AVP Mgr-Data Engineering

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Employer: Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

Title: AVP Mgr-Data Engineering

Location: 1414 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28203

Duties: Lead, mentor, and inspire the data engineering team in the design and implementation of robust, fault-tolerant data pipelines using AWS services such as Glue, Kinesis, Lambda, and EMR. Establish and uphold best practices for developing and optimizing efficient data processing workflows in Python and SQL. Oversee the construction and ongoing refinement of ETL/ELT processes for both structured and unstructured data sources. Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, and business stakeholders to clarify data requirements and deliver innovative, scalable solutions. Champion data quality, integrity, and security at every stage of the data lifecycle. Drive the implementation of data governance, monitoring, and automation initiatives across the team. Provide strategic oversight and hands-on support for troubleshooting and optimizing data pipeline performance and reliability. Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines. Support and contribute to continuous improvement, tuning, applications, infrastructure developments, process controls, and upgrades of data platform. Provide guidance, hands-on development, and operational support for deployment of database scripts and changes across multiple environments. Collaborate with technical teams and business owners as needed during design and implementation. Debug and fix production report failures to ensure seamless report delivery. Assist with performing data analysis, data cleansing, and data wrangling from various data sources. Design and develop reports, and perform testing and data validation, data analysis, and data quality checks. Optimize existing reports and address long running queries to deliver reports on time. Provide solutions/inputs to improve quality of deliverables and implement processes to improve efficiency. Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to understand data requirements and implement effective solutions. Follow best data engineering practices, including performing analysis, requirement specification, design, development, testing, and implementation. Deliver assigned tasks and/or specific tracks of the solution on time, escalating issues when appropriate, and mentor junior team members, including performing code reviews, conducting workshops, and reviewing documentation. 

Requirements: Requires a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical field plus five (5) years of progressively responsible experience as an Engineer, Developer, or Technical Associate/Consultant/Analyst, or in a related position performing software development and designing technical solutions. Must have experience with the following: designing, developing, and maintaining data integration/ETL data pipelines from various data sources and data formats; implementing and applying knowledge of data quality best practices and data governance principles; implementing, managing, supporting, and developing with AWS database and cloud technologies; using development languages and technologies, including Git (Bitbucket or GitHub), Jira, and Postman; working with DynamoDB, SQL, and Python; working with NoSQL, and JSON Structures. 

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $156,166 to $203,350/yr, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

To apply, please submit resume through careers.moodys.com or via e-mail at hrbox28@moodys.com. Please refer to Job Ref. 13444.

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is $156,166 to $203,350, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody’s also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email accommodations@moodys.com. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications

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This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

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