Manager, IT Data Integration

Overall Job Summary

The position is responsible for software engineering teams focused on data integration. This includes modern APIs, real-time data streaming, and batch Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) packages. This person will help mature the team from one that is focused on legacy on-premises technologies to one optimized for open-source, cloud delivery. This position will partner with technical, functional, and business teams to deliver data for a $15B retail operation with a $1B digital environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Min 5%)

• Drive development projects and provide oversight of engineering team members building real-time APIs, microservices, and ETL logic.
• Work with stakeholders to define scope, estimates, and priority for integration projects.
• Collaborate with peers on technology roadmaps.
• Ensure projects are built using modern technology architectures consistent with TSC Standards.
• Drive improvement of our API and ETL platforms
• Allocate team members to new capital projects that increase the capabilities for TSC.
• Align resources and manage ongoing operational activities that keeps TSC business running.
• Assess and review architecture and design changes which enable additional TSC growth.
• Serve as an integration technical expert that can provide thought leadership to the integration team as represent the integration team as we collaborate with other teams.
• Provide well researched recommendations on software products and services in support of procurement and development efforts.
• Work with Enterprise Architecture and Data Governance teams to manage data quality and transformation standards

Required Qualifications

• 8 or more years of equivalent work experience with data integration solutions.
• Experience delivering API or Microservice applications in an open-source environment
• Experience delivering cloud-based solutions in either Azure (preferred) or AWS.
• Understanding of ETL applications using commercial ETL tools such as Talend, Informatica, or Data Stage
• Knowledge event/messaging frameworks (e.g. Rabbit MQ, JMS, Kafka) and standard messaging/integration design patterns
• Experience with enterprise caliber database technologies such as Oracle
• The ability to lead and deliver on large, enterprise scale projects within timelines driven from business needs in a very competitive business landscape.

Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Systems Design, Computer Science, or related field will be considered. Any suitable combination of education and experience will be considered.

Preferred knowledge, skills or abilities

• Platform knowledge (UNIX, Linux, Windows)
• Should possess working knowledge of Java, Springboot, Python
• Working Knowledge of container solutions (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Technical leadership, mentoring team members, and leading projects.
• Strong ability to manage teams and manage to outcomes
• Negotiation and vendor management skills.
• Strong critical thinking skills with the ability to develop innovative solutions.
• Demonstrate collaboration skills with the ability to handle conflict and to work with a distributed team.

Working Conditions

• Normal office working conditions
• Must be able to work some nights and weekends
• Occasional travel required

Physical Requirements

• Sitting
• Standing (not walking)
• Walking
• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending
• Reaching overhead
• Lifting up to 50 pounds

Disclaimer

This job description represents an overview of the responsibilities for the above referenced position. It is not intended to represent a comprehensive list of responsibilities. A team member should perform all duties as assigned by his/ her supervisor.

Company Info

At Tractor Supply and Petsense by Tractor Supply, our Team Members are the heart of our success. Their dedication, passion, and hard work drive everything we do, and we are committed to supporting them with a comprehensive and accessible total reward package. We understand the evolving needs of our Team Members and their families, and we strive to offer meaningful, competitive, and sustainable benefits that support their well-being today and in the future.

Our benefits extend beyond medical, dental, and vision coverage, including company-paid life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and family planning resources such as adoption and surrogacy assistance, for all full-time Team Members and all part-time Team Members. Part time new hires gain eligibility for TSC Benefits by averaging at least 15 hours per week during their 90-day lookback period. The lookback period starts the first of the month following the date of hire. If the 15-hour requirement was met, the benefits eligibility date will be the first day of the month following 4 months of continuous service.

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