Director, Enterprise Data Ops & Automation

We are seeking Director of Enterprise Data Ops & Automation to drive data strategy across the enterprise. The role will lead all aspects of the implementation of CI/CD and automation of repetitive development processes across the data domains.

Who you are

We are seeking a technologist with extensive hands on experience in open technologies like Snowflake, cloud services, and DevOps tools. You are a strategic problem solver with, capable of transforming legacy data platforms to the next generation, with a deep understanding of data architecture principles, data modeling techniques, and design patterns You have outstanding leadership, interpersonal and organization development skills. You can translate sophisticated data-related issues to clear and actionable plans and maintain up to date knowledge of industry trends and advancements to apply at Cisco.

What You'll Do

• Co-author data engineering roadmap and strategy in alignment with organization's vision and goals.
• Design and implement end-to-end data platform with analytics capabilities using AWS/GCP cloud services, Snowflake, Databricks and other related technologies.
• Establish data management standard processes to improve and align data solutions with data quality, data contracts, data governance
• Build robust capabilities with automation first and Infra as a code mentality, handle high volume, critical mission environments with high availability and resiliency.
• Enable, implement, coordinate and optimize NextGen CI/CD pipeline to deploy scalable ETL/ELT pipelines with observability and monitoring
• Evaluate technologies/tools to improve engineering efficiency.
• Partner and collaborate with business stakeholders, product management, security organization and multi-functional teams to understand the business and security requirements and create scalable and performing engineering solutions

Who You'll Work With

• Data Domains Engineering teams
• Platform Engineering teams

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of experience building Data Platforms, catering to both analytical and AI needs with data governance and validation, ability to optimize performance
• 8+ years experience in people leadership roles leading large teams, with strong leadership and people management skills, and the ability to inspire and empower a diverse team of data engineers.
• Proven experience in a leadership role within data engineering, with a strong record of accomplishment of designing, building, and managing scalable data and Infrastructure solutions.

Preferred Requirements

• Prior experience leading multi-discipline teams in transformation from legacy data eco systems to cloud
• Prior experience working in global company size over $10B USD across different timezones

Pay Range: 223100 USD - 314200 USD

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it's not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We're helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world - whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another - from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we're committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

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