Software Engineer II B - GBS IND

Job Description:

About Us

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Global Business Services

Global Business Services delivers Technology and Operations capabilities to Lines of Business and Staff Support Functions of Bank of America through a centrally managed, globally integrated delivery model and globally resilient operations.

Global Business Services is recognized for flawless execution, sound risk management, operational resiliency, operational excellence and innovation.

In India, we are present in five locations and operate as BA Continuum India Private Limited (BACI), a non-banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and the operating company for India operations of Global Business Services.

Process Overview*

Data Digital and Global Marketing provides technology solutions for Retail, Preferred & Small Business lines of business through Reference Data Systems, Analytics & Business Intel, offer management, Client & Account Data, Customer Data Management platforms and processes. The job involves executing marketing campaigns for various consumer products. The technologies used in this process are SAS, SQL, Teradata, Hadoop and, Unix as file Landing environment.

Job Description*

Candidate must possess strong SAS data retrieval/ manipulation/load skills. Specific tasks include importing data from various formats (e.g., csv, txt, xls) and sources (e.g., Teradata, Hadoop, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2), Combine or filter files into one or more SAS data sets, retrieving data from a number of sources, appending/merging data, updating/inserting, filtering data, exporting data, and similar functions. Demonstrated experience with developing and manipulating the following SAS Tools/Procedures: Advanced data step, Input, output, Join, Informat, Deduplicate, Proc Contents, Freq, Tabulate, Univariate Proc SQL, and well versed in SAS Macros. Excellent communication skills and result orientation are also important. Should process strong Unix and sql skills.

Responsibilities*

The candidate in this role will be working as an individual contributor and design, involve in Campaign executions for the Consumers in the Banking Domain environment. The daily job activities would involve:

• Translate detailed business requirements into SAS code for new program development. Identify and create effective audit checks to validate accuracy of data. Perform Data Migrations & generate audit reports using SAS. Modify existing SAS programs with requested changes.  Identify appropriate audit checks and provide audit materials for review and signoff. Complete data exploration and address any data anomalies, gaps or issues. Perform population sizing based on business requirements. Create and maintain standard documentation (comments in code, detailed workflows documenting program). Identify and implement automation improvements SAS Dataset Import/Export.
• Ability to support, triage and troubleshoot issues.
• Provide technical solutions and ability to learn new technology to fulfill the project needs and implement.
• Proactively track tasks to closure.
• Participate/Communicate/Host calls independently related to projects.
• Identify process risk proactively and implement process improvement ideas.

Requirements*

Education*

• Graduation / Post Graduation:  BE/B. Tech/MCA

Certifications If Any:

• SAS certification (good to have)

Experience Range*

• 5 to 8 Years

Foundational Skills*

• SAS Programming, SAS SQL, Teradata Programming.  
• Good working knowledge in Unix/Linux and Shell Scripting.
• Autosys job scheduling.

• Intermediate experience with Microsoft product.
  • Word
  • Excel
  • Visio
  • Power Point
• Should have excellent analytical and technical skills.

Desired Skills*

• Exposure and knowledge in Python programming is an added advantage.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Effective communication, Strong stakeholder engagement skills,
• Experience in writing & analysis of queries for any database.
• Familiarity with customer data platforms and targeting frameworks.
• Prior experience in marketing technology including campaign creation, lead generation and incentive based offers

Work Timings*

• 11:30 AM to 8:30 PM IST

Job Location*

Chennai