Enterprise Data Engineer
Sammons Financial Group Companies · West Des Moines, IA · 1 mo ago
On-siteInformation Technology$77k–$128k/yrFull-time
This position may be filled at the Systems Analyst 2 or 3 level, based on skills, experience, and evaluation through our structured selection process.
What You'll Do In This Role
- Design, develop, and implement scalable data pipelines and ELT/ETL solutions using Snowflake and modern data engineering frameworks.
- Develop and manage data transformations and orchestration using dbt, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Data Lake (ADL), or comparable tools.
- Integrate Snowflake with enterprise systems and cloud data platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Kafka, REST APIs).
- Collaborate with product owner, architects, and developers to translate business and technical requirements into scalable data solutions.
- Prepare and interpret business, functional, and non-functional requirements and translate them into effective data models and pipelines.
- Establish and enforce data engineering standards, best practices, and governance controls.
- Implement quality assurance of data processing, transformations, and error resolution.
- Monitor pipeline performance, reliability, and cost efficiency; recommend and implement improvements.
- Research and recommend emerging tools, patterns, and technologies that improve data delivery and integration efficiency.
- Certifications in Snowflake.
- Experience in the Life Insurance or Financial Services domain.
What We're Looking For
- College Degree in the field of computer science, information science, management information systems (Preferred)
- Minimum 8 years' IT development experience or equivalent (Preferred)
- Effective verbal and written communications skills and the ability to communicate with business partners and other IT staff (Required)
- Problem solving skills sufficient to perform research and recommend a proposed solution to problems (Required)
- Able to work on multiple tasks and meet established deadlines (Required)
- Able to effectively direct and coordinate the work of other team members on a project without having HR management responsibility for them (Preferred)
- Knowledge of computer programming languages as required for the system (Preferred)
Other Requirements
- Criminal background check required.
Pay
- Salary Range Information: USD $95,311.00 - USD $158,851.00 /Yr.
- We are open to hiring this role at the Systems Analyst 2 or 3 levels based on your skills, experience, and demonstrated competencies.
- The base salary range for Systems Analyst 2 is $77,019 - $128,365 and the base salary for a systems analyst 3 is $95,311- $158,851.
- Ranges include data points from multiple labor markets. Specific range is dependent on the labor market where the incumbent will be hired to perform the position.
- Starting salary will be based on job level, candidate qualifications and experience, internal equity and geographical location.
Additional Information
- Sammons Financial Group is an equal opportunity employer.
- We participate in E-Verify and will provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.
- We maintain an internal Talent Acquisition function and do not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from search firms, staffing agencies, or other third-party recruiting vendors.