Data Operations Engineer, Web Tech Product Data Engineering, Associate

About this role

The Web Tech Solutions team is responsible for providing a solid software technology platform serving more than 100 public-facing websites of our company under the blackrock.com and ishares.com domains. These websites serve around 4 million individual visits per month, providing comprehensive data about our investment funds on more than 190 000 so-called product pages, enable roughly thousands of updates of web content and roughly 10 000 document uploads daily, as well as provide authentication for close to a million registered users globally.

As a Data Operations Engineer, you will be:

• Taking part of daily operations, ensuring seamless and timely data flow to our product pages

• Identifying opportunities to enhance our data pipelines and alerting mechanisms to ensure smoother data delivery and reduce the number of daily alerts

• Collaborating with internal and external teams to resolve issues, and to deliver on tactical and strategic initiatives that influence the way data is being managed and delivered

• Apply quality engineering practices through the Software Engineering Life-Cycle

• Contributing to application development across the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation to testing, deployment, and support

What You'll Need:

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience

• Ability to dissect complex systems and always looking for ways to enhance them and the processes around

• Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills, and time/priority management under pressure

• Hands-on SQL experience

• Experience with Python for application development, automation, or data processing

Nice to Have Skills:

• Experience with data integration, ETL processes and tools (Informatica/Databricks).

• Familiarity with data monitoring platforms (Splunk)

• Acquaintance with NoSQL databases

• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Strong knowledge in Git, Maven or Gradle, and Jenkins

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.