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Senior Cloud Engineer - Data Governance

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Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description  

At Discover Financial Services you can make an impact. Whether it’s developing corporate strategy, innovating new services or supporting IT needs, every employee has the opportunity to be a vital part of our business and make a real difference. We’re all about people, and our employees are why Discover is a great place to work. We’re a company that is just as employee-focused as it is on its customers and we are consistently awarded for both.

We’re a direct banking and payment services company built on innovation and customer service. Our employees have always played a big part in our success. We support, challenge and inspire employees to continually develop their skills, advance their career and help grow our business.

Discover Financial Services is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join our Data Governance team. Successful candidates will provide lead level technical consulting to peer data engineers during design and development on the data governance policies and standards. In this role you will be responsible for the monitoring and ongoing support and maintenance of a diverse set of cloud technologies. This role collaborates with Product teams internal and external to provide world class products and services in support of our application development community, and our business as whole. You will conduct sampling audits to ensure the integrity of the data that is being moved between platforms follows governance guidelines and standards. You will provide technical consulting to peer data engineers requesting data migration. Projects will include processing/transformation frameworks leveraging AWS, Teradata & SAS. Further, you will be reporting on current state and providing recommendations and remediation guidance where applicable.

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will have the following duties:

  • Partners with key stakeholders as a platform champion for cloud-native systems, and coaches on how to use platform capabilities effectively through appropriate venues.
  • Drives continuous improvement of cloud products & capabilities though internal user groups and external market research.
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams such as Cloud Business Office & platform engineering, Info Sec, Enterprise Architecture, DBAs and business teams.
  • Partner with Info Sec, CBO, Platform teams, EA and collaboratively define strategy, approach and detective controls for data classification & obfuscation for all data managed in the cloud
  • Develop capabilities required to monitor and ensure required data adheres classification and security standards on the cloud
  • Act as the liaison between the Enterprise Data Governance Team and the Enterprise to communicate the guidelines and standards around data classification and protection
  • Ensure proper data governance policies are followed by implementing or validating Data Classification, Lineage, Quality and storage checks, etc.
  • Develop metrics to support activities
  • Ability to quickly identify an opportunity and recommend possible technical solutions.
  • Provide support for deployed data applications and analytical models by being a trusted advisor to Data Scientists and other data consumers by identifying data problems and guiding issue resolution with partner Data Engineers and source data providers as it related to data governance policies and standards.
  • Provide subject matter expertise in the analysis, preparation of specifications and plans for the development of data processes.
  • Partners with external vendors and industry experts to evolve the data management and governance program using industry frameworks, templates and expert organizations
  • Lead application development teams, data stewards, subject matter experts and other business and IT staff to execute data governance initiatives
  • Utilize various IT frameworks (ITSM, ITIL, etc), guidelines and best practices to evaluate and make practical recommendations on IT data management policies, procedures, standards and controls.
  • Evolve data governance policy and standard writing and review along with developing short presentations for the department and senior level executives
  • Leads the design, build and maintenance of modern cloud platforms that support agile teams.
  • Partners with key stakeholders as a platform champion for cloud-native systems, and coaches on how to use platform capabilities effectively through appropriate venues.
  • Drives continuous improvement of cloud products & capabilities through internal user groups and external market research.

Minimum Qualifications

At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:

  • BS in Information Technology, or related
  • 4+ years of work experience in application or platform development, consulting, or related
  • In lieu of education experience, 6+ years of work experience in application or platform development, consulting, or related

Preferred Qualifications

If we had our say, we’d also look for:

  • AWS Cloud Services certification
  • Hands on experience with AWS based solutions such as RDS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Redshift, Snowflake or S3.
  • Experienced in Agile/Lean/SAFe methodologies.
  • Proficiency in one of the scripting languages such as Shell/Python/Scala/Java.
  • Good understanding of Big Data technology trends, with knowledge of technologies such as Kinesis, Kafka, Spark, Hive, and Python.
  • Experience with one of the ETL tools Ab Initio, Informatica or Data Stage.
  • Experience in building & utilizing tools and frameworks within the Big Data ecosystem including Kafka, Spark, HBase, NoSQL
  • Experience with relational databases such as MySQL or Postgres and understanding of columnar data stores such as Redshift or Snowflake; and expert skills in writing complicated SQL statements.
  • Experience managing data governance initiatives
  • Understanding of data governance concepts and tools.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with peers and upper level management.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment.
  • Experience within the financial industry

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The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.

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What are Discover Perks + Benefits

Discover Benefits Overview

Start enjoying great benefits Day 1 — We support you with the same dedication we bring to all of our customers. Our comprehensive benefits package features first-class insurance, financial planning support and excellent perks designed to help you reach your goals and live a rich, healthy life.

Check out more of our amazing employee benefits at mydiscoverbenefits.com

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Discover’s business is built on helping people, and we invest in the community (Blessing Backpacks, Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers/Sisters) to demonstrate our commitment to a brighter future.
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
You can open a separate Health Care FSA (HCFSA) and contribute up to $2,650 tax-free from your paycheck to reimburse yourself for eligible out-of-pocket expenses.
Disability insurance
Employees receive Short-Term Disability Insurance at no cost.
Dental insurance
Discover offers two dental plan options — Standard and Premier — both are administered by MetLife.
Vision insurance
Discover offers two vision plan options — Standard and Premier through VSP.
Health insurance
Discover offers a variety of medical plans for you and eligible family members, so that you can choose the benefit plan that suits your needs.
Life insurance
As a Discover employee, you receive Basic Life Insurance of one times your HWEE (up to $500,000) at no cost to you.
Pet insurance
Purchase medical coverage at a discounted rate for your beloved family pet. The more pets you insure, the greater the discount.
Wellness programs
Help balance your work and personal life with a wide variety of free and discounted resource and referral services including family and relationship counseling and financial guidance.
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
You may elect to contribute 1% to 30% of your eligible base salary, commissions and bonus on a pre-tax basis, up to IRS limits every year.
401(K) matching
Discover matches up to 6% of the pre-tax contributions you make to the 401(k) Plan.
Employee stock purchase plan
The ESPP provides eligible employees with an opportunity to purchase shares of Discover common stock through payroll deductions at a 5% discount.
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Discover helps eligible employees and their families with the costs of adoption by reimbursing certain expenses.
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Generous PTO
Discover has a Paid Time Off of 4 to 5 Weeks of paid time per year.
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Discover provides 7 paid holidays.
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
When you enroll in the Commuter Benefits Program at WageWorks, you’ll save on taxes on mass-transit passes, parking and other eligible expenses.
Company-sponsored outings
Onsite office parking
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
Onsite gym
Discover has fitness centers and Weight Watchers® programs at all five major locations.
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Discover provides tuition reimbursement and a full-ride bachelor's degree program for select online degree programs.
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks

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