BigID Product Engineer (L9)

Job Description:

Role Title:BigID Product Engineer (L9)

Company Overview :Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry’s most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

• We have recently been ranked #2 among India’s Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India’s Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.

• We provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being.

• We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities for all to take up leadership roles.

Organizational Overview:

This role will be part of the Data Architecture & Analytics group part of Engineering organization.

• Data team is responsible for designing and developing scalable data pipelines for efficient data ingestion, transformation, and loading(ETL).

• Data team owns and manages different tools platforms which provides an environment for designing and building different data solutions.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate new data sources and ensure data quality and consistency.

• Building and maintaining data models to facilitate data access and analysis by Data Scientists and Analysts

Role Summary/Purpose:

We are looking for an strong Individual contributor, Platform Administrator who will work in building and managing the BIGID platform for scanning different data sources across public cloud and on-prem environments. The individual will be working with Infosec and Data Office teams to setup the scan and ensure all the Data Sources are scanned for PII and Secrets data elements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with Infrastructure team to provision new VMs for using as scanners

• Install, Configure and administer BigId agent on the scanners

• Work with Firewall team to open the firewall between BigId scanners and Data Sources (S3 buckets, Redshift etc)

• Work with AWS IAM team to setup connectivity between EC2 scanners and Data Sources

• Creating rules and policies for scanning various Data Sources

• Operate the scanning rules and schedule them to run as BAU

• Document the processes and ensure the setup meets SYF security guidelines

Required Skills/Knowledge:

• Minimum 2+ Years of experience in BigId product administration and development or in lieu of a degree 4+ years of BigId product administration and development

• Basic understanding of LINUX OS (understanding of file systems, environment, user and groups)

• Basic understanding of firewalls, ports and how to check connectivity between 2 environments

• Exposure to public cloud ecosystem (AWS, Azure and GCP) and its components

• Understanding of DevOps pipelines

• Exposure to Operations task like Job Scheduling, monitoring, Health check of the platforms, automations etc

• Understanding of SAFe methodology/working in Agile environment

• Minimum 2+ years of financial services experience

• Minimum 2+ years of experience managing Data platforms.

• Hands on experience with cloud platforms such as S3, Redshift, etc.

• Ability to develop and maintain strong collaborative relationships at all levels across IT and the business.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, along with a strong ability to lead and influence others.

• Experience working iteratively in a fast-paced agile environment.

• Demonstrated competency linking business strategy with IT technology initiatives

• Proven track record of leading and executing on critical business initiatives on-time and within budget.

• Demonstrated ability to drive change and work effectively across business and geographical boundaries.

• Expertise in evaluating technology and solution engineering, with strong focus on architecture and deployment of new technology

• Superior decision-making, client relationship, and vendor management skills.

Desired Skills/Knowledge:

• Good to have understanding and knowledge on IaaS tools like Terraform and Ansible

• Good to have knowledge on S3 buckets, Redshift and other AWS components

• Good to have experience with Okta and Active Directory

• Good to have understanding on EKS/Kubernetes

Eligibility Criteria:

Minimum 2+ Years of experience in BigId product administration and development or in lieu of a degree 4+ years of BigId product administration and development

Work Timings:3 PM to 12 AM IST

This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time – 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs) We are proud to offer flexibility at Synchrony. Our way of working allows you the option to work from home or workspaces in our Regional Engagement Hubs—Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Kolkata, or Delhi/NCR. Occasionally you may be required to commute or travel to Hyderabad or one of the Regional Engagement Hubs for in person engagement activities such as business or team meetings, trainings, and culture events

For Internal Applicants:

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying

• Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday

• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)

• Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, PIP)

• L4 to L7 Employees who have completed 12 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.

• L8+ Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.

• L4+ Employees can apply.

Level / Grade : 9

Job Family Group:

Information Technology