Lead Data Engineer

Physicians Mutual is hiring a Lead Data Engineer in our Enterprise Technology Group. The selected candidate will design, develop, test and maintain scripts and jobs that are required to extract, transform, clean and load data into operational data stores. Mentors less experienced designers and serves as a project technical lead for large data projects.  Provides work direction, training and mentoring to staff and delegates tasks.    

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelorâ??s Degree in Computer Science, MIS or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of IT experience, to include at least 8 yearsâ?? progressive experience in relational database management systems.
• 8+ years of SQL experience.
• 8+ years' experience using Python.
• Demonstrate experience in data engineering with 10 years' experience using ETL tools (e.g., Informatica, DataStage).
• Strong relational database knowledge, including a broad understanding of current and prospective data architecture and database performance tuning.

Preferred:

• Experience in mentoring, coaching or developing others in a professional environment
• SQL programming in a DB2 environment
• SQL programming in SQL Server environment
• Experience developing or deploying data solutions cloud providers such as AWS, Google or Azure
• Experience with Docker/Jenkins

About us:

Health. Life. Retirement. The Physicians Mutual family empowers people from all walks of life to enjoy the financial security they deserve. Thatâ??s what Insurance for all of us® is about.

The Physicians Mutual family includes Physicians Mutual, Physicians Life and Physicians Select Insurance Companies. The family of companies provide health, life and retirement products, including Medicare Supplement, dental, life and supplemental health insurance, coverage for funeral pre-planning along with pet insurance for dogs and cats.

Since our start in 1902, our dedication to delivering on our promise has helped make us one of the nationâ??s leading health and life insurance providers. We consistently maintain some of the highest financial strength ratings in the nation from independent insurance analysts, including A.M. Best Company and Weiss Ratings, ensuring weâ??ll be there for our policyowners and our employees far into the future.

But the achievement weâ??re most proud of? We have a 95% customer approval rating â?? a true sign of a company dedicated to embodying its vision.