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The Manager, Data Engineering is responsible for leading a team of Data Engineers focused on building and operating high-quality data pipelines within a modern cloud data platform. This role combines people leadership, hands-on technical oversight, and operational excellence to deliver trusted, scalable, and efficient data solutions. As part of the Enterprise Data Platforms & Enablement team, this role partners closely with Cloud Engineering, Governance, Architecture, and business stakeholders to support a large-scale transformation from on-premise systems to cloud-native platforms. The Manager ensures that data engineering practices align with modern best practices, including Databricks-based development, medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold layers), and automated data ingestion frameworks (e.g., Fivetran).

Location: Orrville, OH (Close proximity to Cleveland/Akron)

Work Arrangements: Hybrid - onsite a minimum of 9 days a month primarily during core weeks as determined by the Company; maybe more as business need requires

In this role you will:

• Team Leadership & Delivery

  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of Data Engineers, fostering strong technical skills and ownership

  • Set clear priorities, manage workload, and ensure timely delivery of data engineering initiatives

  • Establish engineering standards, code quality expectations, and best practices across the team

  • Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable data solutions

• Data Pipeline Engineering

  • Oversee the design, development, and operation of data pipelines built in Databricks

  • Ensure pipelines are scalable, reliable, and aligned to medallion architecture standards (bronze, silver, gold)

  • Guide implementation of ingestion frameworks using tools like Fivetran and custom ingestion patterns

  • Drive consistent development patterns for batch and near real-time data pipelines

• Platform & Architecture

  • Provide technical leadership for the Databricks platform, including workspace, jobs, clusters, and performance optimization

  • Collaborate with Cloud Engineering to ensure seamless integration with AWS services (e.g., S3)

  • Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, including data modeling, partitioning strategies, and storage optimization

  • Optimize compute usage for performance and cost efficiency

• Data Quality, Governance & Reliability

  • Establish and enforce data quality standards, including testing, validation, and monitoring frameworks

  • Ensure robust observability across pipelines (monitoring, alerting, lineage visibility)

  • Partner with Governance teams to support metadata management and lineage through tools like Atlan

  • Enforce security, compliance, and data access standards across all data engineering assets

• Operations & Continuous Improvement

  • Own production support processes, including incident management, root cause analysis, and prevention

  • Establish proactive monitoring and health checks for pipelines and platform performance

  • Drive continuous improvement in automation, CI/CD, and release management practices

  • Support and lead data migration efforts from legacy on-prem systems to cloud platforms

What we are looking for:

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

• 7+ years of experience in data engineering or data platform roles

• 3+ years of experience leading and developing technical teams

• Experience operating in modern cloud data environments (Databricks, data lakes, or lakehouse platforms)

• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale data pipelines and platforms

• Experience supporting cloud migration or modernization initiatives

• Strong expertise in Databricks (notebooks, jobs, cluster management)

• Proficiency in Python and PySpark for distributed data processing

• Advanced SQL skills and experience working with large-scale datasets

• Experience designing and operating cloud-based data platforms (AWS preferred)

• Experience with data ingestion tools (e.g., Fivetran or similar)

• Deep understanding of data modeling and medallion architecture patterns

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):

• AWS services such as S3, IAM, and data storage architectures

• Data governance tools such as Atlan or similar

• Reporting and visualization tools such as Tableau

• CI/CD tools and automation frameworks

• Monitoring and observability tools for data platforms

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