Qualifications/Requirements

2+ years of overall technology experience that includes at least 2+ years of hands-on software development, data engineering, and systems architecture.
• 2+ years of experience in SQL optimization and performance tuning, and development experience in programming languages like Python, PySpark, Scala etc.).
• 1+ years in cloud data engineering experience in Azure. Azure Certification is a plus.
• Experience with data modeling, data warehousing, and building high-volume ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Experience with data profiling and data quality tools like Apache Griffin, Deequ, and Great Expectations.
• Experience building/operating highly available, distributed systems of data extraction, ingestion, and processing of large data sets.
• Experience with running and scaling applications on the cloud infrastructure and containerized services like Kubernetes.
• Experience with version control systems like Github and deployment & CI tools.
• Experience with Statistical/ML techniques is a plus.
• Experience with building solutions in the retail or in the supply chain space is a plus
• Understanding of metadata management, data lineage, and data glossaries is a plus Working knowledge of agile development, including DevOps and DataOps concepts.
• Familiarity with business intelligence tools (such as PowerBI).
• BA/BS in Computer Science, Math, Physics, or other technical fields.

Skills, Abilities, Knowledge:
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, along with the ability to influence and demonstrate confidence in
communications with senior level management.
• Proven track record of leading, mentoring data teams.
• Strong change manager. Comfortable with change, especially that which arises through company growth. Able to lead a team
effectively through times of change.
• Ability to understand and translate business requirements into data and technical requirements.
• High degree of organization and ability to manage multiple, competing projects and priorities simultaneously.
• Positive and flexible attitude to enable adjusting to different needs in an ever-changing environment.
• Strong leadership, organizational and interpersonal skills; comfortable managing trade-offs.
• Foster a team culture of accountability, communication, and self-management.
• Proactively drives impact and engagement while bringing others along.
• Consistently attain/exceed individual and team goals
• Ability to lead others without direct authority in a matrixed environment.

Differentiating Competencies Required:
• Highly influential and having the ability to educate challenging stakeholders on the role of data and its purpose in the business.
• Understands both the engineering and business side of the Data Products released.
• Places the user in the center of decision making.
• Teams up and collaborates for speed, agility, and innovation.
• Experience with and embraces agile methodologies.
• Strong negotiation and decision-making skill.
• Experience managing and working with globally distributed teams.
• COVID-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for this role. Please note that all such company vaccine requirements provide the opportunity to request an approved accommodation or exemption under applicable law