Data Engineer (Snowflake/DataStage)

Collaborate within an agile, multi-disciplinary team to develop optimal data integration and transformation solutions

Document and analyze data requirements (functional and non-functional) to develop scalable, automated, fault-tolerant data pipeline solutions for business and technology initiatives

Profile data to assess the accuracy and completeness of data sources and work with the business partners to mitigate issues

Build and maintain data pipelines for using appropriate tools and practices in development, test, and production environments. Design with modularity to leverage code reuse wherever possible

Create data mappings, programs, routines, and SQL to acquire data from legacy, web, cloud, and purchased package environments into the analytics environment

Use a mix of ELT, ETL, data virtualization, and other methods to optimize the balance of minimal data movement against performance

Maintain metadata management processes and documentation

Monitor data quality to detect emerging issues and consult with the team to create transformation rules to cleanse against defined rules and standards

Participate in code reviews and unit testing to optimize performance and minimize issues

Job Specifications

Typically has the following skills or abilities:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, statistics, economics, or related functional area; or equivalent experience

Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to gather requirements and effectively collaborate with teammates and business partners

4+ years of experience working in a development team providing analytical capabilities

4+ years of hands-on experience in the data space, spanning data preparation, SQL, integration tools,

ETL/ELT / data pipeline design

SQL coding experience

Familiarity with agile development environments (Scrum, Kanban) with a focus on Continuous Integration and Delivery

Previous experience using a data integration platform (IBM InfoSphere DataStage, Oracle Data Integrator, Informatica PowerCenter, MS SSIS, AWS Glue, Denodo), and familiarity with data warehouse MPP platforms such Snowflake, Netezza, Teradata, Redshift, etc

Familiarity with event store and stream processing (Apache Kafka and platforms like Confluent) and with API development and management platforms (MuleSoft, Axway) is also beneficial

Capable of focusing on a specific set of tasks while also ensuring alignment to a broader strategic design

Exhibits the traits of a pro-active, self-driven contributor, who values continual learning and the adoption of new technology

Preferred Skills

Strong experience in Snowflake, IBM DataStage, and SQL to design, build, and optimize scalable data solutions

Experience in data warehousing, analytics enablement, and high-performance data pipelines using modern orchestration and security tools such as Apache Airflow and Vault speed

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