Staff Data Engineer

Job Title:
Staff Data Engineer
Location:
TX – Dallas/Irving
What youll do:
As the Staff Data Engineer II, you are accountable to design, build, and implement critical components of the enterprise data platform in accordance with the strategic data and analytics needs of the Western Alliance Bank Regulatory Reporting strategy and roadmap. This challenging role requires the best of your data management, cloud data engineering and technology knowledge to develop a cross-business unit data tier that is leveraged to improve our regulatory reporting and analytics capabilities, including the Large Financial Institution requirements. The Staff Data Engineer II is a pioneer in our modern data platform working directly with data analysts, data engineers, enterprise architects and business stakeholders. Embedded in the Enterprise Data & Analytics function, you influence the culture of data integration practices and enterprise data flows and are essential to mentoring other data professionals.
As the Staff Data Engineer II, you are critical engineer in a continuous delivery team dedicated to providing integrated data flows, data warehousing and analytic ecosystem across our Western Alliance Bank business lines. You are the technical expert in a high-performing centralized team of data engineers, data analysts and QA engineers. You champion data quality and discipline in the full data lifecycle. You must demonstrate strong technical mastery as well as an ability to collaborate and communicate with both technical team members and business stakeholders. You partner closely with enterprise architects to understand and implement solutions based on the recommended Azure Cloud data architecture and capabilities. You are required to know and/or learn modern automation and integration methods and tools, with Cloud-First design patterns, frameworks, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Being knowledgeable and up to date in the data integration and analytics trends in the industry is a differentiator in your role.
The ideal candidate is a strong technologist with a practical data engineering mindset, is outcome-focused, and fosters teamwork.
This position is ONSITE ONLY located in either Phoenix, AZ, Dallas, TX, or Columbus, OH.
What we are looking for:
Implement data engineering solutions that satisfy the full data lifecycle including efficient technical hygiene and the use of Azure DevOps for the implementation of the Western Alliance Bank Regulatory Reporting and Analytics strategy and roadmap.
Develop ETL and data pipeline capabilities considering how data is created, transformed, maintained, stored, archived, analyzed, and shared across Western Alliance Bank and our partners.
Implement Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines in accordance with Western Alliance Bank technical standards.
Implement data governance and data quality controls in all data solutions in accordance with enterprise standards.
Apply Test Driven Development methodology to all data solution design and implementations.
Implement methods to include unstructured data and big data.
Lead the implementation of outcomes, recommendations, and designs from Data Governance and Enterprise Architecture.
Actively participate in making data architecture decisions.
Collaborate with product owners and business stakeholders to gain a working understanding of business requirements and operational processes.
Provide technical mentorship to team members and other data professionals.
As needed, perform data exploration and data profiling with tools such as Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud and/or SPSS.
What you need to have:
Bachelors degree in engineering or related field or equivalent experience in data management and/or data analytics.
5 years experience with data engineering specifically in Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) concepts and processes, enterprise data wareh