Data Platform & Analytics Manager – Millennium Space Systems
About The Position
The Data Platform & Analytics Manager is responsible for managing a team of experienced data engineers, scientists, and analysts. Develops and executes project and process plans, implements policies and procedures and sets operational goals. Acquiring resources for projects and processes provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements. Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports. Provides vision, oversight, and approval of technical approaches, products and processes. Manages, develops and motivates employees. This is an onsite role in our office in El Segundo, CA. This position’s internal job code is Data Science & Analytics Manager. Our team is currently hiring for a level K.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent years of experience
- Minimum of 7 years’ experience in data engineering, data science, analytics, or cloud data platform development
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in leading technical teams
- Deep understanding of data modeling, metadata management, lineage, and governance frameworks
- This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires US Citizenship.
- Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
- post-offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
- This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Azure Synapse, Purview, Databricks, or equivalent platforms
- Background supporting analytics, BI, and ML workloads
- Experience designing scalable systems for both real-time and batch workloads
- Strong communication skills; ability to lead design sessions and mentor engineering teams
- Experience in aerospace or other regulated industries is a plus
Responsibilities
- Team Leadership - Recruit, coach, and retain a high-performing team of data platform architects, data scientists, analytics/ML engineers, and BI analysts
- Enterprise Data Platform Ownership - Serve as technical authority for the data platform systems
- Process & Delivery Excellence - Implement modern DevSecOps for data: CI/CD, IaC, automated testing, architecture decision records, and runbooks
- Collaboration - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and translate them into scalable technical solutions
- Roadmap - Support enterprise initiatives including Synapse, Purview, and related modernization programs
- Compliance - Ensure solutions meet ITAR and internal compliance requirements
Benefits
- competitive base pay
- variable compensation opportunities
- health insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- health savings accounts
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance programs
- paid and unpaid time away from work
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
