Information Technology Sr. Associate – Data Engineer

Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

The IDB Group is a community of diverse, versatile, and passionate people who come together on a journey to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean. Our people find purpose and do what they love in an inclusive, collaborative, agile, and rewarding environment.

About this position

We are looking for a self-motivated, innovative data engineer, cloud data savvy, customer oriented and great teammate. As a Data Engineer, you will be responsible for cloud data operations including data pipelines, transformation, data virtualization, advancing analytics governance, data quality, and taking security as a first approach for all activities.

You will work in the IT Operations Division, which is part of the ITE department. This team is responsible for crafting and handling the operation of the information technology infrastructure, platforms and solutions that support the business of the Bank.

What you will do:

Provide guidance in all areas of Data Management: You will partner with project teams to architect, collaborate, influence, and communicate data analytics solutions and cloud technology to various business, and development and infrastructure teams across the organization. Partner and collaborate with key analytical groups within the organization to promote the correct usage of data, champion data governance and self-service analytics to become a data driven organization.
Work in the assessment, planning, and design phases of projects’ lifecycles, aligned to the overarching IT digital strategy that supports the Bank’s mission and collaborate with various IT operations and development teams.
Provide data analytics solutions, which includes the Data Marketplace and the Data Warehouse, modeling, Business Intelligence, and Advance Analytics. In addition, provide technical direction to data modelers, data analysts, data integration, and database administrators. Define and implement data and analytics strategies to improve the decision-making process, train and educate business areas, and cultivate self-service analytics throughout the entire organization.
Contribute to the data governance framework by guiding data owners and stewards through the technicalities required to implement master data solutions, data quality rules and data cataloguing and the production of certified data sets. Design and implement frameworks to support the next generation analytical solutions within the organization, leveraging existing and new tools and technologies and following the guidelines and standard methodologies established in conjunction with the Architecture, Governance and Security groups. Work under the moderate supervision of others. Provide technical guidance to more junior staff.

What you will need:

Education:

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in Computer Sciences, Information Technology, or other fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role. Certifications on cloud platforms and technologies, such as AWS or Azure are a plus. Data warehouse, data pipeline and integration certifications are preferred. Python based analytics certifications are also a plus.

Experience:

Minimum of 6 years of experience in data warehouse design and implementation, analytics solutions architecture, data pipeline and integration for different types of information, such as traditional structured data and unstructured data for analytics. Experience working in AWS cloud environments architecting, implementing, and supporting data and analytics solutions. Knowledge in cloud operations and deployments is a plus. Proficient in programming and scripting languages such as (Python, R, JS) for data analysis. Experience in new and innovative solutions for analytics and data processing including artificial intelligence implementation, machine learning models, text analysis and forecasting/predictive models. Technical skills in data architecture and multi-platform integrations using cloud solutions and services for data availability and analytics. Proficient in building different types of data repository solutions for analytics, including traditional data warehouse models, real-time and near real-time data lakes, files storage and shared repositories with enterprise-wide purpose. Preferred experience working with enterprise data catalog solutions, data virtualization tools and data as a service strategy. Experience with data governance, metadata management, data profiling and data quality solutions design and implementation. Knowledge and experience on open data frameworks and technologies is a plus. Preferred experience working on data privacy, master data management initiatives. Proficient in project management including development team coordination, activities planning, issues resolution, project monitoring and reporting. Experience working with SQL and non-SQL types of cloud databases, query and scripting, modeling, and objects optimization.

Languages:

Fluency in English. Proficiency in any other official Bank language (Spanish, Portuguese, or French) highly desired.

Technical track

Learn continuously Collaborate and share knowledge Focus on clients Communicate and influence Innovate and try new things

Requirements

Citizenship: You are a citizen of one of our 48-member countries. We may offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your eligible dependents. Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.

Type of contract and duration

International staff contract, 36 months initially, renewable upon mutual agreement.

What we offer

The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:

A competitive compensation package

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