Data Engineering Lead (Ab Initio), Vice President
Summary
Lead data engineer at Citigroup designing, building, and optimizing ETL pipelines for Citi's Oracle General Ledger using the Ab Initio toolkit. Day to day involves hands-on ETL development, SQL/Oracle data analysis, automation of utilities, and Agile delivery with finance and technology stakeholders.
In this role you will design, build, and optimize high-performance ETL solutions for Citi's Oracle General Ledger data pipelines. You’ll work across finance and technology to ensure data accuracy and integrity, collaborating with business users and cross-functional teams. You’ll innovate by automating utilities and improving system efficiency, shaping Citi’s Finance Technology operations. This is a chance to become a subject matter expert in ledger processing within a global financial institution.
Pay / Benefits- Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days
- Discretional annual performance bonus
- Private medical insurance
- Pension plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Learning and development resources
- Design, develop, and optimize complex ETL applications using Ab Initio toolkit (GDE, Control Centre, Metadata Hub)
- Collaborate with business users, financial analysts, and tech teams to understand requirements and ensure timely delivery
- Lead SDLC activities within Agile methodology, including documentation, unit/SIT testing, and UAT/production support
- Analyze data issues using SQL and RDBMS expertise to maintain financial data integrity in the Oracle ledger
- Innovate by creating automated utilities to improve performance and efficiency
- Own technical issues, monitor processes, resolve defects, and manage bugs in Jira
- Experience delivering data solutions in Banking/Financial Technology
- Extensive hands-on ETL development with Ab Initio (GDE, Control Centre, Metadata Hub)
- Deep Oracle/SQL expertise for complex data analysis and issue resolution
- Strong UNIX and shell scripting skills
- Full SDLC experience with Agile methodologies and Jira familiarity
- Excellent analytical, ownership, risk management, and delivery capabilities
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree preferred
- Analytical thinking
- Ownership and accountability
- Collaborative communication
- Ab Initio (GDE, Control Centre, Metadata Hub)
- SQL and Oracle RDBMS
- UNIX and shell scripting