Data Engineer at Fisher Investments in Plano, TX

Overview

It's an exciting time to be a member of the Fisher Investments Technology Department. We're investing in the future of our firm's technology and are building our team to achieve global growth. We are looking for a Data Engineer to support our Enterprise Data Management team. If you are looking for an opportunity to make a difference as we develop scalable and strategic solutions to support our global growth, we want to hear from you!

The Opportunity:

Fisher Investments is looking for a Data Engineer – Data to design and deliver modern data solutions using cloud-based platforms and AI-driven innovations. You will partner with business, technology, and governance teams to enable scalable, secure and compliant data platforms that power advanced analytics and AI. You will act as the enterprise expert for designing, developing, and optimizing data processing systems and pipelines used to populate data into transactional databases, data warehouses, data marts, or other data repositories. You will also coordinate with other IT teams to configure and implement security, monitoring, tooling, and related capabilities as they apply to their assigned systems. You will report to the team lead of Data Delivery for our Global Private Client Group.

The Day-to-Day:

• Use Agile practices to elicit and refine requirements through an iterative process of planning, defining acceptance criteria, prioritizing, developing and delivering enterprise data asset solutions in collaboration with business intelligence teams or other IT teams
• Develop, configure, customize and manage integration tools, databases, warehouses and analytical systems
• Design, build, and deploy data extraction, transformation, and loading processes and pipelines from various sources including databases, APIs, and data files
• Develop and deploy structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data storage models and dimensional data models on various platforms to meet business requirements
• Coordinate security, application monitoring, development tooling, and related capabilities with responsible teams
• Provide operational support and incident management for data pipelines and data flows, including proactively updating internal clients and relevant parties on status changes and issues encountered
• Author and maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation for processes, procedures, and technical designs
• Coach junior data and business intelligence personnel across the company, including developing material and guiding junior personnel on their technical skill growth

Your Qualifications:

• 5+ years' experience developing data-related solutions and software
• 5+ years of experience working with relational databases and applying it in various applications, including within the Microsoft Azure platform
• 2+ years of experience with multiple cloud technologies in the Microsoft Stack (Azure IaaS and PaaS) along with familiarity with alternative cloud technologies
• 2+ years of experience designing and development on-premises and cloud-based (Azure) infrastructure and platform components
• 2+ years of hands-on development and deployment experience with Azure cloud using T-SQL, Azure SQL, Azure Storage, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Cosmos DB, GitHub, Azure DevOps, and CI/CD pipelines
• Advanced knowledge of Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) and/or Extract/Load/Transform (ELT) tools, including both batch and real-time data transmission applications such as SSIS, Informatica, Kafka, Spark, MuleSoft, or equivalent software
• Advanced knowledge of database technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, or NoSQL databases
• Advanced knowledge of multiple programming languages, such as Python, SQL, Scala, or similar
• Advanced knowledge of IT infrastructure standards and tools, such as application performance monitoring, IT service management, or DevOps software
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other relevant field

Why Fisher Investments:

We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
• A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
• 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays
• Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care
• This is an in-office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change.

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