AI-Native Data Ops Lead

Zohorecruit; Irvine, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AuxoAI is seeking an AI-native Data Ops Lead to own the health of a client’s data estate across hybrid platforms. You will lead governance, drive automation, and apply AIOps and GenAI to reduce manual toil while preserving human decision gates.

You will engage client IT and business leadership, define operating procedures, and own incident management with cross‑functional teams. This role requires onsite presence in Irvine, CA with senior stakeholder interaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10–15 years in data engineering, warehousing, or data operations in a managed service or Data Ops.
• Experience leading governance forums, owning SLAs and service reporting for senior stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Informatica PowerCenter and a relational data warehouse.
• Experience with modern cloud data stacks: Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran/Airbyte/Matillion.
• Strong SQL and dimensional modelling, plus data warehouse tuning.
• Experience with ITSM processes and enterprise job scheduling.
• Ability to apply ML/GenAI to operations and to lead cross‑vendor resolutions.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary point of accountability to client IT leadership for end‑to‑end data service across legacy and modern stacks.
• Chair governance cadence: daily stand‑ups, weekly reviews, monthly business reviews; own agenda and follow‑through.
• Own service scorecard including SLA attainment, MTTR, data freshness, and stability metrics.
• Lead triage on major incidents; coordinate cross‑party response and post‑incident reviews.
• Define monitoring, data quality, and event‑driven automation; establish AIOps for predictive operations.
• Set technical standards across legacy and modern stacks; govern data architecture and K‑keys.
• Coordinate resolution with third‑party hosting, SaaS vendors, and internal teams.

Skills

Client-facing leadership

Governance forums

SLA management

SQL & data modelling

AIOps & observability

GenAI for operations

Cloud data stack

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in CS or related

Tools

Informatica PowerCenter

Snowflake

dbt

Fivetran/Airbyte/Matillion

Control-M/Autosys

Job description

AuxoAI is seeking an AI-native Data Ops Lead to own the health of a client’s data estate across hybrid platforms. You will lead governance, drive automation, and apply AIOps and GenAI to reduce manual toil while preserving human decision gates.

You will engage client IT and business leadership, define operating procedures, and own incident management with cross‑functional teams. This role requires onsite presence in Irvine, CA with senior stakeholder interaction.