Data Platform Engineering Manager

Potentia; Auckland; On-site; NZD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jora New Zealand is seeking an experienced Manager – Data Engineering to lead the design, delivery and operation of enterprise data platforms and pipelines. This Auckland-based, permanent role focuses on securing scalable, reliable data infrastructure to underpin analytics and data-driven decision making.

You will establish engineering standards, lead a small team of engineers and collaborate with Architecture, Governance and Analytics to drive data quality, FinOps and security across multiple

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading Data Engineering teams within complex environments.
• Strong understanding of modern enterprise data platforms.
• Experience across cloud data platforms, data lakes and/or data warehouses.
• Demonstrated experience designing and operating data platforms and pipelines.
• Strong experience with data ingestion, transformation and orchestration.
• Experience establishing scalable and maintainable Data Engineering practices.
• Strong understanding of platform performance, reliability and operational support.
• Experience with monitoring and proactive issue resolution.
• Understanding of platform FinOps.
• Strong understanding of data security, privacy and governance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define and continuously improve the enterprise Data Engineering operating model.
• Establish engineering standards, frameworks and ways of working.
• Lead the design, build and operation of enterprise data platforms and pipelines.
• Work across cloud, on-premise and SaaS environments.
• Establish scalable patterns for data ingestion, transformation and storage.
• Set standards across coding, testing, documentation and deployment.
• Drive platform reliability, monitoring, alerting and proactive issue management.
• Embed data quality, validation and lineage throughout engineering practices.
• Oversee platform operations and FinOps.
• Partner closely with Architecture, Integration, Governance and Analytics teams.
• Manage Data Engineering demand, backlog, priorities and delivery capacity.
• Drive automation, standardisation and reuse.
• Lead and develop Data Engineering and platform capability across the team.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

Enterprise data platforms

Cloud data platforms

Data pipelines

Data ingestion/transformation

Platform reliability

FinOps

Data security & governance

Architecture collaboration

People leadership

Job description

Jora New Zealand is seeking an experienced Manager – Data Engineering to lead the design, delivery and operation of enterprise data platforms and pipelines. This Auckland-based, permanent role focuses on securing scalable, reliable data infrastructure to underpin analytics and data-driven decision making.

You will establish engineering standards, lead a small team of engineers and collaborate with Architecture, Governance and Analytics to drive data quality, FinOps and security across multiple