Lead Data Engineer - ETL/ELT (Remote - NC, AZ, TX, FL)
first citizens bankRaleigh, NC
Lead Data Engineer - ETL/ELT (Remote - NC, AZ, TX, FL)
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Lead Data Engineer This is a remote role that may only be hired in the following location(s): North Carolina, Arizona & Texas. We are seeking a Lead Data Engineer with deep, hands-on experience designing, building, and operating production-grade data platforms. This role is targeted at senior engineers who have personally implemented end-to-end data pipelines and can mentor junior engineers through example. The Lead Data Engineer will be responsible not only for delivery, but also for setting engineering standards, patterns, and best practices across the data platform. This is a highly technical role. Candidates must have real-world, production experience with modern ELT architectures, Snowflake, dbt, Qlik Replicate, Python-based pipeline development, and cloud-native services.
Duties & Responsibilities
End-to-End Data Pipeline Ownership:
Design, build, and operate data pipelines using Medallion Architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold). Own ingestion, transformation, governance, testing, and publishing layers. Ensure reliability, scalability, performance, and cost efficiency of pipelines.
Data Ingestion & Integration:
Implement CDC and batch ingestion using Qlik Replicate. Design ingestion patterns for databases, files, and APIs. Build reusable Python-based pipeline components and frameworks.
Transformation, Modeling & Testing:
Develop dbt models using advanced SQL and Jinja templating. Implement automated testing for data quality, schema validation, and freshness. Enable CI/CD-driven transformation deployments.
Snowflake Platform Engineering & Governance:
Implement Snowpipe, Tasks, Streams, and Stored Procedures. Design and enforce RBAC, dynamic masking, and tag-based access control. Ensure data security and compliance through platform-level controls.
Cloud Engineering:
Build and deploy data components using AWS services such as S3, Lambda, ECS Fargate, Glue, DynamoDB, and IAM, or equivalent Azure services. Collaborate on CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and environment promotion.
Leadership & Mentorship:
Serve as a technical leader and mentor junior and mid-level data engineers. Lead design discussions, code reviews, and technical decision-making. Establish and enforce engineering best practices and standards.
Education & Experience:
Bachelor's Degree and a minimum of 6 years of experience in Advanced Data Engineering, data technologies, cloud platforms, and project or technical leadershipOR High School Diploma or GED and a minimum of 10 years of experience in Advanced Data Engineering, data technologies, cloud platforms, and project or technical leadership
Preferred Qualifications:
Qualified candidates will have proven, hands-on production experience with most of the following:
- Designing and operating Medallion Architecture data pipelines
- Data ingestion using Qlik Replicate (CDC and batch)
- Custom Python data pipeline developmentdbt Mesh Architecture experiencedbt Cloud transformations, testing, SQL, and Jinja templating
- Snowflake ingestion and platform features (Snowpipe, Tasks, Stored Procedures)
- Data governance in Snowflake including RBAC, Tokenization, and dynamic data masking
- Release management, code deployment, disaster recovery activities
- Cloud development using AWS or equivalent Azure services
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JOB OVERVIEW
Experience level
Lead
Location
Raleigh, NC
Occupation
Data Warehousing Specialists
Industry
Computer Systems Design Services
Posted
11 days ago
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