Nextpathway | The Automated Cloud Migration Company
Next Pathway is a technology services company providing clients a pathway from existing to emerging technologies. Our automation technology helps our customers accelerate the migration of complex applications and workloads to the cloud.
About the Role:
Next Pathway is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Tech Lead to spearhead our cloud migration initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 13 years of experience in the IT industry, with a strong focus on data engineering, ETL, and a proven track record of successfully leading large-scale cloud migration projects. This role requires a hands-on leader who can guide a team, architect solutions, and ensure the successful delivery of complex data transformation projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Technical Leadership: Lead, mentor, and guide a team of data engineers and developers in the design, development, and implementation of cloud migration solutions.
- Solution Architecture: Design and architect robust, scalable, and high-performance data pipelines for migrating on-premise data to the cloud. This includes defining the migration strategy, data mapping, and transformation logic.
- Hands-on Development: Actively participate in the development process, writing and reviewing code, and ensuring best practices are followed.
- Technology Expertise: Serve as the subject matter expert for the project's technology stack, including Datastage, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Databricks, and PySpark.
- Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in data pipelines and applications.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with business analysts, project managers, and other technical teams to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Mentorship and Training: Provide technical guidance and training to junior team members to enhance their skills and foster a culture of continuous learning.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Minimum of 13 years of experience in the IT industry, with a significant portion focused on data engineering and ETL.
- Proven experience as a Technical Lead, managing and mentoring a team of developers.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Datastage for ETL processes.
- Deep expertise in Cloud Migration projects, with a strong understanding of migrating data from on-premise to cloud environments.
- Proficiency in Azure Data Factory (ADF) for building and orchestrating data pipelines.
- Strong experience with Databricks and its functionalities for big data processing and analytics.
- Expertise in PySpark for developing scalable and efficient data processing applications.
- Solid understanding of cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with other data technologies and concepts like SQL, data warehousing, and dimensional modeling.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
