IT Lead Data Engineer

BDO USA, P.C.•Grand Rapids, MI

19h•$138,000 - $170,000

About The Position

The Lead Data Engineer is expected to be an expert at effectively working with business partners to understand their data needs and develop technical designs and requirements to meet those needs. This role is the team leader in helping extract, transform, and store the Firm’s valuable data assets to achieve better operational efficiencies and provide better services to its clients through modern data movement pipelines. This role, in collaboration with other data engineers, data architects, and other IT teams, will operationalize and document data extraction and ingestion platforms. This role is the team’s leader for developing strategies, policies, and governance models to ensure the Firm’s data remains accurate, timely and relevant to the Firm’s goals. This role will provide guidance and mentorship to junior data engineers, as well as helping delegate work items and tickets across the Data Engineering team.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED, required
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Mathematics, or Statistics, preferred
Eight (8) or more years working as a data engineer, data analyst or similar analyst/engineer roles, required
Eight (8) or more years working with PowerBI, Tableau or similar data visualization products, required
Five (5) or more years working within commercial cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP, required
Three (3) or more years using version control tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub), required
Demonstrable proficiency in developing and understanding custom and ad-hoc SQL queries, required
Strong proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite, specifically Excel, required
Strong proficiency in the use of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), or similar, required
Strong proficiency in the use of PowerBI, Tableau, Looker, Qlik, or similar, required
Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills
Excellent written communication skills, maintaining accurate documentation and technical authorship of complex documents
Ability to facilitate meetings efficiently and effectively
Ability to follow an issue through to its logical conclusion, and escalate as necessary
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team, including providing technical leadership to less experienced colleagues
Excellent interpersonal and customer relationship skills
Capable of working in a deadline-driven environment, while handling multiple complex projects/tasks simultaneously with a focus on details
Capable of working well under pressure while dealing with unexpected issues in a professional manner
Ability to work after hours and weekends as needed
Capacity to travel as needed

Nice To Haves

Experience working within a large, complex enterprise with significant regulatory and compliance requirements, preferred
Experience using a modern scripting language such as Python, Scala, R, or Java, preferred
Professional service firm experience, preferred

Responsibilities

Works with stakeholders and data architects to define and design data solutions to support the Firm’s data initiatives
Understands and locates where data assets exist within the Firm’s systems and design solutions integrating disparate data sources to solve problems and provide business value
Collaborates with project managers to provide effort estimates and provides technical leadership in solution design and requirements
Works closely with data governance to ensure principles are followed through the course of day-to-day data usage and solution design
Prepares mock-up solution designs, visualizations and reports to effectively demonstrate proposed solutions and deliverables
Acts as a subject matter expert, evangelist and catalyst to educate on the Firm’s data platforms and best practices as they relate to the usage and hygiene of the Firm’s data assets
Meets regularly with business line customers to gain a better understanding of their business processes and of the customer's evolving data needs to help identify potential data-related projects
Works with data scientists and developers to use emerging and advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning to identify and extrapolate hidden patterns and trends, increasing the value of the Firm’s data
Builds and maintains constructive working relationships with project team members, vendors and other departments involved with projects, systems, and IT strategies
Serves as a technical expert and lead to other team members, reviewing proposed solution designs, conducting code reviews, and troubleshooting advanced technical issues
Identifies and executes continuous improvement efforts to ensure the Firm’s data remains accurate and timely
Works closely with the Information Security and Compliance teams to ensure the firm’s data strategy and technologies meet or exceed both internal policies and external regulatory requirements
Collaborates with BDO Global and other BDO member firms to ensure standards between organizations are followed in support of reusable models and rapid deployment of shared technology
Understands and follows Project Management basics and Project Management Office policies and procedures
Other duties as required