CADRE Data/Software Engineer

Important Information

• Open to US Citizens, Green Card holders or Permanent Residents with at least 3 years of residency, and intent to become a US citizen.

• No F-1 or H-1B sponsorship is available. Candidates must have valid work authorization, without an end date.

• This is a hybrid role and requires working on-site, in Kansas City, Denver, Oklahoma City, or Omaha, a minimum of 50% monthly.

About the Role

• As an embedded IT group, the Center for the Advancement of Data and Research in Economics (CADRE) supports data or computationally intensive research and analytics for staff in the Economic Research division of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and across the Federal Reserve System. Our technology services include multiple high performance computing environments, research data warehousing and curating services, and endpoint support. We are committed to personal development, training, and research.

• Successful candidate will be a team-oriented Data/Software Engineer with a strong understanding of the end-to-end process of delivering software using Agile/DevOps methodologies and have expertise in more than one of the technologies listed below.

• Successful candidate will implement data products with a focus on collecting, parsing, managing, and analyzing large sets of data to turn information into insights using multiple platforms.

• Successful candidate will ensure that data pipelines are scalable, repeatable, and secure -- as well as able to serve multiple users.

• Along with team members, candidate will participate in the design, development and implementation of large-scale technology solutions aligned to the mission of the Federal Reserve System, including payment systems, data analysis and visualization, supervision of financial institutions, informing and educating the public, and others.

Key Activities

• Collects, cleanses, analyzes, and validates data prior to it being stored in application databases for final use by the organization and/or its clients. Constructs and applies standard statistical analysis and/or models to verify data acceptability/accuracy.

• Configures, operates, and develops manual and/or automated methods, processes, and procedures to test output or input based on data compliance, quality and use requirements as established by product management, client specifications, and governance programs.

• Ensures data integrity by implementing quality assurance practices. Plans, designs, develops, and performs quality assessments on data elements and structures to document and evaluate integrity, completeness, quality, and appropriateness of formats, records, and structures. Gathers and enters missing data and resolves any anomalies.

• Performs regular and ad hoc reviews, audits, and investigations of data activity and integrity; prepares reports and summaries of findings.

• Produces, updates and implements guidelines and documentation of policies, processes, procedures, and standards.

• Identifies areas of improvement in data collection processes or systems and make recommendations to correct any deficiencies.

• Works on Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes/projects, individually or as part of or in conjunction with a database/data warehouse team.

• Partners with customers in the development of innovative solutions that achieve business goals.

• Reviews and analyzes business and technical requirements and implements technical solutions to meet those requirements.

Qualifications

• Typically requires at least 6-15+ years of relevant experience, depending on the level.

• Bachelor's degree specializing in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or a closely related field, from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of directly related education and/or experience.

• Recent accomplishments in developing and analyzing complex SQL on a variety of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) for data querying and manipulation.

• Advanced data analytics experience for designing, developing, and maintaining the Tableau dashboards and reports that align with business requirements.

• Experience using core AWS services to build and support data warehouse solutions leveraging AWS architecture best practices.

• Proven ability to use GitLab for creating a project, cloning a repository, creating a branch, staging, committing and pushing changes.

• Knowledge of AWS Cloud deployments and processes.

• Senior to advanced understanding of subject. Has in-depth and/or breadth of knowledge in discipline.

• Performs work independently with limited supervision and direction. Serves as a resource for less experienced staff.

Additional Information

Location(s):

• Hybrid - Kansas City, Denver, Oklahoma City, Omaha

• Remote Eligible - No

Salary:

• $110,300 - $155,700 / Senior Level

• $125,200 - $176,700 / Advanced Level

• Final offers are determined by factors including the candidate's qualifications, internal alignment considerations, district assignment, and geographic location.

Screening: US Citizens and Green Card holders or Permanent Residents with at least 3 years of residency, with the intent to become a US citizen. This position has additional screening requirements due to the information accessed while performing the job. These additional screenings would be initiated at the time of offer acceptance and can take up to a couple of months to be completed. You can begin work before the screening is completed; however, continued employment is contingent on acceptable screening results. The areas screened may include education/employment verification, criminal history, credit history, and reference checks.

Sponsorship: The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without an end date and without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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