Senior Big Data Engineer I
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Role Overview
MetLife established a Global capability center (MGCC) in India to scale and mature Data & Analytics, technology and operations capabilities in a cost-effective manner and make MetLife future ready. The center is integral to Global Technology and Operations with a focus to protect & build MetLife IP, promote reusability and drive experimentation and innovation. The Data & Analytics team in India mirrors the Global D&A team with an objective to drive business value through trusted data, scaled capabilities, and actionable insights. The operating models consists of business aligned data officers- US, Japan and LatAm & Corporate functions enabled by enterprise COEs- data engineering, data governance and data science
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MGCC GG 11.1 – Senior Big Data Engineer I
Function, Responsibility Level:
Supervises
GG 10.1 – Big Data Engineer I
GG 10.2 - Big Data Engineer II
Position Summary
MetLife established a Global capability center (MGCC) in India to scale and mature Data & Analytics, technology and operations capabilities in a cost-effective manner and make MetLife future ready. The center is integral to Global Technology and Operations with a focus to protect & build MetLife IP, promote reusability and drive experimentation and innovation. The Data & Analytics team in India mirrors the Global D&A team with an objective to drive business value through trusted data, scaled capabilities, and actionable insights. The operating models consists of business aligned data officers- US, Japan and LatAm & Corporate functions enabled by enterprise COEs- data engineering, data governance and data science
Role Value Proposition
Data Engineer plays a critical role in data and analytics life cycle and significantly contributes to production grade data and analytics solutions. This role requires one to demonstrate Big Data, Engineering and Cloud expertise. This role mentors Data engineers. It is an individual contributor role, expected to solve wide ranging business problems,
Job Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain robust ETL/ELT pipelines on cloud (Azure) or on-prem to collect, ingest and store large volumes of structured and unstructured data for batch/real time processing
- Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot data pipelines to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance
- Ensure data processing, quality, security, and compliance guidelines, policies and standards are followed
- Collaborate with multiple partners from Business, Technology, Operations and D&A capabilities (Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Modeling, Data Architecture, Data science, DevOps, BI & insights)
- Mentor Data Engineers
- Independently lead design, solutioning & estimations
Education
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or equivalent educational qualification
Technical Skills and Experience
- 8-10+ years of relevant experience
- SQL, Python/Scala
- NoSQL and distributed databases (HBase, Cosmos DB)
- ETL pipeline design and development; Solutioning and estimation
- Big Data Frameworks: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Hive
- Cloud platforms: Azure data factory, EventHub, Azure functions, Synapse, Databricks
- Datawarehouse’s, data marts, data lakes
- Medallion architecture
- Performance tuning, optimization, and data quality validation
- Real-time and batch data processing, streaming pipelines with Spark
- Communication skills, analytical skills, structured problem-solving skills, mentorship skills
- Mentorship experience
- Storytelling skills, Partner & Stakeholder engagement experience
Good to Have (Preferred)
• DevOps practices: Git, AzureDevops, CI/CD pipelines
• Unix shell scripting, Kafka, MongoDB, Nifi
• Exposure to Gen AI technology and tools
• Banking Financial Services and Insurance domain knowledge
About MetLife
Global provider of insurance, annuities, and employee benefits.
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