25 Oct
Publicis Sapient
Gurugram
Job Description
As a Director in Data Engineering, you are responsible for defining and executing data strategy for clients. Your role focused on high-quality strategy, definition, and delivery of solutions involving:
- Data Integration, Governance & Wrangling
- Data Storage and Computation Frameworks, Performance Optimizations
- Analytics & Visualizations
- Infrastructure & Cloud Computing
- Data Management Platforms
- The role requires a hands-on technologist with expertise in databases, Hadoop, MDM, and reporting to provide strategic and tactical direction to customers in the areas of marketing and technology. The person should have a strong programming background like Java.
As a data engineering practitioner,
you should have a point of view and understanding of build vs. buy, performance considerations, hosting, business intelligence, reporting & analytics. Ideally, you have experience in integrating data with marketing scenarios like segmentation, targeting, consumer 360 view, etc.
Responsibilities:
- Provide inputs to define and execute a strategic roadmap for enterprise data architecture by identifying the current landscape and future business goal
- Provide technical leadership and hands-on implementation role in the areas of data techniques including data access, integration, modeling, visualization, mining, design, and implementation
- Lead a globally distributed team to deliver high-quality solutions. Manage functional & non-functional scope and quality
- Help establish standard data practices like governance and address other non-functional issues like data security, privacy, and quality
- Help establish best practices like standards and guidelines for design & development, deployment,
support and analytics, and mining
- Help establish best practices in acquiring, storing, and analyzing structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from the enterprise and outside like social
- Come up with analytics solutions based on the business goals and appropriate data visualization to support the goals
- Manage and provide technical leadership to large data programs or multiple programs implementation based on the requirement using agile technologies
- Define and drive key transformational programs like customer 360-degree view for the clients
- Functional understanding related to digital marketing & customer experience solution blocks, Master data Management (MDM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Campaign Management, Tag Management,
Media Buying, Optimization, Recommendations & Targeting, DMP, and DSP.
- Understanding Digital data sources such as Open source data (ex: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.), Weblog Data (SiteCatalyst, Google Analytics), 3rd party paid data (ex: Acxiom, ACNielsen, etc.), and business application data (CRM, eCommerce, etc.)
- Run workshops with clients and align client stakeholders to optimal solutions
Qualifications
15+ years of experience within the field of data engineering
Excellent understanding of data technologies landscape
Well versed with pros and cons of various database technologies like Relational, NO SQL, MPP, Columnar databases
Well versed with Software as a service,
Platform as a service and Infrastructure as a service concepts and can drive clients to a decision
Expert in programming languages like Java, Scala and / or JavaScript
Expert in multi-dimensional modeling like start schema, snowflakes, normalized and de-normalized models
Expert in one or more ETL, BI, Analytics and advanced visualization technologies
Expert in in Hadoop eco-system with one or more distribution like Cloudera and HortonWorks
Expert in agile development with CI / CD pipeline with data projects
Knowledge in computation frameworks like Storm and Spark
Knowledge in cloud and social media technologies and integrations
Expert in master data management and building customer 360 degree views
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Strong communication skills verbal,
written and visual presentations
Strong coordination and negotiation skills
Multi geo experience and distributed delivery experience in large programs
Business Knowledge: Data driven marketing experience would be a plus
Education :
Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Additional Information
- Gender-Neutral Policy
- 18 paid holidays throughout the year for NCR/BLR (22 For Mumbai)
- Generous parental leave and new parent transition program
- Flexible work arrangements
- Employee Assistance Programs to help you in wellness and well being
▶️ Director - Data Engineering
🖊️ Publicis Sapient
📍 Gurugram