Data Engineer

Summary

As a Data Engineer at BCIC, you will be responsible for building, maintaining, and optimising scalable data pipelines and infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ingest, transform, and provision data that supports analytics, reporting, and digital innovation initiatives.

Responsibilities

The scope of this job encompasses but not limited to:

• • Design, build, and optimize reliable data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and APIs to support analytics and business intelligence use cases.
• • Collaborate with stakeholders to gather data requirements and deliver data solutions that enable faster, data-informed decisions.
• • Integrate structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from diverse internal and external sources.
• • Implement and maintain data models and cloud-native data warehouses, Snowflake, SQL Server Analysis Services.
• • Conduct root cause analysis on internal and external data/processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.
• • Ensure data governance, quality, security, and compliance standards are upheld throughout the data lifecycle.
• • Develop reusable frameworks and tools to automate data processing and improve reliability and efficiency.
• • Partner with developers and analysts to deliver end-to-end data solutions and ensure alignment with enterprise data architecture.
• • Monitor and maintain system performance and troubleshoot issues in production data environments.

Required Skills

• • Proficiency in building scalable and secure data pipelines.
• • Strong understanding of data modeling (dimensional and relational).
• • Experience with cloud-based architectures, microservices, and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is an asset.
• • Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• • Effective communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an agile environment.
• • Passion for continuous learning and keeping up with data technology trends.

Qualifications

• • A university degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• • Advanced certifications in cloud data platforms (e.g., Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP) or data engineering tools are a plus.
• • Minimum 2 – 4 years experience in data engineering or data infrastructure roles.
• • Proven experience with SQL Server, Analysis Services, Python, DBT, and Fivetran in a professional setting.
• • Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT tools (e.g., Apache Airflow, dbt, Talend, DBT, Fivetran) and data orchestration frameworks.
• • Working knowledge with data warehousing concepts and tools (e.g., Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, BigQuery).

Additional Information and Instructions

At BCIC, we believe data is a strategic asset that drives innovation, growth, and customer satisfaction. You will have the opportunity to work in a learning-oriented environment with modern tools and technologies. We offer a collaborative culture, hybrid work flexibility, and opportunities to grow with purpose. Submit your applications no later than 5:00pm on Thursday, May 29, 2025, via email to careers@bcicjamaica.com. Your application will be formally acknowledged, if you are shortlisted for an interview.

About British Caribbean Insurance Company Limited (BCIC)

British Caribbean Insurance Company Limited (BCIC) is the #1 General Insurer in Jamaica! We foster a learning environment in which our people thrive, performance excels and business grows! We know that the right employees are the key to our success – so we are looking for two Assistant Investigators to join our team and help us achieve our vision.

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