Overview

Manager, TSG Data Engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead a scrum team developing and updating applications
• Lead the planning, testing and implementation of all production releases. Coordinate production releases between scrum teams across the product. Work with System Architect, Data Architect and engineering team members for the configuration and implementation of DevOps and Continues Integration.
• Encourage DevOps mindset within the engineering team and facilitates lean production, continuous integration and continuous deployment while working with the System Architect and engineering team members.
• Support the team in the evaluation and selection process of the 3rd part components/libraries/ tools together with the Systems Architect and Data Architect.
• Provide ongoing support for applications already in use. This includes problem diagnosis and resolution, ad hoc reporting support and database administration.
• Provide frequent updates regarding development issues to the TSG leadership and other groups as appropriate.
• Participate in product level Steering Committee meetings as appropriate.
• Provide technical leadership and facilitate cross-team communication across multiple product scrum teams.
• Ensure the proposed technical approaches meet the functional requirements and are in coordination with similar activities across the other product scrum teams. Provide guidance to the scrum team determining the need for new technologies based on the product backlog.
• Manage and supervise between 3-6 direct reports within the development team. These individuals are typically working on the team they directly support. Responsible for the individuals' PD and career development.
• Participate in hiring of developers/ engineering team members.
• Support individual team members and provide technical input and mentorship to help the team deliver current work in the sprint. Assess and help them improve their engineering practices.
• Coach teams and individuals on their understanding of Agile methodologies and Agile practices improving their interactions and ensuring they have the right process and tools for their success.
• Promote practices which help with incremental delivery and continuous integration and remove any blockers from achieving incremental delivery.
• Work with the Scrum Master to identify teaching and learning opportunities for their direct reports and help the scrum team members to be more T-Shaped.
• Support the Scrum Master in improving delivery metrics like velocity, responsiveness, predictability, quality, etc.
• Advise business and technology partners on technology solutions leveraging emerging technologies and on mitigation of disruption risk.
• Prepare and maintain the long-term technology roadmap for the product based on the product vision. Work with the Product Owner, System Architect, Data Architect and engineering team members for its implementation.

Qualifications

• Experience in software development including work on all aspects of the development life cycle.
• Solid understanding of Agile Methodology with experience in managing sprints/ scrums and user stories while using tools such as VSTS, Jira, etc.
• Experience architecting applications and working on enterprise-wide systems.
• Experience leading technical teams on small to medium size projects.
• Demonstrated record of strong performance in prior software development positions.
• Strong communication, time management and customer service skills.
• High performance and standards as demonstrated by academic or previous job experience.
• Languages: SQL, PySpark, Python, Scala
• Data Storage & Analytics: Delta Lake, Unity catalog, Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake, Blob Storage, etc.
• ETL Tools: Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory
• Cloud-based data warehouse and Lakehouse architectures on Microsoft Azure
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure Databricks, ADLS, ADF, Azure Logic app
• DevOps: Git, GitHub Actions, Terraform
• Visualization Tools: Tableau, Power BI, etc.
• 8-10 experience in software development including work on all aspects of the development life cycle.