Senior Director Data Engineering

Job Description

The Data team gathers 20 people among which Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Data Analysts and Data Strategists who work alongside to build tools that generate value from our client's data.

If you share this vision and wish to contribute to our international community, come join us !

As Director in Data Engineering, you will be responsible for :

• executing Data architecture assessment
• defining and implementing data transformation strategy for clients
• designing and delivering modern and enterprise grade target architecture for data platform, reaching expectations specially in performance, reliability, security and scalability
• shaping a cloud native landing zone, supporting modern data architecture patterns (lakehouse, medallion analytics, Data as a service .. )
• contributing to the definition and execution of Data Governance models.

The role requires a hands-on technologist with expertise in data platform delivery at scale in large scope of use cases (either AI or analytics), Cloud based as a must and tactical direction to team and customers. The person has solid hands-on capabilities in data related languages as SQL, Python and Scala as well as Spark based computing program and modern storage architecture using market standards as Parquet and Apache Iceberg.

Qualifications

Mandatory Experience and Competencies

• overall, 15 years of IT experience with 8+ years in Data related technologies
• + 3 years expertise in cloud related data services (AWS / Azure / GCP)
• have led data audits / assessment, defining data strategy and provide consulting skills to the clients
• have led technical Architecture, Design and Delivery of Data solutions in production, at scale, based on modern solutions and stacks (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• setup best design patterns, coding practices, code review process, automation and quality guidelines and processes
• expert in data ingestion, distributed data processing (batch and streaming) and programming languages preferably in Java/Scala and/or Python as secondary language
• lead proposals (RFPs) from solution, architecture, estimation and framework standpoint
• should have experience in NoSQL databases and in which use cases to use which one
• deep understanding of Data Governance, Data Security Data Cataloging and Data Lineage concepts and any tools experience in these areas.
• good understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) using Cloud based DevOps services or Jenkins/Bamboo, Maven, Junit, SonarQube, Terraform (one-click infrastructure setup)
• should exhibit thought leadership in the areas i.e. writing blogs, creating PoVs, industry trends, attending/presenting in internal/external technical forums, mentorship etc.
• excellent communication, presentation and collaboration skills
• lead / participate in Data CoE initiatives e.g. building accelerators, knowledge sharing sessions, coaching/mentoring team members

Preferred Experience and Knowledge

• Python notebook
• data pipeline orchestration
• knowledge of Kafka streaming
• Parquet storage and Apache Iceberg SQL formating
• containers, Dockers and Kubernetes Engine
• distributed Messaging Queues (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ)
• data Security : raw level security, multi ternancy pattern, column based masking, filtering, minimization, anonymization/pseudonymization technics
• one or more traditional ETL tools experience (Informatica, Talend etc.)
• search/Indexing Technologies (Solr)
• knowledge of Machine Learning
• agile ways of working (Scrum / Kanban)

Education

Master's / Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital business transformation company. We partner with global organizations to help them create and sustain competitive advantage in a world that is increasingly digital. We operate through our expert SPEED capabilities: Strategy and Consulting, Product, Experience, Engineering and Data, which combined with our culture of curiosity and deep industry knowledge, enables us to deliver meaningful impact to our clients' businesses through reimagining the products and experiences their customers truly value. Our agile, data-driven approach equips our clients' businesses for change, making digital the core of how they think and what they do. Publicis Sapient is the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe with 20,000 people and over 50 offices worldwide.

We at Publicis Sapient, enable our clients to thrive in Next and to create business value through expert strategies, customer-centric experience design, and world-class product engineering.

The future of business is disruptive, transformative and becoming digital to the core.

In our 20+ years in IT, never before have we seen such a dire need for transformation in every major industry - from financial services to automotive, consumer products, retail, energy, and travel.

To make this transformative journey a reality in these exciting times, we seek thought leaders and rock stars who will :

• brave it out to go do the next;
• what will be from what is exhibit the optimism that says there is no limit to what we can achieve deeply-skilled, bold, collaborative, flexible
• reimagine the way the world works to help businesses improve the daily lives of people and the world our people thrive because of the belief that it is both
• our privilege and responsibility to usher our clients and the world into Next.

Our work is fueled by :

• challenging boundaries
• multidisciplinary collaboration
• highly agile teams
• the power of the newest technologies and platforms.

If that's you, come talk to us! This is the world-class engineering team where you should build your career.