Engineer I - Data Engineer

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What you'll do:

• Design, develop, evaluate, and deploy data engineering solutions using Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure DevOps to support Western Alliance Bank's regulatory reporting and LFI strategy.
• Build ETL and data pipeline capabilities that address how data is created, transformed, stored, archived, analyzed, and shared across Western Alliance Bank and partner systems.
• Implement Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for data solutions in alignment with Western Alliance Bank's technical standards.
• Apply test-driven development practices to every data solution designed, built, and implemented.
• Use Power BI to design, deploy, and visualize tabular cubes, enabling seamless business intelligence integration and actionable insights.
• Conduct data exploration and profiling using tools such as Excel and Informatica.
• Partner with product owners, data architects, and business stakeholders to understand business requirements and operational processes.
• Support and resolve enterprise platform issues while identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Troubleshoot files, data, API, and orchestration issues to ensure timely resolution, data integrity, and system reliability.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, MIS, or Data & Analytics.
• Basic knowledge of RDBMS and query languages such as T-SQL, PL/SQL or Spark SQL, and code scripting and concepts of code logic.
• Willingness to tackle new challenges and continuously learn modern automation and integration methods and tools.
• Entry level knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Entry level knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards, and practices.
• Entry level organizational and interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with team members, stakeholders, and external partners.
• Entry level experience from the classroom working with code repositories and automated code build solutions for CI/CD Pipelines.
• Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills.
• Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills.
• Certifications within industry software platforms or cloud tools.
• Familiarity with file, code and data management tools such as Visual Studio, VS Code, WinSCP, WinMerge, SQL Server Management Studio, Azure DevOps, etc.

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Serving clients nationwide, Western Alliance Bank includes six legacy bank brands - Alliance Association Bank, Alliance Bank of Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey Pines Bank - that remain part of the company's heritage, as well as AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation