Director, Data Engineering & Operations

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Job Summary

As a Data Engineering Director, you will build, coach and mentor a high performing team of Engineers to define, drive and execute on organizational vision. Develop and adhere to processes that allow the team to collaborate with local as well as global teams with a high degree of efficiency. Responsible for coordinating and directing the design, development, implementation, maintenance and support of data engineering solutions and applications. #EBI

Job Description

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop and nurture team of developers by motivating and mentoring and assist in hiring critical talent
• Mentor junior team members, develop departmental procedures and best practices standards
• Hire and retain world class talents to deliver data engineering and operations projects.
• Dynamic leader who has directly managed team of highly competent developers in fast paced work environment

• Strong business and technical vision
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects
• Work with product owners in developing a strategy and road map to provide compelling capabilities that helps them succeed in their business goals.
• Work closely with architects, data stewards and internal / external stakeholders

• Instill best practices for software development and documentation, assure designs meet requirements, and deliver high quality work on tight schedules
• Own project prioritization, planning of projects and features, stakeholder management and tracking of commitments
• Operational mindset and ability to bring operational excellence to monitoring and daily maintenance
• Identify opportunities for further enhancements and refinements to standards and processes
• Set continuous improvement targets for the team to achieve operational efficiency and reduce technical debts

• Set quality, productivity, upskilling and innovation goals for team thereby developing a driven and motivated team
• Provide technology leadership in understanding business problems and coming up with technical solutions with due consideration to performance, cost, scalability, and reliability providing a clear roadmap to implementation
• Foster and drive a quality mindset that reiterates both a continuous learning and a "right (the) first time" mentality that improves operational efficiencies

Technical and Business Skills

• Requires 12+ years of experience, at least 8 years of which were in leading engineering teams creating solutions in Big Data platforms and AWS
• Extensive experience in relational database platform or MPP data warehouse appliance like Teradata

• Experience building applications using Spark with Java or Scala
• Experience in building containerized data engineering solutions using Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience in Agile software development and CI-CD practices
• Full Stack Development experience is a big plus
• Experience with distributed database, distributed computing and high frequency transactions is a plus

• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Dynamic leader who has directly managed team of highly competent developers in fast paced work environment
• Extensive experience in managing global teams
• Experience in vendor management
• Strong business and technical vision

Basic Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products, and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs, and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.

• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors, and our communities.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

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Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relative Work Experience

10 Years +

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.