Director of Data Engineering (Senior Public Service Administrator, Option 1)

at Department of Innovation and Technology in Chicago, Illinois, United States Job Description Essential Functions Subject to management approval, serves as the Director of Data Engineering for the Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) supporting the Department of Early Childhood ( IDEC ), verifying that clean, organized, and timely data is available to downstream users, including designing, developing, evaluating, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and infrastructure to support analytics, reporting, and business intelligence needs. Directs, plans, and manages DoIT/ IDEC Data Engineering Section databases and infrastructure management programs, including collaborating with DoIT and other stakeholders on various projects, using existing cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Amazon Web Services ( AWS ), Azure, IBM , CloudPad, Google Cloud). Directs, plans, and manages agency Data Engineering integration functions, including collaborating with agency executive leadership and DoIT data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to create trusted, high-quality, and scalable data systems. Serves as a full-line supervisor. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above. Minimum Qualifications Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college with coursework in business or public administration, data science, data engineering, analytics, or a directly related field. Requires prior experience equivalent to four (4) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in public or business organization in data science, data engineering, education policy, statistics, or economics. Requires three (3) years of professional supervisory experience in a large organization. Preferred Qualifications (In Order of Significance) Five (5) years of professional experience designing and developing complex stru To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account