AVP, Principal Product Engineer - Cloud Platform (L11)

Job Description:

Role Title: AVP, Principal Product Engineer - Cloud Platform (L11)

Company Overview:

Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

Organizational Overview:

This role will be part of the Data Architecture & Analytics group part of CTO organization.

Role Summary/Purpose:

We are seeking an experienced AWS Platform Engineer to join our Cloud Data Platform team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing, maintaining, and optimizing our AWS accounts hosting services like EMR, Redshift, Athena, S3, EC2 etc ensuring high performance, security, and reliability. The ideal candidate should have experience with AWS Services and data migration from On-prem to public cloud.

Essential Responsibilities:

Perform POCs on AWS services

Design, implement, and manage AWS Redshift clusters through Terraform IaC
Optimize and improve Redshift performance, scalability, and availability
Support User SQL queries and issues
Ensure data security, integrity, and compliance with data governance policies
Monitor and troubleshoot cluster issues, performing root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures
Collaborate with data analysts and data scientists to understand business requirements and optimize data models
Stay up-to-date with new AWS Redshift features and best practices
Develop and maintain documentation of Redshift architecture, processes, and procedures

Hands-on experience with EMR cluster builds and necessary user support

Involving in defining IAM roles, policies and user onboarding for Redshift and EMR along with any other supporting cloud services

Able to manage Terraform code through Bitbucket and deploy through automated deployment pipelines.

Good agile team collaboration and able to support multiple teams as needed.

*Strong support lifecycle knowledge working with AWS / 3rd party vendors

Qualifications/Requirements:

Bachelors degree with minimum 6+ years of experience with AWS (Amazon Web Services) or in lieu of a degree 8+ years of experience in AWS.
Strong knowledge of SQL and data modeling
Strong knowledge on AWS services Redshift, EMR, Glue, Lake formation and S3
Strong understanding of data security and compliance

Design and implement EMR / EMR Serverless services using Terraform IaC
Develop and maintain DR capabilities for EMR service.

Optimize EMR & Redshift clusters for performance, cost, and security
Collaborate with data analysts and data scientists to understand business requirements
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Desired Characteristics:

Knowledge of data governance and quality processes
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps practices

Knowledge of security and compliance requirements for big data processing
Familiarity with data governance and quality principles

AWS well Architecture Framework (WAF) knowledge

Understanding on serverless services and respective benefits
Certification in AWS

Eligibility Criteria:

Bachelors degree with minimum 6+ years of experience with AWS (Amazon Web Services) or in lieu of a degree 8+ years of experience in AWS.

Work Timings: 3 PM to 12 AM IST

( This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility and Choice offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time - 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs. Please discuss this with the hiring manager for more details .)

For Internal Applicants :

Grade/Level: 11

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