Data Engineer- Chennai, TamilNadu

Company Description

Destar Inc is a talent solutions provider based in USA, India, Singapore & UAE. Destar is committed to delivering consistent and high-quality services that align with their philosophy of performance and synchronicity.

Job Title: Data Engineer

Job Department: CEP IT – AML

Open Positions: 1

Job Type: Contract to Hire

Project Duration: Long term project

Experience: 8+ years

Recruiter : [email protected] Meet Mehta; [email protected] Harish Kumar B

Job Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu India ( Hybrid)

Qualification: Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Client Global Profile: Our Banking client?is a top-ranking bank in Europe with an international profile. It operates in 71 countries and has almost 199000 employees. The Group ranks highly in its three core areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking networks and financial services are grouped together under Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, centred on corporate and institutional clients. The Group helps all of its clients (retail, associations, businesses, SMEs, large corporates and institutional) to implement their projects by providing them with services in financing, investment, savings and protection. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, the Bank enjoys leading positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas and has a solid and fast-growing network in the Asia/Pacific region.

Client India Profile: Established in 2005, with delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking across the Group.?Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 6000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

About Business line/Function : This role is with CIB CEP IT team. CEP IT team provides services to Compliance, Control and Legal functions within company CIB. The key stakeholders are spread across Europe and North America.

Job Role : The person will be a key member of the AML IT team that is tasked to deliver multiple complex projects in the AML Monitoring area.???This role is within the CEP IT team.??Focus will primarily be on the evolving Actimize Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring platform, within Corporate & Institutional Banking, Correspondent Banking and Capital Markets.

The candidate will work with the Compliance & Financial Security teams and will be responsible for technical implementation of the AML product.??The candidate should be a skilled and experienced Data Architect or Data Engineer to lead the design and implementation of the data architecture and processing pipelines for our AML transaction monitoring application. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing scalable and efficient data solutions, integrating with Oracle databases, and leveraging Apache Spark and PySpark for distributed data processing and analytics. This role requires strong expertise in database management, distributed computing.

The candidate should also have good knowledge of ETL design and be able to develop optimised code. Working experience on PySpark is a must. Experience on Scala programming is an added advantage.

Job Responsibilities

• Be a part of IT team to develop and contribute to initiatives that transform and modernize the capabilities and services of the Compliance and AML function.

• Develop data processing pipelines using Apache Spark and PySpark for efficient batch processing and ETL operations.?

• Integrate with Oracle databases to store and manage transactional data, ensuring data consistency, integrity, and security

• Work with stakeholders to understand data requirements and design solutions to meet those requirements

• Develop and maintain data models and database schemas

• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines and ETL processes

• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to provide high-quality data for analysis

• Implement DevOps practices to ensure efficient and reliable deployment of data pipelines and ETL processes,

Direct Responsibilities

• Understand business requirement from business analyst, users and should have analytical mind to understand existing process and purpose better solutions
• Work on TSD designs, development, testing, deployment, support
• Suggest and implement innovative approach.
• Should be adaptable to new technology or methodology

Contributing Responsibilities

• Contribute towards knowledge sharing initiatives with other team members
• Contribute to documentation of solution and configurations of the models

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Mandatory?

• Team player who promotes communication between stakeholders
• 8+ years of experience in Banking IT, with a good understanding of the Corporate and Institutional Banking activity.?
• Expertise in Oracle database and SQL programming
• Proficiency in writing Python scripts
• Good knowledge of ETL design and development
• Working experience on PySpark
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Experience in implementing DevOps practices
• Experience with data modeling and database design
• Implementation knowledge in EDA, Machine learning (models as linear regression, logistic regression/classification, KNN, SVM etc.), Deep learning (NLP, Computer vision, GAN, Neural networks), Reinforcement learning, Statistical learning, MLOps
• Knowledge of data visualization
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in data engineering and recommend new tools and techniques to improve our data infrastructure

• Good knowledge on ELK, Scala programming, Kubernetes/Docker.
• Have knowledge of data visualization

The ideal candidate will be on the permanent payroll of Destar and deployed at our client location in Chennai on a long term contract of 2-3 years, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where all employees can thrive and contribute to our success. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for career advancement and professional development.

If you are a passionate and results-driven professional looking to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced global Banking & financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system, we encourage you to apply for this role. Join us and be part of our client that is shaping the future of Banking & Financial services.