Senior Data Engineer

First Citizens Bank is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to join their Data Platform Engineering Organization. This role involves building scalable cloud-based data solutions and optimizing data pipelines to support analytics and data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and support scalable data pipelines, data warehouses, and cloud-based data solutions utilizing AWS Services, Snowflake, dbt, Python, SQL, and related technologies
• Develop and maintain ETL/ELT processes, data integrations, and transformation frameworks supporting operational, reporting, and analytical workloads
• Implement and enhance data quality controls, reconciliation processes, testing frameworks, and dbt tests to ensure trusted and reliable data assets
• Optimize data pipeline performance and operational efficiency through monitoring, alert investigation, automation, testing, CI/CD, dashboard development, and production support activities
• Develop monitoring dashboards and operational metrics to improve platform visibility, reliability, and incident response
• Support deployment automation, release validation, and environment promotion processes to improve delivery reliability and operational efficiency
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver scalable data solutions that support business objectives
• Contribute to engineering best practices through technical discussions, peer reviews, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives across the data engineering team
• Leverage AI-powered development and productivity tools to improve engineering efficiency, code quality, testing, and delivery outcomes

Requirements:

• 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
• Advanced experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Advanced experience with modern data warehousing and large-scale data processing technologies such as Snowflake, Spark, or equivalent platforms
• Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL
• Advanced experience developing and supporting ETL/ELT processes, data pipelines, and data integration solutions utilizing tools such as dbt, Apache Airflow, Astronomer or equivalent cloud-native data engineering technologies
• Experience with data modeling, data warehousing, and data engineering best practices
• Experience designing, developing, and supporting scalable and reliable data engineering solutions in enterprise environments
• Experience collaborating with business and technology stakeholders to deliver data-driven solutions
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Intermediate experience with enterprise ETL/ELT tools such as DataStage, SAP BODS, SSIS, Informatica, or equivalent technologies
• Intermediate experience developing and supporting Operational Data Stores (ODS), analytics platforms, and data products
• Intermediate experience with Change Data Capture (CDC), streaming, and real-time data ingestion technologies such as Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Flink, Qlik Replicate, Snow pipe Streaming, or equivalent platforms
• Intermediate experience integrating data across cloud and on-premises environments
• Experience with Data Vault modeling and modern data warehousing methodologies
• Intermediate understanding of data governance, security, compliance, and data quality management practices
• Experience working within Financial Services, Banking, or other highly regulated industries
• Familiarity with Tableau, Power BI, or other analytics and visualization platforms
• Experience using AI-powered development and productivity tools to improve engineering efficiency and delivery outcomes
• AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate, AWS Certified Developer – Associate, SnowPro Core Certification, SnowPro Advanced Data Engineer Certification, or equivalent cloud and data platform certifications