Sr Data Engineer
At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:
- Apply engineering best practices in order to analyze, design, develop, deploy and support software solutions.
- Develop software using continuous Deployment and integration practices.
- Participate in an Agile implementation and maintenance of source control and release procedures.
- Participate in Code Reviews and feedback to the team.
- Contribute to a collaborative work environment in which all team members are respected regardless of their individual differences and are motivated to improve both their individual and team contributions.
- Identify data quality issues and their root causes. Propose fixes and design data audits.
- Communicate and meet with customers, to discuss need to move them to UDP
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 4-5 years of professional experience.
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering, debugging, analysis, and software documentation experience.
- Code Knowledge: Python, JVM (Java, Scala),Apache Spark, SQL.
- Experience with Agile methodologies/DevOps environment.
- Basic understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
- Basic understanding of Data Quality and Data Concepts.
- Basic understanding of Data Integration Patterns and Tooling including ELT/ETL, EII, Replication, Event Streaming, and Virtualization to support batch and real-time data needs.
- Has or develops understanding of 4-6 subject areas/domains of data.
- Proficient craftsman on Software and Quality Standards.
- Advanced programming skills.
- Ability to explain technical solutions to technical teams.
- Self-motivated and able to work with minimal direction.
- Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills.
Skills-Proficiency Level:
Agile Methodologies - Intermediate
Application Platforms - Intermediate
Data Auditing - Intermediate
Data Integrity - Intermediate
Data Privacy - Intermediate
Data Quality - Basic
Data Solutions - Basic
DevOps - Intermediate
Domain Expertise - Intermediate
Engineering Practices - Intermediate
Information Modeling - Basic
Integration Patterns - Basic
Programming Languages - Intermediate
Root Cause Analysis - Intermediate
Software Debugging - Intermediate
Software Documentation - Intermediate
Software Engineering - Intermediate
Strategic Thinking - Intermediate
Technical Communication - Intermediate
Written Communication - Advanced
This job is not covered by the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement.
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