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Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Principal Data Engineer- Risk and Finance

phoenix, AZ

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Citizens Financial Group, Inc. lists this Principal Data Engineer- Risk and Finance opportunity in phoenix, Arizona. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

Job description

As the Principal Data Engineer for the Risk and Finance Technology team, you will be responsible for defining and leading the strategic direction for transforming Citizens’ Finance, Risk and Compliance Technology platforms. You will be working with our business partners, analysts and engineers to execute against the strategy. You will also represent the technology strategy and influence across the Enterprise Core Line of Businesses in investing on innovative products and solutions. In addition, you will:

Create the architecture and drive design, build and implementation of data solutions that power Risk and Finance

Identify pain points in the current ecosystem and build the target state technology footprint for both operational and data platforms

Influence the data management framework and ecosystem of the Big Data Platform; ensure departmental data needs are met and are consistent with the organizations architectural integrated design.

Actively participate in/Lead design sessions and, where applicable, apply industry best practices

Collaborate with technical colleagues, such as Architecture & Engineering colleagues and software engineers, to determine and translate user requirements into actionable data delivery

Produce data patterns, solution design documents and create Architecture as Code in alignment with business objectives

Contribute to support and enable automated data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence projects

Practice “Architecture as Code” and be hands-on, build working prototypes to demonstrate value and seek buy-in

Qualifications - External

10+ years of working experience in data engineering / data transformation / big data and solution architecture / other related

A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, statistics, or related disciplines; Masters’ degree(s) preferred

Strong understanding of risk and finance principles and business functions

Experience handling big data, designing integrated data solutions using public cloud, AWS preferred

Strong data domain knowledge and ability to translate business concepts into data solutions

Proven track record of leveraging open-source capabilities such as Apache Spark, Apache Kafka or other streaming/messaging platforms

Proven track record of connecting operational platforms to data capabilities

Experience in building AI/ML solutions for Risk and Finance functions highly preferred

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Equal Employment Opportunity

At Citizens we value diversity, equity and inclusion, and treat everyone with respect and professionalism. Employment decisions are based solely on experience, performance, and ability. 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 (including transgender individuals who are transitioning, have transitioned, or are perceived to be transitioning to the gender with which they identify), 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.

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phoenix, AZ, 85003, US

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