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Principal Data Engineer

Company:
Citizens
Location:
Johnston, RI, 02919
Posted:
July 22, 2025
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Description:

Description

At Citizens we’re more than a bank and here you’ll experience new things, create new opportunities, think beyond your role and make an impact!

While in this role you will serve as a key contributor and leader in the space of technological innovation. Furthermore, you will combine their technical expertise and strong leadership skills to spearhead a results driven engineering operation. Additionally, you will be given the autonomy to lead, design and develop innovative solutions to some of the biggest technical issues facing the banking industry. Lastly, while in this role, you will serve as a peer leader tasked with pursuing cutting edge initiatives and solutions and the dynamic workload that will encompass both attribute enhancements and cutting – edge innovations.

Most importantly, you’ll feel valued for who you are and supported to achieve what’s important to you, personally and professionally!

Primary responsibilities include

Serve as a key contributor to the development of data ; collaborate with stakeholders to determine solution requirements.

Engineer relational and nonrelational databases.

Develop mechanisms, applications and processes that continuously harvest big data i.e. systems architectures, programming, database design, database configuration, interface configuration, sensor configuration, etc.

Create comparative analyses of data stores and information flow within the organization; identify areas of friction, lag or compromised data integrity.

Review and manage the user interfaces of data flow mechanisms.

Produce data models in alignment with business objectives.

Qualifications, Education, Certifications and/or Other Professional Credentials

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, statistics or related field discipline

8+ years of working experience in data engineering; experience managing engineers and/or technical personnel

Experience handling big data, building big data solutions using cloud platforms

Experience in Hadoop ecosystem (HDFS, Hive, PIG, Hbase, Hiveql, etc.)

Experience with ETL/ELT tools i.e. DataStage, Informatica, Sqood building/enhancing ETL framework, etc.

Experience with the following technologies:

RDBMS (with Teradata, Oracle, MS-SQL, DB2, RedShift, Snowflake etc.)

Shell scripting, SQL, PL/SQL, Python, Java, Spark, Scala, etc.

SCM tools such as Bitbucket with Jira, Starteam or SVN

AWS native series such as S3, RDS, Glu, Athena, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree in Computer Science, statistics or related field discipline

Big Data Tech/AWS/Agile Certifications

Experience working in the financial services industry; understanding of the role of consumer and commercial banking

Experience working with machine learning technologies and/or AI

Experience with Tableau, Cognos or SAS

Hours & Work Schedule

Hours per Week: 40

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday

Hybrid schedule: 3 days in Johnston RI office, 2 days WFH is required for this role.

Some job boards have started using jobseeker-reported data to estimate salary ranges for roles. If you apply and qualify for this role, a recruiter will discuss accurate pay guidance.

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.

Why Work for Us

At Citizens, you'll find a customer-centric culture built around helping our customers and giving back to our local communities. When you join our team, you are part of a supportive and collaborative workforce, with access to training and tools to accelerate your potential and maximize your career growth

Background Check

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the candidate successfully passing a background check, which may include initial credit, motor vehicle record, public record, prior employment verification, and criminal background checks. Results of the background check are individually reviewed based upon legal requirements imposed by our regulators and with consideration of the nature and gravity of the background history and the job offered. Any offer of employment will include further information.

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