Lead, Data Platform

Summary

Join Omnidian, a fast-growing tech-enabled service company, as a Data Platform Lead. You will be responsible for the availability, reliability, security, and performance of our data platforms. Architect, implement, manage, and optimize robust data platforms while ensuring cost transparency and forecasting. Own and enhance data platform processes and standards, understanding company needs and executing critical projects. You will work closely with the Data Acquisition team to understand business and technical requirements for our IoT timeseries data and own the data platform architecture solutions. This role reports to the Director of Data Management and Information Security and offers remote work opportunities.

Requirements

• Data Architecture Experience:   You are comfortable with data architecture and patterns for  both structured and unstructured data.   You have experience owning and maintaining distributed big data platforms such as Databricks or Hadoop as well as relational databases such as MySQL
• Data Engineering Expertise: You have a strong working knowledge of Data Engineering processes and standards
• Leadership Abilities: You possess strong leadership skills, with the ability to provide mentoring cross-functionally
• Communication: You have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Value Creation: You understand business needs, users, technology, and data, and collaborate with stakeholders to design and deliver data solutions that provide business value
• Problem-Solving: You demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying issues and implementing effective solutions
• 5+ years experience as a Data Platform Engineer/DBA
• 2+ years in a technical leadership role
• Experience successfully managing large scale data platform projects
• Proficiency with distributed systems like Spark, Kafka and data lakes
• Strong experience with relational databases like SQL Server or MySQL
• Experience with cloud platforms like AWS or Azure
• Understanding of data modeling principles
• Deep understanding of data platform availability, recoverability, security and performance best practices
• Experience implementing and maintaining cost forecasting and containment processes and structures
• Experience implementing data platform monitoring and alerting
• Proficient with SQL

Responsibilities

• Hands on Data Platform Administration  (33%)
• Participate in change management process; implement database changes
• Ensure data structures are available, reliable, recoverable, secure and performant
• Establish appropriate monitoring and alerting mechanisms for data platforms, including runbooks
• Establish a transparent intake process for data platform administration requests; complete requests
• Proactively identify improvements in database code or structure to improve performance and/or mitigate costs; make improvements as needed and/or work with stakeholders to prioritize and track the work
• Create and maintain dashboards and alerts to track and forecast data platform costs
• Own and Lead Critical Data Platform Projects (33%)
• Own successful outcome and positive impact for critical large scale data platform projects including project management and communication
• Mitigate risks and clear blockers
• Collaborate cross functionally to drive initiatives
• Contribute hands-on to the work as needed
• Own the Data Platform Roadmap and Strategy (33%)
• Establish, communicate and maintain a rolling 5 Quarter roadmap for Data Platform
• Drive stakeholder alignment on roadmap and prioritization
• Ensure scalable and cost effective architecture
• Establish and continuously improve Data Platform architecture, processes and standards
• Provide mentoring, coaching and education on Data Platform best practices and standards to stakeholders
• Work with partner teams to establish SLAs for data platform administration requests and system availability; report against SLAs to stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Solar Industry experience
• Experience with Databricks
• Experience with RDS
• Experience with IoT Timeseries data
• Experience with Timeseries types of data platforms
• IaC (Infrastructure as Code) experience

Benefits

• Most of our roles offer the opportunity to work remotely
• If you are in the Seattle area, we offer a vibrant office space in the historic and beautiful Smith Tower, in the heart of Pioneer Square
• We prioritize applicants near one of our employee clusters and offer one or more local gatherings per year
• We provide outstanding benefits including family medical, dental, vision, disability, 401(k) administration and $1k match per year and thoughtful paid time off
• We offer 12 weeks of paid parental leave to all FTE employees (birthing and non-birthing) after 1 year, and four-week paid sabbatical leave after four years
• We offer a competitive total compensation package that includes monthly health insurance premiums, bonuses and long-term stock options for every employee
• Comprehensive Benefits: We've got you covered with 100% of health insurance monthly premiums for employees, and 50% for dependents
• Performance Bonus: Because exceptional work deserves exceptional rewards. Eligibility begins after 90 days
• Equity Stake: Join us in shaping the future and be rewarded for your dedication with stock options
• Continuous Growth: Up to $500 annual learning reimbursement because investing in your development is investing in our success