Data Engineering Practice Lead

Company: United States Cold Storage
Location: Camden
Posted on: May 8, 2022

Job Description:

Overview:Job Title: Data Engineering Practice LeadWho We Are: USCS is driven to advance, innovate and serve companies seeking the best service, facilities, and logistics in the cold chain. We are employee-focused, an equal employment opportunity employer, and would love to have you join our team.The Job Details:Overall responsibility for managing the digital transformation streams within the company. This includes Cloud Data Warehouse, Data Reporting, and Data Science.Responsibilities:As the Data Engineering Practice Lead, you will be responsible for leading the Cloud Data Warehouse, Data Reporting, and Data Science team that allows the USCS business to be a data driven decision making organization. In this position, you will work to enable a more data-integrated business by delivering operational software to create a more agile, automated system. This position will have direct reports as well as offshore partners, you will be responsible for maintaining a relationship with them and keeping them on track with their current and future projects.Additional specific job duties include:Creating and managing a strategy and implementation project roadmap, including managing a pipeline of analytics requirements and through governance, agreeing on the priority of these for the available resources.Establish relationships with the businesses to meet operational and analytics needs of the organization.Collaborate across business units with stakeholders, providing thought leadership and drive the day-to-day implementation of our analytics strategy.Interface with business technology and analytics communities both within and outside the company to rollout company initiatives that have information management components and engagements with third-party data providers.Lead data governance and data quality frameworks to ensure compliance with enterprise and regulatory guidelines.Manage core data management processes and develop KRIs (key risk indicators), controls, service-level agreements around business use of information (e.g. time-to-market metrics, data quality, security classification, glossary, approvals for data access, retention);Assign and review the work of system analysts, software programmers, and application developersDevelop computer information resources, providing data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery.Administer Snowflake, manage the delivery of Power BI reports, approve the design and drive the implementation process for data science rollouts.Evaluate ROI for each data science project.Coordinate with external customers on their data needs and work with internal security team for any internal and customer specific data sharing demands.Gather requirements for all digital transformation streams.Approve invoices for vendors and work with the procurement team on new work streams and SoWs.Participate in budget planning and keep a track of the approved budgets and provide justification for additional budgets.Handle escalation from all departments within the digital engineering practice.The Job Specifics:Location and Department: Camden NJ, ITReports To Director of Software EngineeringTravel Amount: 5-10% to visit our internal warehouse sitesJob Type, EEO, and Job Code: Full-Time, Exempt JOB CODEWhat We Are Looking For:The ideal candidate will have or be able to complete the below qualifications.EducationBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/Data Science or equivalent experience.Experience5+ years of hands-on experience on complex queries, data analytics, ETL tools (Informatica), data science programmingExperience in leading data engineering teams.Experience with Supply Chain or Logistics is a plus.Experience in Snowflake.Experience with Azure Cloud and Azure Data Factory.Experience in Power BI.Experience with Machine Learning methodologies.Other Abilities You Will Need to Have: The physical demands described below are representative of those required of an individual performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.Good arithmetic, reading, and typing skillsSit and/or stand for extended periodsBe able to see, speak and hearAbility to work overtime as neededMay require physical effort associated with using the computer to access information, or occasional standing, walking, and lifting needed to carry out everyday activities.Understand and follow verbal instruction, written instruction, and company policies.A starter that can work independently and coordinate with othersAlways follow safety procedures.Ability to manage stress and productivity guidelinesThe Standard Details:Always maintain a professional manner in appearance and communications.Participate in staff and/or customer meetings if required.Initiate action to prevent the occurrence of any non-conformities relating to the product, process, and quality systems.Identify and record any issues relating to the product, processes, and/or quality.Initiate, recommend, or provide solutions through appropriate channels.Verify the implementation of solutions.Follow posted security procedures at all times while in the building.Participate in Safety and Educational Training.What's In It For You:A great company with great people. Full-time employees not under contract are offered: 401K and Educational Assistance after 1 year; If elected, Blue Cross Blue Shield after 30 days of service; Company Life Insurance; and a bunch of other great perks.Things We Need To Mention:The above job description may not include all tasks necessary to complete the job.Job functions may vary based on the area of operation. The job description is a listing of the most common tasks the associate will be required to perform in that job area.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

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