Data Engineer

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Global Infrastructure Product Services aims to establish and reinforce a culture of effective metrics, data-driven business processes, architecture simplification, and cost transparency.

A successful Data Engineer knows that delivering on that promise takes foresight, planning and agility. Our Data Engineers know how to use the latest technology to design, evaluate, debug and manage the data that leads to better decisions, maximum value, and higher customer satisfaction.

If you have proficiency and experience with crafting, developing, trouble shooting, debugging, evaluating, modifying, deploying and documenting data components (data architecture, logical and physical data models, database objects and database administration) that meet the needs of customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end user applications, let’s find business advantages hiding in plain sight. Here’s just some of what you’ll do:

• Design and build a robust data model architecture to support optimal data processing and standardized metric definitions
• Review data requirements / data stories and corresponding data sources and data architecture
• Document data requirements / data stories and maintain data models to ensure seamless integration into existing data architectures
• Create and maintain detailed information about the data being stored
• Support management of data assets as per enterprise standards, guidelines and policies
• Review and understand processing requirements inclusive of data and transaction volumes, scalability, security and performance requirements
• Assist in building and improving the database design and infrastructure required to support the Technology Infrastructure portfolio
• Communicate and work closely with business and product teams to support changes and implementation
• Design, develop, and maintain reports, processes and KPIs to drive business decisions
• Function as an active member of an agile team through consistent development practices (tools, components, and documentation)
• Find opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
• Take part in reviews of individual or team contributions
• Work on prioritized/assigned features for ongoing sprints
• Communicate and work reciprocally with business and product teams to support changes and…