AVP, Senior Data Engineer

Job Description:

Role Summary/Purpose: 

We are looking for a Principal Data Engineer to lead the development of consumer-centric applications on RDBMS platforms (Oracle, MYSQL) and Big Data platforms (Hadoop). This role is an exciting, fast-paced, constantly changing, and challenging work environment, and will play an important role in resolving and influencing high-level decisions across Synchrony.  

Our Way of Working

We’re proud to offer you choice and flexibility. At Synchrony, our way of working allows you to have the option to work from home, near one of our Hubs or come into one of our offices. Occasionally you may be required to commute to our nearest office for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, training and culture events.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Understand and manage the data needs of stakeholders across multiple agile teams. 

• Lead the design & implementation of scalable, performant & fault tolerant data applications on Oracle/MYSQL and Hadoop platforms to store & process terabytes of data from upstream sources with high availability, using Ab Initio, Spark, Hive, Kafka, RDBMS (Oracle, MySQL). 

• Engage with and take direction from information architects, platform architects, data scientists and product management on solution requirements to design solutions. 

• Contribute to high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, enterprise standards & procedures. 

• Enforce data management standards and procedures 

• Partner with multiple teams to ensure appropriate data solutions to meet goals as well as identify and define necessary system and process enhancements. 

• Provide technical leadership for data engineering agile teams to deliver against sprint and program increment objectives. 

• Work closely with Product Owners, Product Managers, Program Manager, Scrum Masters and Team Members in a Scaled Agile framework.   

• Stay up to date on latest trends in data engineering and recommended best practices. 

• Develop innovative frameworks to avoid redundancy by promoting automation. 

• Perform special projects as assigned.

• Mentor and coach data engineering team members to promote Synchrony values and culture. 

 Qualifications/Requirements: 

•  Must have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 

• 6+ years of experience in ETL/Data warehousing with 4+ years of experience with large scale deployments in Oracle, MYSQL and Big Data environments such as Hortonworks/Cloudera. 

• Prior experience as a Hadoop Technical Lead / Architect 

• Strong experience and deep understanding of ETL, data warehousing, data lake technologies (Hadoop & Spark) and analytics concepts. 

• Experience with batch and real-time data pipelines in a DevOps environment.   

• Willing to work in a fast-paced environment with globally located Agile teams working in different shifts. 

• Ability to develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships at all levels across IT and Business Stakeholders. 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Adept and presenting complex topics, influencing and executing with timely / actionable follow-through. 

Desired Characteristics: 

• Prior work experience in a Credit Card/Banking/Fin Tech company.

• Familiarity with healthcare data.   

• Experience dealing with sensitive data in a highly regulated environment.  

• Demonstrated leadership capabilities amongst peers and within prior teams.   

Grade/Level: 11

The salary range for this position is 110,000.00 - 185,000.00 USD Annual and is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance.

Actual compensation offered within the posted salary range will be based upon work experience, skill level or knowledge.

Salaries are adjusted according to market in CA, NY Metro and Seattle.

Eligibility Requirements:

• You must be 18 years or older

• You must have a high school diploma or equivalent

• You must be willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation and submit fingerprints as part of the onboarding process

• You must be able to satisfy the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

• New hires (Level 4-7) must have 9 months of continuous service with the company before they are eligible to post on other roles.  Once this new hire time in position requirement is met, the associate will have a minimum 6 months’ time in position before they can post for future non-exempt roles.  Employees, level 8 or greater, must have at least 18 months’ time in position before they can post.  All internal employees must consistently meet performance expectations and have approval from your manager to post (or the approval of your manager and HR if you don’t meet the time in position or performance expectations).

Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. 

Our Commitment:

When you join us, you’ll be part of a diverse, inclusive culture where your skills, experience, and voice are not only heard—but valued. We celebrate the differences in all of us and believe that our individual, unique perspectives is what makes Synchrony truly a great place to work. Together, we’re building a future where we can all belong, connect and turn ideals into action. Through the power of our 8 Diversity Networks+, with more than 60% of our workforce engaged, you’ll find community to connect with an opportunity to go beyond your passions.

This starts when you choose to apply for a role at Synchrony. We ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Reasonable Accommodation Notice:

• Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

• If you need special accommodations, please call our Career Support Line so that we can discuss your specific situation. We can be reached at 1-866-301-5627.   Representatives are available from 8am – 5pm Monday to Friday, Central Standard Time

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