Senior Manager, Data Lakehouse

University of Maryland Global Campus; Adelphi (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition remission for employees and dependents after two years of service

Inclusive working environment for individuals with disabilities

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Maryland is seeking a professional experienced in managing Data Lakehouse initiatives. This role requires providing technical and people leadership to a data engineering team and overseeing data integrity and compliance measures. Successful candidates will have extensive experience in enterprise data platforms and team leadership. The position ensures adherence to governance standards while optimizing data operations and performance metrics, contributing to the institution's analytics strategy.

Qualifications

• 7–9 years of experience supporting enterprise data analytics platforms.
• 3+ years of experience leading data engineering or analytics teams.

Responsibilities

• Execute and operate approved Data Lakehouse initiatives.
• Provide technical and people leadership to a team of data engineers.
• Oversee data architecture and engineering activities.
• Monitor and maintain day-to-day platform operations.
• Implement and maintain data governance and compliance controls.
• Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, IT, and stakeholders to deliver analytics and AI capabilities.
• Contribute to evaluating new tools and platform enhancements for performance and cost efficiency.
• Manage delivery commitments, resource planning, vendor coordination, and cost optimization.

Skills

Data Lakehouse management

Technical leadership

Data governance

Collaboration with stakeholders

Performance monitoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Databricks platform

Tools

Databricks

Job description

* Execute and operate approved Data Lakehouse initiatives aligned with UMGC’s enterprise data and analytics strategy, ensuring the Databricks platform is reliable, secure, and scalable to meet business needs.* Provide technical and people leadership to a team of data engineers and architects, supporting performance management, coaching, skills development, and continuous improvement in alignment with established goals.* Oversee data architecture and engineering activities, including ELT/ETL and CI/CD pipelines and data integration across Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers to support analytics, reporting, operational, and AI use cases.* Monitor and maintain day to day platform operations, including performance, availability, and issue resolution, ensuring service levels and operational expectations are met.* Implement and maintain data governance, security, quality, and compliance controls in partnership with information security, legal, and compliance teams, ensuring adherence to regulatory and institutional requirements.* Collaborate with data scientists, analysts, IT, and business stakeholders to deliver approved analytics, AI, and self-service capabilities within established architectural, security, and governance standards.* Contributes to the evaluation and adoption of new tools, technologies, and platform enhancements, providing technical recommendations to improve performance, scalability, usability, and cost efficiency.* Manage delivery commitments and operational priorities, supporting resource planning, vendor coordination, and cost optimization under approved operating plans and AVP Enterprise Data oversight.* 7–9 years of experience supporting or delivering enterprise data and analytics platforms* 3+ years of experience leading data engineering or analytics teamsThe University of Maryland Global Campus Global Campus (UMGC) is committed to creating and maintaining a welcoming and inclusive working environment for people of all abilities. UMGC is dedicated to the principle that no qualified individual with a disability shall, based on disability, be excluded from participation in or be denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of the University, or be subjected to discrimination. For information about UMGC’s Reasonable Workplace Accommodation Policy or to request an accommodation, applicants/candidates can contact Employee Accommodations via email at **Tuition Remission:** Immediate availability for Regular Exempt Staff. Spouses and dependent children are eligible for undergraduate tuition remission after two years of service. **NOTE: For part-time employees (at least 50 percent of the time), tuition remission benefits are prorated.**