Data Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Virginia.

📋 Description

• Establish and uphold a data engineering roadmap that aligns with business goals and Northrop Grumman's data strategy.

• Build and guide a high-performing, collaborative team.

• Provide mentorship to engineers on design patterns, code quality, data architecture, and career advancement.

• Advocate for clean, modular architecture while enforcing engineering best practices.

• Drive the complete delivery of reliable, scalable, and efficient Databricks data pipelines.

• Achieve milestones outlined in the roadmap.

• Collaborate with leaders and teams across business management, business development, facilities, human resources, supply chain, and manufacturing.

• Influence technical architecture, coding standards, technical roadmap, and implementation.

• Provide support to the corporate office located in Falls Church, Virginia.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• At least 8 years of experience in software or data engineering with a relevant Bachelor’s degree OR 6 years of experience with a relevant Master’s degree.

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in people management, leading engineering teams.

• Proficient in Databricks or similar modern data lakehouse platforms.

• Proficient with AWS cloud services and data pipelines.

• Proven ability in managing technical teams, ensuring process excellence, and meeting roadmap objectives.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Capable of influencing both technical and executive audiences.

• U.S. Citizenship is required for positions that involve government clearance or other restricted roles.

• Secret clearance type specified; no clearance necessary to start.

• Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.

• A Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering or a related field is preferred.

• Preferred deep domain expertise in Finance, Supply Chain, Human Resources, or Manufacturing.

🏝️ Benefits

• Overtime eligibility, depending on the position.

• Shift differential, depending on the position.

• Discretionary bonus.

• Long Term Incentives for eligible Vice President or Director positions.

• Health insurance coverage.

• Life and disability insurance.

• Savings plan.

• Company-paid holidays.

• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation or personal business.

• Consideration for virtual telecommuting.