Director, Data Platform Engineering, Bureau of Data Technology & Strategy
About The Position
The Center for Population Health Data Science (CPHDS) works to modernize data capabilities and support the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s efforts to link public health, healthcare, and social service data. Its goals include making data more accessible, timely, equitable, usable, and protected, while strengthening agencywide capabilities and improving population health surveillance. The Bureau of Data Technology and Strategy (DTS) develops the Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) and encompasses data strategy, governance, product management, engineering, and data science. The Applied Data Science and Solutions unit supports mission-critical agency projects, including the Master Patient Index, Client Engagement Platform, Whole Genome Sequencing, disease surveillance interoperability projects, ad hoc analysis, and EDP administration. The Director, Data Platform Engineering will develop, manage, and build integration pipelines across environments for agency initiatives; design and implement CI/CD-enabled pipelines to promote updates across development, staging, and production; and implement mechanisms for managing access and permissions to EDP resources. The role will oversee datalake integration processes, advise on and implement datalake governance and permissioning, and lead project communication, planning, and stakeholder coordination.
Requirements
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and five years of full-time professional satisfactory experience, acquired within the last fifteen years, in a health services setting or in a public health, environmental health, or mental hygiene program.
- At least 18 months of managerial experience demonstrating the ability to perform difficult and responsible managerial work, including independent decision-making concerning program management, planning, resource allocation, and scheduling and assignment of work.
- Education and/or experience equivalent to the stated qualifications may be accepted. Graduate credits in specified fields may substitute for non-managerial experience, up to 60 semester credits; all candidates must have at least a baccalaureate degree and 18 months of qualifying managerial experience.
Nice To Haves
- 5 or more years of Python experience.
- 5 or more years of SQL development experience.
- 5 or more years of business intelligence experience.
- 3 or more years of system administration experience.
- 3 or more years of datalake experience.
- 3 or more years of cloud development work.
Responsibilities
- Develop, manage, and build integration pipelines across environments to support multiple agency initiatives.
- Design and implement CI/CD-enabled data pipelines to automate and manage promotion of updates across development, staging, and production environments.
- Design and implement mechanisms for managing access and permissions for Enterprise Data Platform resources.
- Oversee development of datalake integration processes.
- Advise on and implement governance and permissioning in the datalake environment.
- Lead communication, planning, and coordination among project stakeholders.
Benefits
- Premium-free health insurance plan.
- Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available depending on the position’s associated union or benefit fund.
- Public sector defined benefit pension plan.
- Tax-deferred savings program.
- Worksite Wellness Program.
- Depending on the position, the ability to work from home up to two days during the week.
- Job security compared with private sector employment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
