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Synopsis
The Manager Data and Platform Engineering will be responsible for technical leadership of scrum teams, developing and supporting applications, ensuring alignment with the best practices and standards set by the Data Engineering Chapter, while actively contributing to the Chapter
Accountabilities
- Provide Data and Platform Engineering delivery and support capabilities and guidance and technical assistance to the data engineers and customers.
- Execute Strategy, Follow Principles and Design Frameworks for Delivery.
- Large scale complex application development, enhancements and maintenance projects/programs
- Lead a team of Data and Platform Associates/Engineers
- Expert level SME Data and Platform Engineering skills.
- Interact with Architect and Technical leadership over the roadmap for the evaluation and adoption of technical tools / technologies.
- Provide guidance and feedback to team members in technical design and understanding system functionality.
- Carry complete ownership of the technical aspect of the system, including quality and timeliness of development / testing / support.
- Recommend technical improvements to design, development, testing, adaptation to and acceptance of new methodologies and tools, code refactoring, performance optimization etc.
- Develop, guide and verify Development of applications aligned to best practices and standards, SDLC Frameworks.
- Ensure documentation is reviewed, kept updated and easily accessible to all
- Contribute to and support Data Engineering Chapter activities to modernise, grow and mature data and platform engineering capabilities.
- Perform peer code reviews, and provide constructive feedback to coninuously improve overall coding quality
- Provide recommendations to continuously improve the quality of data products
- Contribute to low-level architecture/technical design aligned to the high-level solution and business requirements
- Work within the agile development team to analyse and decompose stories into tasks for simpler implementation
- Proactively identify new frameworks / tools / processes to enhance the efficiency of the development team
- Responsible for the end to end quality of your own and team’s deliverables
- Communicate clearly and effectively with team members throughout all the implementation lifecycle
Education & Experience
- 8-10 years of experience in a data and platform engineering role or related functions.
- Development experience and ability to provide technical inputs to low level design
- University degree and technology certifications.
- Azure Databricks and Azure Analytics knowledge and experience is desirable
- 1-3 years’ experience following the Scrum methodology (certification is desirable)
- Good communication skills
About Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, was formed in 2003 and quickly went on to become one of the world’s leading airlines. From its home in Abu Dhabi, Etihad flies to passenger and cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. Together with Etihad’s codeshare partners, Etihad’s network offers access to hundreds of international destinations. In recent years, Etihad has received numerous awards for its superior service and products, cargo offering, loyalty programme and more. All this ties into Etihad’s ambitious Journey 2030 strategy. The airline plans to double its fleet size and triple the number of customers over the next six years as it sets out to be the airline everyone wants to fly!
To learn more, visit etihad.com
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