabric capacities, workspace configurations, and environment isolation
• Data security, compliance, and governance frameworks
• Familiarity with data cataloging, lineage, and quality tools (e.g., Informatica, Purview)

Tech Stack

• Azure
• Cloud
• Informatica
• PySpark
• Python
• SQL
• Terraform
• Vault

Benefits

• competitive salaries
• ownership stake in the company
• medical and dental insurance
• time off
• a great 401k matching program
• tuition assistance program
• an employee volunteer program
• a wellness program