Senior Manager, Data Engineering

Benefits Overview

A career at CoBank can offer you the opportunity to make a personal impact on the people and communities where we do business. In order to be the best, we hire the best! Benefits Offered by CoBank:

• Careers with a purpose
• Time-Off Packages, 15 days of vacation, 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 $10k per year
• Outstanding 401k: up to 6% matching and additional 3% non-elective contribution & Student Loan Match
• Community Impact: United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution
• Associate Resource Groups: creating a culture of respect and inclusion
• Recognize a fellow associate through our GEM awards

Job Description

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Manager, Data Engineering who will be responsible for building and maintaining our data lake, ingestion and consumption data pipelines / services and facilitating the movement of large data each day. In this role, you will work directly with business teams and platform and engineering teams to ensure growth strategies at CoBank. You are an out-of-the-box, structured thinker who is passionate about building services that scale. This position plays a key role in providing the end-to-end data engineering solutions to support key business initiatives.

Essential Functions

• Manage and lead the Data Engineering team.
• Develop and execute the data strategy in alignment with organizational goals.
• Ensure data governance, compliance, and security standards are met.
• Collaborate with other departments to understand data needs and align strategies.
• As a people manager at CoBank, you will be expected to manage and lead associates. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, associate performance management, talent strategy, workforce planning, change management, conflict resolution, and relationship management. You will drive and be accountable for the team’s development, alignment with the division’s objectives, as well as with CoBank’s strategy and mission.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field required
• Bachelor's degree may be substituted with four years of related experience (four years is in addition to what is minimally required for the role), or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field required

Work Experience

• At least 10 years of relevant experience in data engineering or a related field, required
• Prior Experience leading functional work or project teams required
• Prior Experience in leadership and team management required
• Expertise in designing and implementing complex ETL processes.
• Expertise with AWS development environment and services.
• Advanced knowledge of data architecture and optimization.
• Experience with on-premises development environments.
• 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).
• Strong understanding of data governance and compliance.
• Strategic thinking and planning.

About Cobank

The typical base pay range for this role is between $158,700 - $195,200. 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. This job will be posted for a minimum of five (5) business days or until the position is filled. 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

We are committed to ensuring that our online application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all applicants, including qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are an applicant with a disability, or are assisting an applicant with a disability, and require accessibility assistance or would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any aspect of the application process, including completing an application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please submit a request by emailing recruiting@cobank.com. Include your contact information and specific details about your requested accommodation.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

CoBank is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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