Data Lakehouse Manager
US
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Overview
The Data Lakehouse Manager is responsible for leading and supporting the enterprise data engineering practice, with ownership of design, development, modernization, and operational excellence of the organization’s Snowflake-based Lakehouse platform on Azure. This role provides hands-on architectural leadership and people management to ensure reliable, scalable, and high‑quality data pipelines while supporting and evolving the existing data ecosystem. The manager partners with business and IT stakeholders to deliver analytics, BI, and data solutions that enable informed decision‑making and business outcomes. In addition to technical oversight, this role is accountable for resource planning, delivery execution, mentoring, and maintaining high team morale, while fostering a collaborative, innovative, and growth‑oriented environment.
Core Responsibilities
- Provide operational direction, support, and guidance to assigned co-workers
- Allocate routine tasks or project work, in line with team objectives and individual capabilities. Monitor quality and performance against agreed criteria, to make learning recommendations or to escalate concerns
- Facilitate effective working relationships between team members
- Assist in the sourcing, hiring, and onboarding of new team members
- Foster a positive, supportive, and fun work environment while providing opportunities for team members to try new roles and take on new responsibilities
- Train or provide appropriate training and development for employees; provide direction, coach, provide feedback and support, counsel, and motivate employees
- Ensure adherence to company policies
- Create and present reports as requested
- Contribute to the organization's overall information/data management strategy, ensuring that it is an integrated part of the overall business & IT strategies
- Provide recommendations and solutions for improving data accessibility as driven by the business need for knowledge and decision-making capabilities
- Encourage and support innovative communities, teams, and individuals to share creative ideas and learn from failures
Skills Qualifications
- Strong ability to plan and allocate work based on priorities, delivery timelines, and team capabilities
- Experience with hiring, onboarding, performance management, coaching, and employee development
- Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Expert knowledge of the enterprise uses of data and end-to-end data flow within the enterprise.
- Strong understanding of cloud data platforms on Microsoft Azure
- Hands-on expertise with:
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- Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration
- Talend for ETL/ELT and data integration
- Qlik and Qlik Cloud for BI and analytics
- SQL and Java for data transformation and custom processing
- Snowflake for data warehousing and analytics
- ELT coding and code handling best practices
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Education
Required:
- BA or BS in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field
- 15 years or more of related work experience
Compensation
The wage range for this role takes into account a broad array of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to: skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The range below applies as long as the work is performed in Connecticut; the Knights of Columbus reserves the right to adjust the wage range if the position is performed in another location. At the Knights of Columbus, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $112,000- $190,500
Physical Demands
KofC Cares
Our mission is focused on family and faith, and we support our employees in seeking a balanced life.
Employee benefits include:
Time Away: 13 paid holidays per year in addition to vacation and paid sick leave, and flexible workweek schedules.
Professional Development: Certifications, designation, and tuition reimbursement.
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) retirement savings plan with matching company contributions, and cash balance retirement plans fully funded by the company.
Health and Wellness:
- Short-term disability and term life insurance fully paid for by the company;
- Up to 12 weeks of childbirth leave under STD policy.
- One week of fully paid parental leave for all new parents, including adoptive and foster parents.
- A variety of health insurance options, including premium-level family coverage and a pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions. The Order's health plans do not cover abortion, sterilization, or contraception, and the Order has helped advocate for other employers who do not want to provide coverage.
- Long-term disability insurance;
- Dental insurance;
- Vision insurance;
- Health club membership reimbursement;
- Employee Assistance Program