Director Of Data Engineering

About Project X
Project X Ltd. drives success by focusing on building teams of incredibly talented and client-focused people, who love to problem solve and work on tough data problems. We reward hard work and forward-thinking with recognition and a supportive culture that celebrates success and wants to see you grow.
Our team members are trusted advisors to our clients and offer innovative solutions that solve complex data problems. Collaboration, creativity, data knowledge and experience run deep in our veins. We are passionate about building long-term relationships with our clients and staying true to our values. When adding new members to our team, we also look for people that are aligned with our values.
We are also passionate about our people. Hiring and developing people that seek challenges, like to jump in and learn new things, and are happy to lend a helping hand to a peer is what makes us successful.
We understand that it’s our people that make us great.
Role Summary
The Director, Data Engineering is well-versed in the field that they are leading. They are instrumental in helping drive the strategy and execution of their practice. They work with their team in implementing and carrying out innovative solutions as well as attaining the mission and the goals of Project X and their clients. The leader of this team is passionate about people, essentially a “champion of the people”. They are responsible for the development of an employee-oriented company culture that emphasizes quality, a growth mindset, employee retention and development, and high performance.
Major Areas of Responsibility

• Establish performance expectations and address skill gaps and coach for performance improvements when required.
• Promote and exemplify the company’s culture and our core values.
• Participate in trade specific activities for networking and Project X brand awareness.
• Conduct regular monthly one-on-one meetings with individuals on your team.
• Inspire your team. Lead by example. Promote growth mindset.
• Assist in interviewing and selecting new team members based on competencies
• Work with individuals on their professional development plan.
• Work with team to implement new approaches, best practice, process improvements and IP into the practice.
• Sales, Marketing & Branding Support
• Practice Development
• Participate in resource forecasting with management team to be prepared for resourcing on future engagement.
• Help team members with successful delivery of their project by providing guidance and best practices.
• Be available for sales support as needed; review and approve approaches, proposal content and project plan as it relates to your practice and ensure contracts reflect your practices needs.
• Project Related Activities
• Resource Management & Talent Acquisition
• Match team skillsets and availability to accommodate engagements.
• Help project delivery team with planning and resourcing.
• Work side-by-side with the leadership team and your team, to develop career paths.
• Help project team in de-escalations.
• Empower employees to take responsibility for their jobs and goals.
• Team Building & Mentoring

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Data warehousing, including data mapping and transformations, data dependencies, data source analysis and profiling, OLTP, OLAP, SQL, and DBMS (Teradata, Oracle or SQL Server).
• 10 years of full project delivery of complex BI/DW projects as it relates to Data
• ETL tools including IBM DataStage, Talend ETL, Informatica, Microsoft SSIS, SAP BODS, Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) or Ab Initio
• Over 5 years of experience managing people.
• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Software or Computer Science/Engineering fields or related industry experience or acumen.
• Experience with building strategy.
• Data Integration: ETL, ELT, Database
• Experience building Data Engineering best practices and recommendations for clients.
• Big data, data query/ingestion tools such as HBase, Hive, Pig, Sqoop, Flume, Spark, Kafka, Impala, Hadoop, Oozie.
• Over 3 years of demonstrated experience working with major cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Detailed, practical working knowledge in the mission of Data Engineers, Solution Architects, and Data Modelers in Data and Big Daa.
• Architecture frameworks, methodologies and tools - Cloud and Data Warehouse Architectures and which tools apply to each part of the architectures.

Nice to Have

• Sales support experience is an asset.
• Specialized training in management is an asset.

In our commitment to promote fair and equitable treatment of all employees and applicants, Project X Ltd. provides equal employment opportunities for all individuals regardless of age, sex, disability, race, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sexual orientation, marital status or any other ground as described in the Ontario Human Rights Code. In addition, accommodation will be provided during the hiring process.
Project X is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodation is available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.