Job Description

The Position

Are you a data professional with a passion for new technology and data governance trends? Do you understand the challenges of managing data at an enterprise scale? Are you excited about enabling data and analytics users by providing self-serve product-centric capabilities? If so, we invite you to join our team and help design and build our company's innovative data-driven future. As the Technical Lead for Enterprise Data Access Control, you will oversee all technical aspects of the design and development of EDAC, our self-service data access control product.

What will you do?

Oversee all technical aspects of the design and development of EDAC, our self-service data access control product.Lead a team of experienced data engineers and Java developers, working with the Product Manager and other product teams integrated in the EDE Product Line.Form a close relationship with technology vendors of industry-leading data products and help shape and deliver our product roadmap.Participate in new technology evaluations to identify opportunities and estimate effort to support the product roadmap with new tools.Manage the development team, working closely with the Scrum Master, the Product Manager, the Solution Architect, and other product teams in the product line.Run an agile delivery team, clarify requirements, design features, assign tasks in JIRA, support Java developers, produce and track estimates, oversee the development lifecycle and documentation, and escalate issues to the Product Manager or the Solution Architect as needed.Liaise with support and maintenance teams and infrastructure teams providing services to host your product.Work closely with key technology and service partners to ensure their products are correctly configured and delivering to help our product roadmap.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience Required

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field8+ years of experience in software/data engineering and architectureFamiliar enough with Java development and frameworks to lead the team5+ years of experience in data and analytics delivery initiativesAbility to work in a fast-paced environment, driving results while collaborating with multiple simultaneous projectsAbility to work collaboratively with global teams across multiple departments, including offshore teams operating in different time zonesProven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget

Nice to have

Understanding of data or related trends such as Data Fabric, Data Mesh, Zero Trust, Data-as-a-Product, data ownership, and governance strategiesKnowledge of the AWS cloud ecosystem from a data and analytics standpoint, including a working knowledge of devopsKnowledge or experience of industry data access control products such as Immuta, Okera, Privacera, Apache Ranger, Security.ai, Cyral, Axiomatics etc.Knowledge of Enterprise metadata catalog tools such as Collibra, Amazon Glue, Informatica, Alation, Apache Atlas, Zaloni, etc.Data layer tools such as Databricks, Starburst Trino, Amazon Redshift, dbt, MatillionUnderstanding of AI & Machine learning life cycle management and AI/ML model life cycle, tools like Amazon Sagemaker, DataRobot, Dataiku

What we offer: 

Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern (e.g., even 80% full-time is possible in justified cases) Pension and health insurance contributions Internal reward system plus referral programme 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, Lítačka, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and Mall.cz discount programmes Up-to-date laptop and iPhone Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner Competitive salary, incentive pay, and many more 

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Employee Status:

Regular

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Hybrid

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Required Skills:

Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, Systems Integration, Testing

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Job Posting End Date:

03/17/2025

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Requisition ID:R336688