[Hiring] IT Lead Data Engineer @BDO USA

Role Description

The Lead Data Engineer is expected to be an expert at effectively working with business partners to understand their data needs and develop technical designs and requirements to meet those needs. This role is the team leader in helping extract, transform, and store the Firm’s valuable data assets to achieve better operational efficiencies and provide better services to its clients through modern data movement pipelines. This role, in collaboration with other data engineers, data architects, and other IT teams, will operationalize and document data extraction and ingestion platforms. This role is the team’s leader for developing strategies, policies, and governance models to ensure the Firm’s data remains accurate, timely and relevant to the Firm’s goals. This role will provide guidance and mentorship to junior data engineers, as well as helping delegate work items and tickets across the Data Engineering team.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED, required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Mathematics, or Statistics, preferred
• Eight (8) or more years working as a data engineer, data analyst or similar analyst/engineer roles, required
• Eight (8) or more years working with PowerBI, Tableau or similar data visualization products, required
• Five (5) or more years working within commercial cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or GCP, required
• Three (3) or more years using version control tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub), required
• Demonstrable proficiency in developing and understanding custom and ad-hoc SQL queries, required
• Experience working within a large, complex enterprise with significant regulatory and compliance requirements, preferred
• Experience using a modern scripting language such as Python, Scala, R, or Java, preferred
• Professional service firm experience, preferred
• Strong proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office suite, specifically Excel, required
• Strong proficiency in the use of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), or similar, required
• Strong proficiency in the use of PowerBI, Tableau, Looker, Qlik, or similar, required

Requirements

• Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written communication skills, maintaining accurate documentation and technical authorship of complex documents
• Ability to facilitate meetings efficiently and effectively
• Ability to follow an issue through to its logical conclusion, and escalate as necessary
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team, including providing technical leadership to less experienced colleagues
• Excellent interpersonal and customer relationship skills
• Capable of working in a deadline-driven environment, while handling multiple complex projects/tasks simultaneously with a focus on details
• Capable of working well under pressure while dealing with unexpected issues in a professional manner
• Ability to work after hours and weekends as needed
• Capacity to travel as needed

Benefits

• Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.
• National Range: $138,000 - $170,000
• Maryland Range: $138,000 - $170,000
• NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $138,000 - $170,000
• BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to clients across the U.S. and around the world.
• We are proud to be an ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being.
• Learn more about our benefits: BDO Total Rewards encompass more than traditional benefits.