Assistant Director, Data Engineering & Analytics Platforms

EY; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 124,000 - 264,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

401(k) and pension

Paid time off

Job summary

EY in the United States is seeking an Assistant Director – Data Engineering & Analytics Platforms to shape enterprise data, analytics and AI capabilities. You will partner with leaders, architects and engineers to set direction and deliver modern data platforms driving measurable business value.

You’ll lead design and delivery of data and AI solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and cloud platforms, guiding architecture decisions, mentoring teams, and ensuring secure, scalable,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technology field.
• 8–12 years of progressive professional experience in data engineering, data platforms, analytics engineering or related technology-delivery field.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership to development teams and guiding architecture and solution-design decisions.
• Hands-on experience designing, developing or delivering enterprise data and analytics solutions using Azure Databricks or Microsoft Fabric.
• Strong knowledge of data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, integration, modelling, testing, monitoring and production support.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for enterprise data, analytics and AI platform initiatives, from requirements and solution design through deployment and production support.
• Guide architecture and solution-design decisions to ensure solutions meet business, security, scalability, quality and operational requirements.
• Lead technical workstreams and multidisciplinary teams through design, development, testing, deployment and ongoing support.
• Review technical designs, data pipelines, platform integrations and analytics solutions for reliability, scalability, maintainability and performance.
• Manage technical risks, dependencies, competing priorities and delivery timelines while maintaining appropriate governance and quality controls.
• Identify and remove technical and delivery barriers, helping teams resolve complex issues.
• Coach and mentor team members, strengthen technical capabilities and promote knowledge sharing and consistent engineering practices.
• Communicate technical risks, options and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead or support onshore and offshore transitions, including readiness assessments, knowledge transfer, documentation, handoffs and post-transition stabilization.
• Establish clear ownership, communication channels, escalation processes and quality expectations across geographically distributed teams.

Skills

Technical leadership

Data engineering

Cloud platforms

Azure Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Azure Databricks

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

EY in the United States is seeking an Assistant Director – Data Engineering & Analytics Platforms to shape enterprise data, analytics and AI capabilities. You will partner with leaders, architects and engineers to set direction and deliver modern data platforms driving measurable business value.

You’ll lead design and delivery of data and AI solutions using Microsoft Fabric, Azure Databricks and cloud platforms, guiding architecture decisions, mentoring teams, and ensuring secure, scalable,