About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Data SME to support a data engineering initiative built on Azure and Databricks within a Corporate Banking context. The ideal candidate brings deep, hands-on technical experience in data mapping and the Databricks platform, strong SDLC and data warehouse fundamentals, and is comfortable owning data solutions end-to-end on a live banking data platform. Trade, Lending, or Payments domain exposure is a strong plus.
Key Responsibilities
- Apply SDLC concepts to lead requirement analysis, design, build, and testing activities for data workstreams.
- Own data warehouse design and data mapping activities, including data modeling and data quality standards.
- Design, build, and optimize data pipelines on Azure and Databricks, including performance tuning and troubleshooting.
- Design and own source-to-target data mapping specifications across platform components, ensuring traceability and sign-off.
- Write and troubleshoot advanced SQL and Python scripts for data validation, transformation, and analysis.
- Drive integration design and delivery involving file transfer protocols (FTP/SFTP), MQ, and APIs between source and target systems.
- Bring Corporate Banking context to data solutioning, flagging domain-specific considerations (e.g., Trade, Lending, or Payments data) where relevant.
Required Skills & Experience
- At least 10 years of experience in the data space, with exposure to Corporate Banking.
- Technically strong in data mapping (source-to-target) and the Databricks platform — pipeline development, job/cluster management, and performance tuning.
- Strong experience across SDLC phases: requirements, design, build, test, and deployment.
- Strong understanding of data warehouse concepts (e.g., dimensional modeling, ETL/ELT).
- Strong working knowledge of Azure and Databricks.
- Strong hands-on SQL and Python skills.
- Working knowledge of integration methods: file transfer protocols (FTP/SFTP), MQ, and APIs.
- Excellent communication skills and proven hands-on ownership of a live data platform.