Skills: Engineering Manager with Bigdata/Fast Data, Power BI, Python, SQL
Experience: 12 to 16 Yrs
Lead and Mentor: Manage and mentor a team of Data Engineers, Data Analysts, and Business Analysts.
Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture, ensuring accountability for performance and results.
Set performance objectives, conduct performance reviews, and recommend pay actions.
Project Management: Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of data projects.
Ensure projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.
Vision and Strategy: Define a vision for the team in line with departmental strategy and operational challenges.
Translate this vision into a concrete action plan, working with a high level of autonomy with some guidance from the Senior Manager.
Agile Methodologies: Implement and promote Agile methodologies within the team.
Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
Collaboration: Work closely with Product Managers to understand requirements, prioritize tasks, and align development efforts with business goals.
Technical Direction: Provide technical direction and support to the team.
Ensure best practices in data engineering, testing, and deployment are followed.
Quality Assurance: Ensure the delivery of high-quality data solutions by implementing robust testing and code review processes.
Continuous Improvement: Encourage continuous learning and improvement within the team.
Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies.
Technical Excellence:
Production Support: Timely manage the investigation and resolution of production support issues and customer inquiries.
Collaboration: Collaborate with other development, architecture, solutions, and QA teams to ensure that data systems are designed for testability, stability, scalability, and performance.
Technical Proficiency: Proficiency in Power BI, Data Pipelines, Azure, and other relevant technologies.
Experience with cloud platforms and exposure to other tech stacks like Python, SQL, etc.
Agile Expertise: Strong understanding and experience with Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban).
Leadership: Proven ability to lead and inspire a team.
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Experience working closely with Product Managers and other cross-functional teams.
Communication:
Team Communication: Ensure timely and appropriate communication to team members regarding company/organization information.
Stakeholder Communication: Maintain clear and effective communication with all stakeholders, including Product Managers, designers, and other development teams.