Data Engineering Manager (Hybrid Remote)

Req ID: 320882 

**This position is a hybrid remote role**

As the Manager of Data Engineering for Loves, the successful candidate will lead a high-performing team that delivers innovative data solutions to the organization.  This role works very closely with the Sr. Manager of Data & Analytics and the Data Architecture group to evaluate strategy and execute on the department’s goals to increase maturity in a variety of disciplines, including Data Governance, Data Quality and Data Lifecycle Management.  The successful candidate will possess strong leadership skills and an unwavering customer service mindset. 

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES/SKILLS:

• Manage work and priorities related to architecting, building, and maintaining data pipelines through acquisition, ingestion, staging, and modeling
• Provide architectural input to program leadership for project teams to develop solutions that align with long-term data warehouse strategy
• Strong experience with various Data Management architectures like Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Hub, Data Vault and the supporting processes like Data Integration, Governance, and Metadata Management
• Strong experience working with large, heterogeneous datasets in building data pipelines and integrating datasets using traditional data integration technologies, including ETL/ELT, data replication/CDC, message-oriented data movement, and API-based data acquisition
• Define reusable solution architectures using standard modeling practices
• Ensure team is designing and delivering solutions that are reliable and scalable and focused on driving automation and improving productivity
• Fundamental understanding of data warehousing principles
• Ability to understand impacts of a solution architecture on corresponding design, build, and test efforts
• Proven ability to think outside the box and solve business problems using trusted data and technologies

 EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Required Experience:
  • Experience with a variety of data platforms, including SQL Server and Snowflake and the differentiators between them
  • Ability to think strategically
  • Experience and/or familiarity working with open-source or commercial message queuing technologies, such as Azure Service Bus, Apache Nifi, Apache Kafka, etc.
  • Experience working with Azure DevOps
  • Experience with ETL/ELT technologies and methodologies

• Preferred Experience:
  • Snowflake experience a plus
  • SAP Hana experience a plus
  • Tableau experience a plus
  • Power BI experience a plus
  • R/Python experience a plus

• Education:
  • HS Diploma or equivalent required
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business with MIS or technology related degree (C.S.) required

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS & CHARACTERISTICS

• Capable of thinking big picture and sorting through an ambiguous environment
• Ability to manage numerous competing demands in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrates good judgement, sense of urgency and commitment to high standards of ethics, regulatory compliance, customer service and business integrity
• Required to be highly creative and collaborative
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely to various levels in the organization
   

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Requires prolonged sitting, some bending and stooping.
• Occasional lifting up to 25 pounds.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to operate a computer keyboard and calculator.
• Requires normal range of hearing and vision

Job Function(s): Information Technology 

Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores is the industry-leading travel stop network in the United States. For more than 55 years, we’ve provided customers with highway hospitality and “Clean Places, Friendly Faces.” We’re passionate about serving drivers with clean, modern facilities stocked with fuel, food and supplies. We offer meals from popular restaurant chains, trucking supplies, showers and everything needed to get back on the road quickly. The Love’s Family of Companies includes:

• Gemini Motor Transport, one of the industry’s safest trucking fleets
• Speedco, the light mechanical and trucking service specialists
• Musket, a rapidly growing, Houston-based commodities supplier and trader
• Trillium, a Houston-based alternative fuels expert