Lead Data Engineer - AWS (Remote Opportunity)

Transform Your Career with a Leading Financial Services Organization

Join Transamerica, a renowned company with over 100 years of experience in providing investment, retirement, and life insurance solutions, as a Lead Data Engineer - AWS. In this pivotal role, you will design, architect, and support systems, services, and applications that enable data-driven decisions and outcomes across the enterprise. As a remote team member, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineers, data scientists, analytics teams, and business product owners, to drive success in an agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and support the operation of AWS Cloud data infrastructure and tools
• Design robust, reusable, and scalable data-driven solutions and data pipeline frameworks
• Lead the development of data APIs and data delivery services to support critical operational processes, analytical models, and machine learning applications
• Assist in the selection and integration of data-related tools, frameworks, and applications
• Implement best practices in enterprise data management, including master data, reference data, metadata, data quality, and lineage

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Math, Engineering, or a relevant technical field
• 5+ years of collective experience in data engineering, data analytics, data warehousing, business intelligence, database administration, and data integration
• 4+ years of experience architecting, building, and administering big data and real-time streaming analytics architectures
• 3+ years of experience with Linux operations and development, including basic commands and shell scripting
• 3+ years of experience executing DevOps methodologies and continuous integration/continuous delivery
• Demonstrated skills in delivering high-quality technical project solutions
• Expertise in SQL for data profiling, analysis, and extraction
• Familiarity with data science techniques and frameworks
• Strong technical communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in a technical field
• Understanding of big data and real-time streaming analytics processing architecture and ecosystems
• Experience with data warehousing architecture and implementation
• Relevant technology or platform certification (AWS, Microsoft, etc.)
• Software development experience in relevant programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Scala, Node.js)

What We Offer

• Competitive salary range: $98,000 - $130,000 annually
• Annual bonus based on company performance and individual contributions
• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) match
• Paid time off, holidays, and parental leave
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development
• Remote work arrangement with a dynamic and supportive team

How to Apply

If you are a motivated and experienced data engineer looking to make a significant impact, please submit your application, including your resume and a cover letter, to be considered for this exciting opportunity.