Sr. Data Engineer

Birmingham, MI - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Details

Central Alabama - Birmingham AL

Full Time

Day

Information Technology

Description

Oakworth Capital Bank is expanding and has an excellent opportunity for someone to join our team in Birmingham AL! We are looking for a full-time Sr. Data Engineer that will play a vital role in supporting our current & future clients. An ideal candidate would meet the qualifications listed below and more importantly be able to demonstrate that they live by Oakworth Core Values (Golden Rule Character Innovative Spirit Professionalism Work Ethic).

Summary:

The Senior Data Engineer is responsible for building and maintaining a reliable scalable data platform that supports analytics reporting and operational needs across the business. This is a hands-on execution-focused role grounded in practical data engineering by owning data pipelines transformations and infrastructure that can support growth and evolve with the organizations needs.

Key Roles/Responsibilities:

Design build and maintain secure observable ELT pipelines using Python and SQL supporting structured ingestion from internal systems and external vendors.
Lead the transition of legacy on-prem data flows into a scalable cloud-based architecture aligned with current and future business needs.
Own transformation logic and data modeling patterns to support BI regulatory reporting and operational analyticsusing tools like dbt where appropriate.
Define and enforce structure including naming documentation testing and implement monitoring across pipeline health job failures and data quality.
Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into structured data assets and contribute to broader architectural decisions including tooling and modeling strategy while aligning all work with data governance and security expectations.

Responsibility Details:

Own the design and execution of core data pipelines that are structured testable and observable.
Model datasets to support Power BI and other downstream analytics tools.
Manage transformations using Python and/or SQL-based modeling tools (e.g. dbt).
Contribute to architectural decisions such as storage orchestration and modeling patterns as the platform evolves.
Interface with application owners analysts and business users to translate needs into structured data models.
Maintain operational documentation and pipeline transparency for continuity and support.
Ensure pipelines and assets align with governance expectations including access retention and classification.

Qualifications and Skills:

Bachelors degree in computer science information systems or a related technical field
5 years in data engineering including experience in a cloud environment
Deep SQL expertise across platforms (e.g. PostgreSQL SQL Server cloud-native warehouse platforms)
Strong Python skills for data processing and integration (pandas polars etc.)
Experience with dbt or similar modeling frameworks preferred
Familiarity with orchestration and deployment tooling (e.g. Dagster Airflow Azure Data Factory GitHub Actions)
Proven ability to support and scale data infrastructure in a business-facing environment
Financial services experience is preferred

Oakworth has been recognized as a Best Bank to Work For by American Banker Magazine for the last eight years with six of those holding the top spot & ranking #2 in 2024. To learn more about our story and what makes Oakworth unique visit you are interested in this excellent opportunity please send your resume to .

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Job Details Central Alabama - Birmingham AL Full Time Day Information TechnologyDescription Oakworth Capital Bank is expanding and has an excellent opportunity for someone to join our team in Birmingham AL! We are looking for a full-time Sr. Data Engineer that will play a vital role in supporting ou...