Feature Lead - Technology

Bank of America•Jersey City, NJ

4d•$106,500 - $173,700•Onsite

About The Position

The team is a Data Engineering group focused on building and maintaining robust Database centric data pipelines, database solutions, and analytics platforms across heterogeneous systems. They develop and maintain Oracle, PL/SQL packages, procedures, functions, Vertica and Unix Shell/Python automation, with workload scheduling orchestrated through Autosys. The team ensures end to end data integrity, reliability, and performance across traditional database environments (Oracle, Vertica, MS SQL). They leverage data modeling, data profiling, dimensional modeling, and database testing to deliver well documented, stable, and compliant data solutions. They also support UAT, create training materials, and collaborate with adjacent technology teams to manage dependencies and ensure software stability and data quality. This job is responsible for providing leadership, technical direction and oversight to a team delivering technology solutions. Key responsibilities of the job are to provide oversight of the design, implementation, and maintenance of complex computer programs, align technical solutions to business objectives, and ensure that coding practices/quality comply with software development standards. Job expectations include conducting multiple software implementations and applying both depth and breadth in knowledge of several technical competencies. This is an individual contributor role.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Engineering ,Science ,IT, Computer Science or job related field required .
3+ years of job related experience required
Experience with relational and non-relational databases, focusing heavily on Oracle SQL and PL/SQL.
Strong experience designing and implementing Oracle-driven data integration pipelines using SQL, PL/SQL, and Unix shell scripting.
Experience automating Oracle processes using job schedulers (Autosys preferred).
Professional experience in SQL/PLSQL development, including packages, functions, procedures, triggers, and bulk processing.
Ability to refine requirements, participate in story sizing, and help drive Agile delivery.
Ability to perform POCs/spikes to test new Oracle features or solution patterns.
Develop, test, and deliver Oracle-based solutions that meet acceptance criteria and adhere to compliance standards.
Strong understanding of how to integrate multiple architectural components (data, application, business).
Good understanding of dimensional modeling, star/snowflake schemas, facts, dimensions, and hierarchies.
Skilled in leading and developing complex Oracle data flows, connecting to heterogeneous databases such as Oracle and MS SQL Server.
Hands-on experience developing complex Oracle procedures, functions, and PL/SQL packages used in APIs, reporting, and data warehousing.
Ability to conduct both proactive and reactive Oracle performance tuning using explain plans, indexing strategies, statistics, hints, and SQL optimization best practices.
Strong hands-on experience developing and supporting Unix shell scripts (critical skill)

Nice To Haves

Financial industry/Banking Experience Preferred.
Demonstrate exceptional analytical skills and problem solving skills; excellent organizational, communication skills
Experience with JIRA tool and infrastructure .
An individual with a demonstrated ability to get things done and make things happen; a person who is resourceful, seizes opportunities and is an innovator

Responsibilities

Designs, develops and is accountable for feature delivery
Applies enterprise standards for solution design, coding and quality
Ensures solution meets product acceptance criteria with minimal technical debt
Guides the team on work breakdown and execution
Works with the Product Owner to ensure that product backlog/requirements are healthy, with clear acceptance criteria
Plays a team lead role (as an individual contributor) and mentors the team
Guides team members with skills and practices (planning and estimation, peer reviews, and other engineering practices)
Analyze existing business processes and design Oracle-centric optimizations, automation, and workflow improvements.
Gather and document functional, non-functional, and technical requirements for incoming requests.
Analyze functional and data requirements—understand how applications store, transform, and expose data within Vertica/Oracle.
Assist users and development teams with application testing, data validation, and troubleshooting Oracle/Vertica database processes.
Identify, document, and troubleshoot application and database-related issues (performance, data integrity, failures).
Document end to end processes, database procedures, workflow logic, and operational runbooks.
Create and maintain training material for end-users and support teams.
Demonstrate exceptional analytical/problem solving skills with strong communication and collaboration.
Collaborate with other development teams to manage interdependencies, design test cases, debug issues, and maintain high data quality.
Ensure software stability through documentation, peer code reviews, regression testing, unit testing, and UAT.
Perform logical and physical data modeling, including schema design in Oracle.
Perform in-depth data analysis, profiling, and identification of data quality issues.
Support story refinement, requirement elaboration, and effort estimation in Agile processes.
Comfortable using Github Copilot and other AI tools to speed up delivery of the development and lead and encourage be a role model to drive the Developers growth.
Present team’s work to Business partners and Lead Sr and Jr team members onshore and offshore through technical complexities in Oracle development and CI CD pipeline design and industry standard best practices.
Develop strong understanding of stakeholder needs and translate them into scalable Database based technical solutions.