Director of Data Platform Engineering

What You’ll Do

• Provide accurate information, troubleshoot issues, and ensure clients feel cared for and well-informed.
• Define and execute the enterprise data engineering roadmap aligned with business objectives.
• Establish best practices for architecture, governance, and operational excellence.
• Drive adoption of modern data platforms and cloud-native solutions across the organization.
• Support ongoing regulatory needs.
• Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing data engineering team.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Develop career paths and training programs to grow technical and leadership capabilities.
• Oversee modernization of the Azure-based data ecosystem and Databricks Lakehouse platform.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and compliance across all data pipelines and workflows.
• Champion data governance, security, and regulatory compliance for sensitive datasets.
• Partner with business leaders, data scientists, and technology teams to deliver impactful solutions.
• Communicate complex technical concepts in business terms to influence executive decision-making.
• Act as a trusted advisor for data strategy and platform architecture.
• Guide architecture for Databricks Lakehouse, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog.
• Ensure best practices for ETL/ELT frameworks, orchestration, and CI/CD automation.
• Drive data governance, lineage, and metadata management initiatives.

What You Bring

• 12+ years in data engineering and platform architecture, with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Proven success in building and scaling enterprise data platforms on Azure and Databricks.
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, and compliance frameworks.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Exposure to Snowflake, MDM platforms, and streaming architectures.
• Experience in financial or regulated industries.
• Platform Reliability: 99.9% uptime for data pipelines and workflows.
• Data Governance Compliance: 100% adherence to security and regulatory standards.
• Team Growth: Build and retain a high-performing team with strong engagement scores.
• On-time delivery of strategic data initiatives and platform enhancements.