Director, Data Engineering - Platform Data Solutions

Disney Streaming

Orlando, FL, USA
12+ years data engineering experience
Snowflake or bigquery expertise
Lakehouse architecture with parquet/iceberg
This role leads the Platform Data Solutions organization responsible for the front door of Helix, ensuring source data arrives reliably and securely

Job Summary

  • This role leads the Platform Data Solutions organization responsible for the front door of Helix, ensuring source data arrives reliably and securely.
  • The Director will manage multiple teams of data engineers to build enterprise-scale ingestion frameworks and maintain Raw (Bronze) and Cleansed Source (Silver) data layers.
  • Candidates must have extensive experience operating automated, highly available data pipelines at scale while driving migration to modern architectures.

Matching Summary

This role leads the Platform Data Solutions organization responsible for the front door of Helix, ensuring source data arrives reliably and securely.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 12+ years data engineering experience
  • Snowflake or BigQuery expertise
  • Lakehouse architecture with Parquet/Iceberg
  • dbt and Airflow orchestration
  • Lead diverse technical teams
  • Data security and compliance knowledge

Nice-to-have

  • Thought leadership on best practices
  • Experience with legacy migration
  • Strong executive communication skills
  • Matrix organization partnership experience

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 12+ years of related experience in data engineering
  • Advanced degree preferred
  • Proven ability to lead diverse technical teams

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