Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (CFG) seeks a Principal Data Engineer for its Johnston, Rhode Island location.
Responsibilities:
• Design scalable and reliable data architecture, leading complex technical design decisions for data pipelines and ETL processes, review implementations developed by team members and contract resources, mentor team members on best practices, and drive improvements to enhance performance, scalability, and reliability of data platforms.
• Perform analysis and study of existing systems.
• Create high level design documents to extract, transform, validate, and load ETL process data dictionaries, metadata descriptions, file layouts, and flow diagrams.
• Gather business and application requirements, provide feedback on missing or contradictory requirements, plans and executes sprints.
• Organize and manage all phases of the software development life cycle, including development, testing, and deployment of code into production.
• Write technical documentation covering design and execution of parallel jobs, batch jobs, and sequencers for data migration.
• Participate in code and design reviews with network, infrastructure and solutions engineering teams to ensure that solutions meet current enterprise standards.
• Serve as a technical lead, mentoring and supervising more junior engineers.
Qualifications:
Requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or related field followed by 7 years of progressive experience as Senior Data Engineer, IT Consultant, or a related position.
Must have 7 years of experience with:
• Building data pipelines, datawarehouse solutions, and frameworks for accommodating end user reporting needs;
• Collecting requirements, creating software designs, and developing efficient implementations using Agile Software Development Life Cycle;
• Implementing data pipelines with using sources that include flat files, databases, APIs, and streaming applications;
• Building ETL and data warehousing applications using IBM Datastage, Talend, and ODI;
• Designing data enrichment frameworks and processing large amounts of data using Spark, Python, Talend, Datastage, ODI, Unix, PL-SQL, Teradata, AWS, and Java;
• Designing, developing, and automating ETL processes to validate and perform reconciliations among multiple source systems using ETL tools, including Spark, Python, Talend, Datastage, ODI, Unix, PL-SQL, Teradata, AWS, and Java;
• Utilizing programming languages including, Python, Unix, Java, JavaScript , C, and C++ to fetch data from rest APIs and retrieve security keys;
• Utilizing AWS cloud services, including S3, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, Lambda, EC2, RDS, EMR, Redshift, and IAM to migrate data to AWS Cloud;
• Utilizing Cloud technologies, including AWS, AZURE, and GCP, to fetch data from AWS Cloud environments for processing in downstream systems;
• Developing and integrating APIs using REST webservices; and
• Utilizing CICD tools, including Bitbucket, Github, and Jenkins.
100% remote work permitted from any US location.
Worksite: One Citizens Bank Way, Johnston, RI 02919 United States, 40 hrs/wk. EO employer.
For summary of benefits and to apply visit our website at https://jobs.citizensbank.com and apply online (Job ID: 49575) or email resume and cover letter to [email protected] with subject line: 49575.
Direct applicants only.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Citizens, its parent, subsidiaries, and related companies (Citizens) provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, citizenship, physical or mental disability, perceived disability or history or record of a disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, genetic characteristic, marital or domestic partner status, victim of domestic violence, family status/parenthood, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, pregnancy/childbirth/lactation, colleague’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws. At Citizens, we are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that enables all colleagues to bring their best selves to work every day and everyone is expected to be treated with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on merit, qualifications, performance and capability.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, or a related field
- 7 years of progressive experience as a Senior Data Engineer, IT Consultant, or in a related position
- 7 years of experience building data pipelines, data warehouse solutions, and reporting frameworks
- 7 years of experience gathering requirements, creating software designs, and developing implementations using Agile SDLC
- 7 years of experience building data pipelines using flat files, databases, APIs, and streaming applications
- 7 years of experience with IBM DataStage, Talend, and ODI for ETL and data warehousing
- 7 years of experience with Spark, Python, Talend, DataStage, ODI, Unix, PL/SQL, Teradata, AWS, and Java
- 7 years of experience designing and automating ETL validation and reconciliation processes
- 7 years of experience using Python, Unix, Java, JavaScript, C, and C++ with REST APIs
- 7 years of experience using AWS services including S3, Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, Lambda, EC2, RDS, EMR, Redshift, and IAM
- 7 years of experience using AWS, Azure, and GCP cloud technologies
- 7 years of experience developing and integrating REST web services APIs
- 7 years of experience using Bitbucket, GitHub, and Jenkins CI/CD tools
Citizens Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Citizens and has not been reviewed or approved by Citizens.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include six weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents, up to 16 weeks for birthing parents, 10 days of emergency back‑up care, and adoption assistance of more than $25,000. Recognition for adoption support underscores a strong family‑friendly posture.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes 11 paid holidays and up to 27 PTO days. The breadth of leave is presented as generous versus many peers.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision options pair with an HSA that includes a company contribution, plus mental‑health access via Spring Health (eight no‑cost sessions), Hinge Health, wellness programs, and discounted gyms. Eligibility at 20+ hours per week broadens access to these resources.
Citizens Insights
What We Do
As one of the oldest and largest financial services firms in the United States with a history dating back to 1828, we’re committed to providing solutions and expertise that support our customers, clients, colleagues, and communities in what’s next on their own unique journey. We invest in the humans who build the logic, ideas, and innovations that bring new technologies to life. Investments in AI, cloud computing, machine learning and automation provide our engineers the tools that enable us to remain competitive and win in today’s environment. At Citizens, we recognize that the journey to accomplishment is no longer linear and that individuals are made of all they have done and all they are going to do. Whether you’re considering banking with us or looking to work with us, you’ll find a customer-centric culture and a supportive, collaborative workforce at Citizens. You’re made ready and so are we. If you're ready to advance your career in technology and security, learn more about opportunity's Citizens offers here: https://jobs.citizensbank.com/digital-transformation
Why Work With Us
We empower the colleagues that power our tech. With growth & upskilling opportunities and sought-after benefits, plus a diverse culture of people and perspectives, we help our colleagues achieve career goals. Because innovation can’t happen without the minds and hearts of our people. Technology is constantly evolving, and we believe you can too.
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