Job Summary
Synechron is seeking a Sr. Data Engineer to design and develop reliable and scalable data pipelines and platforms. This role is integral to our efforts in leveraging data to drive business success. The Sr. Data Engineer will contribute to strategic objectives by creating solutions that meet business requirements, providing technical leadership, and mentoring junior team members.
Software Requirements
Required Software Proficiency:
- Enterprise BI/Big Data/DW/ETL technologies: Teradata, Hadoop, Tableau, SAS, Hyperion, Business Objects (Extensive experience)
- Data modeling patterns (Strong knowledge)
- Ab Initio, Snowflake, AWS/Cloud Services (Experience)
Preferred Software Skills:
- Familiarity with additional cloud services and data integration tools
Overall Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable data pipelines and platforms with comprehensive test coverage.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to analyze requirements and translate them into technical implementations.
- Drive opportunities for continuous improvement in team processes and product delivery.
- Mentor junior Data Engineers, providing guidance and technical assistance.
- Produce high-quality, sustainable solutions aligned with industry best practices.
- Provide technical governance to ensure successful delivery and adoption of data products.
- Deliver solutions focused on data design, preparation, transformation, and load.
- Implement data pipelines in distributed data platforms including warehouses, databases, data lakes, and cloud lakehouses.
- Enable data predictions, models, reporting, and visualization analysis.
Technical Skills (By Category)
Programming Languages:
- Required: Proficiency in SQL and other data query languages
Databases/Data Management:
- Required: Experience with Teradata, Hadoop, Snowflake
- Preferred: Experience with Oracle, SQL Server
Cloud Technologies:
- Required: AWS/Cloud Services
Frameworks and Libraries:
- Required: Ab Initio, SAS, Hyperion
Development Tools and Methodologies:
- Required: Agile methodologies
- Preferred: Experience with additional data integration tools
Experience Requirements
- Extensive experience in large enterprise environments handling large datasets with high service level agreements.
- 7+ years of experience in financial institutions or insurance providers is desirable.
- Experience within a Data Delivery Life Cycle framework.
- Proven ability to lead discussions and drive decisions across stakeholder groups.
Day-to-Day Activities
- Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and platforms.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and translate requirements into technical implementations.
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and drive initiatives.
- Mentor junior team members, providing technical guidance.
- Ensure solutions meet business requirements and industry best practices.
- Provide technical governance to ensure successful delivery and adoption of data products.
- Build and implement data pipelines in distributed data platforms.
- Enable data predictions, models, reporting, and visualization analysis.
- Contribute to domain planning and align technical deliveries with engineering strategy.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Relevant certifications in data engineering or cloud technologies are a plus.
Professional Competencies
- Critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
- Leadership and teamwork abilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Adaptability and learning orientation.
- Innovation mindset.
- Time and priority management.
SYNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT
Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.
All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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