About the Role
Drives the technical direction of data engineering initiatives, designing and implementing cutting-edge data solutions, leading complex projects, and serving as a technical authority. Collaborates with senior leadership to align data strategies with business objectives and mentors team members.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of innovative data engineering solutions.
- Drive the adoption of emerging technologies and best practices.
- Provide technical guidance and oversight for critical data initiatives.
- Develop and execute long-term data strategy aligned with business goals.
- Design scalable, enterprise-wide data architectures.
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies and approaches.
- Lead complex, high-impact data engineering projects.
- Manage project scope, timelines, and resources.
- Ensure successful delivery of data solutions that meet business requirements.
- Architect solutions for high-performance, large-scale data operations.
- Implement advanced optimization techniques for data processing and storage.
- Develop strategies for handling increasing data volumes and complexity.
- Mentor data engineering team members and foster skill development.
- Promote knowledge sharing and best practices across the organization.
- Represent the data engineering function in cross-functional initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree and 6 years' experience OR High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent and 10 years' experience in Advanced data engineering, enterprise architecture, project leadership.
Skills
- Enterprise data architecture
- ETL processes and tools (e.g., DBTran, IICS, DataStage, SSIS, Apache Spark, Airflow)
- Big data technologies (e.g., Snowflake, Hadoop, Spark)
- Advanced big data and cloud technologies
- Data governance and security
- Machine learning and AI integration
- Performance tuning and optimization
Experience Level
- 6 years experience
- 10 years experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree
- High School Diploma or GED/Equivalent
- Master's Degree
Benefits
- Competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates.
About the Company
- First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates.
