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