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Data Engineering Program Director Loc: Stamford, CT Dur : 6 M+ Rate:Open


2017-03-26 23:12:34
Job Type: Contract

Dur: 6M+

Rate:Open

INTERNAL NOTES

Role responsibilities:

  • Managing and Delivering management/executive updates
  • know when to provide updates, mitigate risk and when to escalate
  • Able to work with different SMEs and years of experience
  • Interface with the business
  • Navigate with technology & the business
  • Budget & Vendor Management
  • Managing Jira: Agile & Scrum

MUST HAVES:

Big Data - delivered projects as program manager - with at least 1-2 big data project - on premises OK (cloud not required)
Must have done one big data engineering implementation or data analytics
Starts:End of January/Feb - through middle/end of July

Data Engineering Program Director

  • Key Responsibilities:

    • Present monthly updates to key executives on project milestones, plans and Manage Data Strategy Budget
    • Manage the Data operations and special projects ticketing boards utilizing Jira
    • Identify and participate in process and system enhancements and implementation
    • Assist in special projects as needed

    Qualifications:

    • 10+ years experience in data engineering and analysis, visualization tools and program management
    • Good understanding of data, data models, relational databases, and various ETL tools like Informatica.
    • Success in managing large projects in the data engineering space
    • Highly analytical with the ability to synthesize business situations down to their quantitative essence. Strong attention to detail
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work cross functionally and present to all layers of management
    • Exposure to AWS ecosystem such as Redshift, EMR etc.
    • Proficient in Atlassian tools such as Jira, Confluence etc.
    • Proficient in Agile Scum and Kanban

    Key Skills: