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Associate Director Data Engineering Practice Head

15 - 25 years

40 - 50 Lacs

Posted:1 day ago| Platform: Naukri logo

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  • 15+ years of overall experience with 8+ years in leading large-scale data engineering or data platform initiatives.
  • Define the strategic direction and roadmap for the Data Engineering practice.
  • Establish best practices, frameworks, and standards across data engineering projects.
  • Lead innovation and solution development aligned with emerging technologies and market trends.
  • Represent the practice in client meetings, proposals, and presentations.
  • Engage with clients to understand their business needs and define data strategies.
  • Support sales and pre-sales teams with solutioning, estimation, and proposal development.
  • Should be abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies in cloud platforms, real-time streaming, and data ops as well as data for AI.
  • Lead the evaluation and adoption of modern data engineering tools and platforms.
  • Drive internal PoCs, accelerators, and reusable IP development.
  • Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of data engineers, architects, and technical leads.
  • Oversee delivery of complex data engineering projects, ensuring quality, timeliness, and customer satisfaction.
  • Define scalable delivery models and reusable components to improve efficiency and reduce time-to-market.
  • Architect and oversee large-scale, automated data pipelines using tools like Apache Spark, Kafka, Airflow.
  • Unified data management across on-premises and cloud.
  • Serverless Data Processing (AWS Lambda, Azure Functions).
  • Real time streaming Apache Flink, Kafka, AWS Kinesis.
  • Low Code Data Pipeline AWS Glue, Airbyte.
  • ETL & messaging tools: Spark, Kafka, Airflow.
  • Hands on experience on SQL, NoSQL, data lakes, warehouses. Knowledge on Snowflake is a big plus.
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of SQL, Python/Scala, and distributed data architectures.
  • Cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure (incl. IaC, DevOps).
  • Solid understanding of data governance, data security, and compliance frameworks.
  • Collaborate with clients to understand their business needs and translate them into technical solutions that drive value.

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