Data Engineering Manager — Platform & FinOps Lead

FedEx Corporation; Moon Township (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

FedEx Corporation is seeking a Manager of Data Engineering to lead architectural strategy for enterprise data platforms, oversee 24/7 production operations, and drive cost governance across cloud platforms. The role balances long-term vision with hands-on leadership of a high-performing team in a hybrid FedEx data engineering environment.

You will guide ingestion, lakehouse modeling, data governance, and service-oriented integration across diverse source systems, while managing budgets, vendor

Qualifications

• Directs enterprise data architecture blueprints and long-term roadmaps.
• Leads modern ingestion and processing across cloud platforms.
• Champions lakehouse architectures and data modeling strategies.
• Enforces API-first and event-driven data integration patterns.
• Oversees 24/7 production support and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains data governance, metadata, and lineage frameworks.
• Ensures data quality, schema enforcement, and data contracts across pipelines.
• Manages cloud FinOps, budgeting, and vendor/licensing activities.
• Leads talent development and agile delivery within the data engineering org.
• Communicates architectural trade-offs to executives and stakeholders.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Cloud Data Platforms

Ingestion & Streaming

Data Governance

Security & RBAC

Production Operations

FinOps

Contract Management

Executive Communication

People Leadership

Agile Delivery

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems/CS or quantitative field

Tools

Kafka

Pub/Sub

BigQuery

Dataproc

Cloud Storage

Job description

FedEx Corporation is seeking a Manager of Data Engineering to lead architectural strategy for enterprise data platforms, oversee 24/7 production operations, and drive cost governance across cloud platforms. The role balances long-term vision with hands-on leadership of a high-performing team in a hybrid FedEx data engineering environment.

You will guide ingestion, lakehouse modeling, data governance, and service-oriented integration across diverse source systems, while managing budgets, vendor