Data Engineering Manager

Job Title : Data Engineering ManagerLocation : Alpharetta,GARemote : Until CovidJob Description :

• We are looking for an Engineering Manager for the Enterprise Data Organization to manage technology delivery of new capabilities and enhancements to existing capabilities in new Data Ecosystem (Polaris) on Cloud / Big Data as well as Legacy On-prem Ecosystems.
• The person will also be responsible for migration of legacy data platforms to Cloud in the future.
• The candidate will also be responsible for streamlining Enterprise Data team’s development process by driving adoption of Agile methodology.
• The candidate will require to possess strong technical, analytical, critical thinking as well as inter-personal skills.
• Ideal candidate will have broad, hands-on experience on building and managing data ecosystems (Data Lake on Cloud, Datawarehouse, data transformation, data modeling, data distribution using DaaS and other patterns).
• Delivery responsibilities for implementing data pipeline (data ingest, data transformation, data store and data distribution) for new use cases as well as changes to existing functionalities in Polaris Big Data Ecosystem on Cloud

• Delivery responsibilities for enhancing existing data pipeline (data ingest, data transformation, data store and data distribution) in Legacy Data Ecosystem on premise

• Estimate development work effort, build execution plan
• Manage scope, schedule and risk related to development work
• Manage development cost based on effort estimation
• Partner with Business and IT stakeholders to properly manage delivery commitment and expectations

• Stakeholder communication, status reporting
• Work with Data Architect on delivery roadmap and annual planning

• Manage 5 FTEs (Developers / Data Engineers)
• Performance review of FTEs, provide timely feedbacks, and help with their professional development

• Excellent interpersonal skills; comfort and competence in dealing with different teams within the organization. Requires an ability to interface with multiple constituent groups and build sustainable relationships.
• Strong and effective communication skills (verbal and written).
• The ability to maintain good communication skills, including the ability to listen
• Strong analytical, problem solving skills.
• Experience of working in a matrix organization, self-driven. A go getter and a problem solver.
• Ability to prioritize, work to deadlines, work under pressure. Results oriented, flexible, adaptable.
• Work well independently, and be a team player.
• Versatile, creative temperament, ability to think out-of-the box while defining sound and practical solutions. Ability to master new skills.
• Proactive approach to problem solving with effective influencing skills.

• 10+ Years of software delivery experience
• BS in either Information Systems, Finance/Mathematics, or Computer Science
• 5+ years of experience in software delivery using Big Data, preferably on Cloud
• Hands-on Design and Development experience with multiple Data Technologies; Data Warehouse, Big Data, Data Integration, ETL, RDBMS etc.
• Hands on practical experience with software development estimation, planning and tracking.

• Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps will be preferred
• Good understanding of Master Data Management, Data Management etc.
• Good understanding and preferably hands-on experience of executing projects using Agile methodologies.

• Experience in Azure Cloud and Databricks is a plus
• Experience in Java/Python development is a plus
• Exposure in Microsoft technologies like SSIS, SQL Server, SSRS
• Understanding of data science and visualization (Hadoop, Spark, Databricks)