Senior Lead Data Engineer

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.

We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.

The Role

Are you interested in serving as an integral part of our marketing team, developing new tools and capabilities that will continue to advance Lumen’s reputation as a technology leader?  
 
In this role, you will be taking the lead in partnering closely with marketing, operations, and data science teams to utilize terabytes of data and translate them into actionable insights to create a competitive advantage for marketing/sales initiatives to win market share. Furthermore, you will be accountable for building and operationalizing critical components and tools to ensure that the data coming in and going out is of the highest data quality and integrity. In the end state, the data solutions built and operated by you would rival the absolute best in the industry in engineering, operations, and usability excellence.

The Main Responsibilities

You are a great fit for this position if you:

• Have a strong passion for building reliable, accurate datasets that power end-to-end user scenarios and are used in business decisions.
• Highly believe that data is an asset that must be accessible to and applicable by every function in a modern business to guide and assess growth investments.
• Are passionate about Data Engineering and believe that it is one of a kind, emerging discipline and career path that you want to grow in.
• Enjoy building and operating data services at terabyte and higher scales to enable data-driven organizations.
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
  
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and business teams, drive issues to closure
  
• Strong understanding of data engineering and data stewardship roles in an organization
  
• An entrepreneurial spirit who is excited by ambiguity, operates autonomously, and can make informed decisions on the fly, grounded in an operationally efficient point of view for marketing/sales initiatives.

What We Look For in a Candidate

Qualifications:

• Experience building data models and performing complex queries using SQL
• Experience in performance tuning large datasets
• Experience building large data pipelines and/or web services
• Strong programming skills with Python and other scripting languages 
• 8+ years of Business Intelligence or software development experience using industry technologies
• 4+ years of experience in building integration with upstream and downstream systems with REST APIs
• Ability to foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment. You’ll play an active role in counselling and mentoring junior team members across the organization by providing structured and on-the-job feedback.
• Ability to work on multiple priorities that span different areas of focus. You should feel comfortable talking to business stakeholders, analysts, data scientists, and developers.
• BA/BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field such as Statistics or Data Science

Preferred:

• Strong familiarity with the Azure/Fabric ecosystem is highly valuable
• Experience with performance analysis, troubleshooting, and remediation techniques
• Knowledge of Lumen data, systems, and processes, including paid media, financial, and inventory systems highly desirable
• Experience with ETL and data integration development using multiple tools, including Informatica, Microsoft SSIS, or other technologies
• Combined IT and Marketing background
• Machine Learning, Data Science, and statistical modeling experience are highly valued
• Azure Cloud Expertise: Demonstrated production-level experience in migrating, deploying, and optimizing Microsoft Azure-based solutions, including infrastructure, networking, and cloud services for business and consumer environments.
• Architecture & Performance Tuning: Skilled in designing, implementing,