Senior Data Engineer

The GEICO Enterprise Voice Services team is seeking an experienced Senior Data Engineer to drive data architecture and engineering efforts. You have a passion for efficient data engineering that is founded on sound operational and analytical data models and robust data architecture. You understand holistically how data moves through an organization, including how it is originated, transformed, derived, and persisted to enable business analytics and machine learning models. You have a strong track record of building high-performance and resilient data pipelines on open source. This role requires in-depth knowledge of data modeling and architecture, data pipelines, and data management. Experience with Contact Center Analytics is preferred., Our Senior Data Engineer is a key member of the engineering staff working across the organization to innovate and leverage industry best practices for our data engineering efforts as we embark on our Data transformation journey for our contact center migration project. Our team thrives and succeeds in delivering high quality data platforms, products, and services to our business partners in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly. We are part of a team that facilitates enterprise voice data and its attributes to the organization. This position will be fully remote., As a Senior Data Engineer, you will:

• Scope, design, and build scalable, resilient distributed systems

• Build product definition and leverage your technical skills to drive towards the right solution

• Engage in cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire software lifecycle

• Lead in design sessions and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization

• Define, create, and support reusable application components/patterns from a business and technology perspective

• Build world class reporting platform to satisfy reporting needs

• Utilize programming languages like Python, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services

• Mentor other engineers

• Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams

• Advanced programming/development experience with Python, SQL, Containerization (Docker and Kubernetes), Hive, Spark, dbt, Airflow.

• Experience with DevOps & CI/CD tootling (such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Gradle, Artifactory)

• Experience with Source Version Control tools like GitHub, Azure Repos etc.

• Experience with monitoring (such as Splunk or equivalents) and reporting tools (such as PowerBI or equivalents).

• Experience architecting and designing new and current systems

• Advanced scripting skills using bash or equivalents.

• Advanced understanding of data security and governance protocols.

• Experience with cloud data warehouse solutions such as Snowflake.

• Experience with open-source query engines such as Trino, DuckDB etc.

• Experience with open source OLAP engines such as Starrocks, Pinot etc.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code

• In-depth knowledge of CS data structures and algorithms

• Strong problem-solving ability

• Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment

• Knowledge of developer tooling across the software development life cycle (task management, source code, building, deployment, operations, real-time communication)

Experience

• 4+ years of professional experience in data software development, programming languages and developing with big data technologies

• 4+ years of experience in Big-Data Tools

• 3+ years of experience with architecture and design

• 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service

Education

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field and/or equivalent experience.

3.13.1 out of 5 stars Bethesda, MD 20814 Remote $105,000 - $215,000 a year - Full-time, $105,000.00 - $215,000.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate's work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

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Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide. Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here. That's why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers.