Director, Data Engineering

A career at CoBank can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on the people and communities where we do business. When you choose a career with CoBank, you make a difference by standing for something that matters. In order to be the best, we hire the best!

Remarkable Benefits Offered by CoBank

• Careers with a purpose. Stand for something!
• Time-Off Packages-15 days of vacation plus, 10 paid sick days and 11 paid holidays
• Competitive Compensation & Incentive
• Hybrid work model: flexible arrangements for most positions
• Benefits Packages, including Medical, Dental and Vision coverage, Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
• Robust associate training and development with CoBank University
• Tuition reimbursement for higher education up to $10,000 per year
• Outstanding 401k: up to 6% matching and additional 3% non-elective contribution
• Community Impact: United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution
• Associate Resource Groups: creating a culture of diversity and inclusion
• Recognize a fellow associate through our GEM awards
• Relocation Package Available 

Responsible for building and maintaining our data lake, ingestion and consumption data pipelines / services and facilitating the movement of large data each day. Works directly with business teams and platform and engineering teams to ensure growth strategies at CoBank.

• Set the vision and strategy for data management and utilization.
• Oversee multiple Data Engineering teams.
• Drive innovation and adoption of new technologies in data engineering.
• Ensure data governance, compliance, and security standards are met.

• Master's Degree required

• 8 years of relevant experience in data engineering or a related field, required
• Prior Experience in leadership roles including experience managing direct reports, required
• Expertise in data architecture and optimization, required
• Leadership and strategic planning, required
• In-depth knowledge of data engineering technologies and trends, required (Data Lakehouse, Athena, Pipelines, Glue)
• Expertise in Cloud Data Engineering, required
• In-depth knowledge of cloud concepts, especially AWS, required
• In depth experience with data management
• Experience with Agile
• Visionary leadership, required
• Executive communication, required
• Business acumen and strategic thinking, required
• Expertise with AWS development environment and services
• Experience building self-service tooling and platforms
• Built and designed Data Mesh architecture platforms
• A passion for building and running continuous integration pipelines
• Contributed to open-source projects (Ex: Operators in Airflow)

The typical base pay range for this role is between $169,462 - $235,637. Compensation may vary based on individual job-related knowledge, skills, expertise, and experience. This position is eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program driven by organization and individual performance.

The listed salary, other compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. CoBank reserves the right to adjust compensation for all positions and to modify or discontinue benefits programs at any time in its sole discretion, subject to applicable law.

CoBank is a cooperative bank serving vital industries across rural America. The bank provides loans, leases, export financing and other financial services to agribusinesses and rural power, water and communications providers in all 50 states. The bank also provides wholesale loans and other financial services to affiliated Farm Credit associations serving more than 76,000 farmers, ranchers and other rural borrowers in 23 states around the country. CoBank is a member of the Farm Credit System, a nationwide network of banks and retail lending associations chartered to support the borrowing needs of U.S. agriculture, rural infrastructure and rural communities. Headquartered outside Denver, Colorado, CoBank serves customers from regional banking centers across the U.S. and also maintains an international representative office in Singapore.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

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CoBank is an Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.