Senior Manager Data Engineering

Company: Physicians Mutual
Location: Omaha
Posted on: March 20, 2023

Job Description:

Physicians Mutual Enterprise Technology Group has a leadership opportunity to lead multiple teams as a Senior Manager Data Engineering. This position provides senior level leadership for software engineering and is responsible for the software design, integration, and deployment of the enterprise's overall systems. Responsibilities:

• Lead highly talented engineering teams and development of system solutions based on user/client needs, cost, and required integration with existing applications, systems, or platforms.
• Researches, identifies, selects, and tests services & integrations required for data solution delivery.
• Drive and establish best development practices such as DevSecOps, CICD, Application Resiliency/Failover/Fault Tolerance, Application Security, Microservices etc.
• Establishes, implements, and documents the technology integration or migration strategies.
• Provides governance and oversight as a senior member of the Architecture Review Board.
• The position requires staying on top of the industry trends and new technologies for our technology stack.
• Hires and develops staff and manages budgets, as needed.
• Manage day today development activities, escalation, production support and release.
• Own outcomes of engineering, execution, and delivery of projects.
• Assist and participate in department's quarterly planning, team's sprint planning, story sizing, story grooming, sprint retro.
• Bridge communication with other release train managers. Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience is required.
  • 10+ years IT experience in system design and integration required.
  • 3 years of leadership experience at leading and developing multiple highly skilled development teams.
  • Strong Diagnostic and Analytical Capabilities.
  • Excellent written and Oral Communication skills.
  • Strong knowledge of REST API design, Python, PySpark, ETL/ELT architecture, Data Integration & Analytic Methodologies, Data Modeling (ERD) & Machine Learning and Forecasting .
  • Experience working with large data sets, leveraging distributed computing tools (Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Nutch, etc.) .
  • Working knowledge of Microservices / containerized applications, Docker Swarm Or Kubernetes.
  • Knowledge of DevSecOps, Pipeline setups, Automation, GitLab/GitHub.
  • Experience with data in relational and No-SQL databases, caching strategies etc.
  • Working knowledge on Application Security, Cybersecurity, Oauth2, OpenID etc.
  • Progressive experience in new technology, programming and/or application analysis, security/disaster recovery is required
  • Knowledge of the process and concepts involved in systems implementations, including conceptual design, work process evaluation, cost assessment for development & implementation and the full range of application programming & documentation is required.
  • Previous Agile, Scrum or SAFe experience is required. Participation in team's planning, story sizing, sprint retro needed.
  • Experience in managing vendor teams is a plus. Preferred:
    • Insurance industry knowledge.
    • Previous architecture experience. About Us: Health. Life. Retirement. The Physicians Mutual family empowers people from all walks of life to enjoy the financial security they deserve. That's what Insurance for all of us is about.
      
      The Physicians Mutual family includes Physicians Mutual Insurance Company and Physicians Life Insurance Company. Physicians Mutual Insurance Company offers reliable dental and supplemental health insurance (and now, pet insurance!). Physicians Life Insurance Company provides important Medicare Supplement and life insurance coverage. The company additionally offers coverage for funeral pre-planning to help meet the growing needs of funeral home owners and the families they serve. Since our start in 1902, our dedication to delivering on our promise has helped make us one of the nation's leading health and life insurance providers. In fact, we are rated in the top 1% of insurance companies. We consistently maintain some of the highest financial strength ratings in the nation from independent insurance analysts, including A.M. Best Company and Weiss Ratings, ensuring we'll be there for our policyowners and our employees far into the future. But the achievement we're most proud of? We have a 95% customer approval rating a true sign of a company dedicated to embodying its vision.

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