Director, Data Engineering

Responsibilities

• Own and actively contribute to the enterprise data strategy and roadmap
• Define and prioritize the data engineering backlog, including AI enablement and technical debt reduction
• Design and oversee key data models, pipelines, integration patterns, and analytics platforms
• Lead data engineering and reporting teams including full-time employees, contractors, and vendors
• Establish standards for data quality, lineage, documentation, observability, and governance
• Drive the evolution of the data environment toward cloud-based platforms, data lakes, and streaming architectures
• Partner with business stakeholders, AI engineers, and leadership to ensure data platforms meet business needs
• Oversee data integration across enterprise systems such as ERP and CRM

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 15+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or data architecture
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing technical data teams
• Proven experience designing and delivering modern data pipelines and analytics platforms
• Strong experience with SQL and relational data platforms
• Experience with cloud data platforms, data lakes, and scalable data pipeline design
• Experience with streaming, event-driven, or near-real-time data integration patterns
• Experience establishing standards for data quality, lineage, and governance
• Experience leading a mix of full-time employees, contractors, and/or vendor resources

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure-based data services and modern cloud-native data patterns
• Experience with lakehouse or data lake architectures
• Experience supporting AI and machine learning use cases
• Experience with semantic models and dimensional modeling
• Experience modernizing legacy reporting/data stacks into scalable enterprise platforms

About the Company

Hanwha Energy USA is a comprehensive energy solutions provider part of the Hanwha Group. The company delivers utility-scale renewables, natural gas generation, and retail electricity services across North America.