Enterprise Data Engineering Manager

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What you'll do:

• Implement safety procedures and data recovery plans. Develop user manuals, as well as policies, procedures, and safety protocols.
• Work with IT Leadership in employee development, retention, resource planning, talent management, performance management, and achieve a diverse and engaged workforce as well as recruit, train, and evaluate staff members work.
• Analyze a variety of data and summarize findings in applicable reports or other communication mediums. Utilize data to identify areas of improvement and opportunities for growth by collaborating with business and tech leads.
• Implement data engineering best practices across the full data lifecycle including efficient technical hygiene and the use of Azure DevOps for the tactical implementation of the Western Alliance Bank data strategy and roadmap.
• Integrate data governance and data quality controls into the data pipelines and data lifecycle.
• Apply Test Driven Development Methodology to all data engineering solutions.
• Ensure data engineers adhere to published architecture patterns and specifications.
• Serve as the product owner for team including the oversight that agile stories are well formed and meet required acceptance criteria.
• Provide resolution to production incidents related to the data platform as required.
• Matures the Western Alliance Bank data platforms and ecosystems through architectural principles and standards in tight collaboration with engineering and business line leadership.
• Effectively communicates progress, issues, obstacles and success across business and technology stakeholders.
• Commits to and demonstrates built-in quality and compliance by design in all data solutions.

What you'll need:

• 5+ years' experience with data engineering specifically in Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) concepts and processes, enterprise data warehouse capabilities, database principles, and other related tools and technologies; preferably strong to expert in Azure Data Factory and Databricks.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
• 5+ years' experience designing, implementing, and supporting cloud data solutions; Azure Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Services, Azure Synapse, and Azure DevOps experience preferred.
• 3+ years' experience leading teams or highly complex data projects of cross-functional team.
• 2 years' experience working with structured and unstructured data using Big Data Technologies.
• Expert level experience with at least one RDBMS and query language such as T-SQL, PL/SQL, Spark SQL.
• Intermediate level experience in conceptual, logical, and physical data design.
• Certifications within Azure such as Azure Fundamentals, Azure Data Engineer, Azure Data Scientist, and/or Azure DevOps Engineer.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and can develop content for & communicate with Executive Level stakeholders as well as Engineering & Scrum teams.
• Understanding of strategic and new and emerging technology trends, and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models.
• Experience integrating with data quality, data catalog and data lineage tools - preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of general Financial Services or Banking is preferred.
• Intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Intermediate to advanced experience in managing mid sized technology team within multiple functional areas while ensuring highest quality delivery of complex products or services.
• Intermediate to advanced experience with the execution KPIs and meeting timelines.
• May require up to 25% travel.

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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