Description
We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director as a Teradata Engineering Lead. In this role, you will own global management of the Teradata warehouse platform across on-premises and cloud environments. You will define platform strategy, demand planning and reusable platform capabilities across data services. You will also set product roadmaps for upgrades, evergreening and patching in partnership with vendors at account level.
Responsibilities:
- Own global management of the Teradata warehouse platform across on-premises and cloud environments
- Define platform strategy, demand planning and reusable platform capabilities across data services
- Set product roadmaps for upgrades, evergreening and patching in partnership with vendors at account level
- Establish platform best practices and standards with teams including Cyber and CTO to meet audit and control requirements
- Advance the warehouse modernisation roadmap and coordinate engagement with internal and external stakeholders
- Build and develop DevOps team capability including hiring, skills development and career pathways
- Create automation team(s) and interfaces between systems to improve efficiency and reduce manual work
- Oversee service quality targets and incident recovery to minimise disruption and meet SLAs
Requirements:
- Proven experience managing enterprise data platform services in a regulated global environment
- Subject matter expertise in data technologies and cloud platforms including Teradata and related warehouse technologies
- Knowledge of current and emerging regulations and industry standards related to data services on a global basis
- Hands-on capability in Python, shell scripting, test automation and DevOps tooling for infrastructure products and upgrades
- Experience handling production failures and restoring services within SLAs while minimising impact to customers
- Ability to partner effectively with senior executive stakeholders across global businesses and supporting functions in a matrix environment
- Strong vendor management and vendor risk management practices for third-party data services
- Effective operational, regulatory, information security, contingency and fraud risk controls aligned to risk appetite assessments