Database Expert

Nordea is a Nordic financial institution undergoing technological transformation. The role is within Group Technology, specifically the Credit Decision Data Store team, which builds a reliable source of truth for credit assessment data used operationally and analytically in the bank.

• Experience in data architecture and design, data modelling, data warehousing solutions, and data integration patterns.
• Proficiency in database design and management with SQL and NoSQL technologies, including schema design, constraints, stored procedures, functions, and triggers.
• Strong understanding of ETL processes and tools such as DataStage, Informatica, and Snowflake ETL, plus familiarity with big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka event streaming.
• Proficiency in UML, especially ERD, sequence, and component diagrams, with knowledge of BPMN and end-to-end process thinking.
• Knowledge of data governance principles, data quality practices, performance optimization, debugging/troubleshooting, and CI/CD pipeline concepts.

Nice to have:

• Hands-on experience documenting complex data flows, integration landscapes, and data dictionaries in regulated environments.
• Experience designing event-driven or queue-based integration patterns and defining operational recovery mechanisms for critical data processes.
• Ability to support communities of practice through knowledge-sharing sessions, architecture guidance, and reusable documentation standards.

• Design efficient database schemas, business-aligned data models, data dictionaries, and technical documentation covering integration points and data flows.
• Improve database reliability, performance, and security through optimization techniques, validation rules, access controls, backup and recovery approaches, and error handling.
• Design data ingestion, transformation, and quality-control patterns, including automated workflows for recurring processing.
• Support system integration by designing message queues and event-driven patterns, ensuring data consistency, troubleshooting synchronization issues, and collaborating with internal and external teams.
• Shape data initiatives into manageable work packages by estimating effort, defining timelines, and assisting in setting the technical roadmap for data infrastructure.

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