Aaura SoftwaresRemote
Data Project Manager(Data Engineering exp must)
United States of America
Full Time
3 hours ago
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Key skills
Data EngineeringETLELTData WarehousingData PipelinesAWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformAgileScrumJiraAzure DevOpsMicrosoft ProjectSQLSparkPySparkDatabricksSnowflakeMicrosoft FabricAzure Data FactoryApache AirflowKafkaDelta LakeData LakePower BITerraformPMPScrum MasterAWS Certified Solutions ArchitectAzure FundamentalsAzure Data Engineer AssociateDatabricks Certified Data EngineerMicrosoft Fabric CertificationStakeholder ManagementAnalyticsBIAirflowGCPGoogle CloudLeadershipProject ManagementRisk ManagementCommunicationPresentation Skills
About this role
Aaura Softwares is seeking a Data Project Manager with a strong background in Data Engineering. The role involves leading the delivery of data engineering and analytics projects, managing timelines and resources, and ensuring adherence to best practices.
Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of data engineering and analytics projects
- Define project scope, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation
- Coordinate with business stakeholders, architects, data engineers, and QA teams
- Manage Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog grooming
- Track project progress and provide regular status updates to leadership
- Identify project risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies
- Ensure data engineering best practices and governance standards are followed
- Collaborate with cloud engineering teams for deployment and migration activities
- Monitor project KPIs, deliverables, and quality standards
- Drive continuous process improvements and delivery excellence
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of IT experience with 3+ years managing Data Engineering projects
- Strong understanding of Data Engineering concepts, ETL/ELT, data warehousing, and data pipelines
- Experience managing projects involving cloud platforms such as: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies
- Proficiency in project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Microsoft Project
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- SQL
- Spark / PySpark
- Databricks
- Snowflake
- Microsoft Fabric
- Azure Data Factory (ADF)
- Apache Airflow
- Kafka
- Delta Lake
- Data Lake
- Power BI (preferred)
- Terraform (preferred)
- PMP
- Scrum Master (CSM/PSM)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Azure Fundamentals or Azure Data Engineer Associate
- Databricks Certified Data Engineer
- Microsoft Fabric Certification (preferred)
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong problem-solving abilities
- Leadership and team management
- Risk management