SUMMARY
We’re hiring a Data Engineer to design and optimize Sunwest’s Azure-based data infrastructure. This role will build scalable pipelines across Azure Blob Storage, Microsoft Fabric, and OneLake to support advanced analytics and AI. Responsibilities include developing orchestration engines for document ingestion, tagging, and automated extraction, integrating AI/ML services and databases to combine insights with operational data. The engineer will ensure pipelines are secure, efficient, and structured to support AI-driven document processing and enterprise reporting
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design and optimize Sunwest’s enterprise data infrastructure using Azure technologies
- Build scalable data pipelines across Azure Blob Storage, Microsoft Fabric, and OneLake
- Develop orchestration engines for document ingestion and processing workflows
- Implement tagging and chunking mechanisms for incoming documents
- Create automated extraction pipelines to derive insights from documents
- Integrate AI/ML services and databases to combine extracted insights with operational data
- Ensure data pipelines are secure, efficient, and structured for AI-driven applications
- Support enterprise reporting and analytics through robust data architecture
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Demonstrates high degree of professionalism in communication, attitude and teamwork with customers, peers and management
- Demonstrates high level of quality work, attendance and appearance
- Adheres to all Company Policies & Procedures and Safety Regulations
- Adheres to local, state and federal laws
- Understands and complies with all company rules and regulations
- Attends training and maintains a basic knowledge of procedures to ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing financial institutions, as they apply to your position and job responsibilities, with an emphasis on the BSA/AML/CIP, Consumer Privacy, Regulation CC, Information Security, Bank Protection Act, FACT-Identity Theft, Information Technology and GLBA.
- Additional duties as assigned as it relates to the position
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
This position does not have supervisory responsibilities
Required QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience: 5–10 years in data engineering, with a strong track record in building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes for large datasets
- Cloud Expertise: Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure services, especially Blob Storage, Fabric, and OneLake (or similar lakehouse platforms)
- Pipeline Development: Skilled in Python, PySpark, SQL, and orchestration tools like Airflow, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, or Apache Spark
- AI Integration: Experience using AI/ML services (e.g., OCR, NLP, Azure Cognitive Services) to extract and process document data
- Database Knowledge: Strong understanding of SQL Server, relational and NoSQL databases, with the ability to design schemas and optimize data storage for analytics and real-time access
Preferred Qualifications
- Microsoft Fabric / OneLake: Experience with Fabric and OneLake is a strong plus; familiarity with similar platforms like Azure Synapse or Snowflake is helpful
- Document Pipelines: Background in processing unstructured data (PDFs, images, text) using OCR and text extraction tools
- AI & NLP: Understanding of NLP and AI/ML techniques for document classification and entity extraction
- Data Governance: Experience with data quality, metadata management, and security controls—especially in regulated environments
- Collaboration: Comfortable working with data scientists and engineers to deploy AI models; experience with Agile and version control tools
COMPETENCIES:
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Decision Making
- Initiative
- Innovation
- Motivator
- Organization
- Professionalism
- Results Orientated
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: In general, the following physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow differently-abled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Standing, walking and squatting less than fifty percent of the work shift
- Required to lift, move and carry up to 40 pounds
- Ability to read, count and write to accurately complete all documentation and reports
- Must be able to see, hear and speak in order to communicate with employees and other customers
- Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
- Manual dexterity required using hands to finger; handle, feel and type; reach with hands and arms
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Sedentary: Limited activity, no lifting, limited walking
Moderate: Mostly standing, walking, bending, frequent lifting
Light: Office work, some lifting, bending, stooping or kneeling, walking
Arduous: Heavy lifting, bending, crawling, climbing
WORK ENVIRONMENT: In general, the following conditions of the work environment are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow differently-abled individuals to perform the essential functions of the job within the environment.
- The work space is clean, orderly, properly lighted and ventilated with the proper safety compliance
- Noise levels are considered moderat
Sunwest Bank Is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Sunwest Bank works with staff members and customers without regard to race, ancestry, national origin, sex, marital status, age, religion, medical condition, handicap, disability or veteran status and to assist the Bank in maintaining its Affirmative Action Program.
Compliance with Bank Secrecy Act laws and regulations is considered an extremely serious matter, and it is intended that Sunwest Bank, through the purposeful efforts of its employees and officers, are expected to make every resolute attempt to conform to its Bank Secrecy Act Program and Procedures. Failure to comply will be reflected in their performance review as well as in any bonus compensation programs in which they may participate.
Attend and complete all required classroom, computer-based, web-based and seminar training.It is the individual responsibility of every employee to maintain a current awareness and understanding of and to fully comply with Sunwest Bank’s “Code of Ethics and Conduct.” Each employee is also expected to maintain an awareness of the laws, regulations, internal policies and procedures that are appropriate for his/her position
Note:The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level and work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. All job descriptions can be amended without notice as warranted by business necessity.
