Senior Manager Senior Software Engineer, Loyalty

JOB SUMMARY

Marriott has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Engineer Data and Analytics Technology. This role helps develop our next-generation cloud platform for data analytics AI and machine learning. Appropriate candidates have a passion for data and emerging technologies with a vision for building next generation capabilities and a strong drive for success.

In this role you will function as a technical expert and lead engineer for the Data Platform team. You will perform research analysis design and development on a wide range of next generation data capabilities and products. You will set technical standards and develop reusable frameworks to ensure consistent and efficient creation of data capabilities and products.

You will assume technical ownership of Service Provider deliverables and lead their technical resources to ensure deliverables are of high quality follow our technical standards & best practices and perform at scale.

In addition you will research emerging AI technologies that will provide future capabilities as well as seek solutions for complex technical issues. You will make decisions on complex non-routine requests to support analytics based decisioning by Marriott business teams.

If you feel you are up for the challenge then please see further details below

CANDIDATE PROFILE

Education and Experience

Required:

8 years hands on experience developing large scale data ETL pipelines and applications at enterprise scale
Over four years of experience in technical delivery ownership for large-scale data pipelines and applications on AWS and Snowflake.
4 years experience developing data applications and applications on AWS
4 years hands on experience with Snowflake technologies
2 years experience with AWS S3 Lambda EKS
Strong technical leader with proven ability to lead Service Provider technical resources
Strong communication skills
Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or and related Engineering

Preferred:

Graduate degree in Computer Science or Engineering
Technology certifications in Spark Snowflake
AWS Solutions Architect or Developer certification
Experience with Airflow Python API calls.
Experience with Data Governance Tools such as Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog
Hashicorp Tokenization Products
Experience in agile software methodologies
Demonstrated ability to anticipate future data platform opportunities
Technology leadership experience in a sourced environment

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Technical Leadership

Trains and/or mentors other team members and peers as appropriate
Ability to work liaising with multiple teams to steer projects from inception to successful delivery
Provides financial input on department or project budgets capital expenditures or other cost/resource estimates as requested
Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes.

Delivering Technology

Performs complex quantitative and qualitative analyses for service delivery processes and projects.
Facilitates achievement of expected deliverables and obligations of Services Providers
Validates completeness of requirements prior to Service Provider solutioning
Ensures that all projects adhere to the established development protocols and business case procedures.
Ensures proper coordination with appropriate IT and vendor relations teams
Provides consultation for routine and complex systems development
Ensures early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels
Coordinates with Application Delivery and Infrastructure teams for deployment and production support activities

IT Governance

Follows all defined IT standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance Architecture etc.) and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed
Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk
Ability to assess when risks need to be escalated to right channels.
Follows the defined project management standards and processes

Service Provider Management

Validates that Service Providers develop and manage respective aspects of a project plan including schedules deliverables and appropriate metrics.
Makes short term plans for the team to effectively utilize resources
Monitors Service Provider outcomes
Reviews estimates of work effort for client project provided by Service Providers for accuracy
Facilitates timely resolution of service delivery problems and minimizes the impact to clients

MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES

Leadership

Communication - Conveys information and ideas to others in a convincing and engaging manner through a variety of methods.
Leading Through Vision and Values - Keeps the organizations vision and values at the forefront of employee decision making and action.
Managing Change - Initiates and/or manages the change process and energizes it on an ongoing basis taking steps to remove barriers or accelerate its pace; serves as role model for how to handle change by maintaining composure and performance level under pressure or when experiencing challenges.
Problem Solving and Decision Making - Identifies and understands issues problems and opportunities; obtains and compares information from different sources to draw conclusions develops and evaluates alternatives and solutions solves problems and chooses a course of action.
Professional Demeanor - Exhibits behavioral styles that convey confidence and command respect from others; makes a good first impression and represents the company in alignment with its values.
Strategy Development - Develops business plans by exploring and systematically evaluating opportunities with the greatest potential for producing positive results; ensures successful preparation and execution of business plans through effective planning organizing and on-going evaluation processes.
Managing Execution
Building a Successful Team - Uses an effective interpersonal style to build a cohesive team; inspires and sustains team cohesion and engagement by focusing the team on its mission and importance to the organization.
Strategy Execution Ensures successful execution across of business plans designed to maximize customer satisfaction profitability and market share through effective planning organizing and on-going evaluation processes.
Driving for Results - Sets high standards of performance for self and/or others; assumes responsibility for work objectives; initiates focuses and monitors the efforts of self and/or others toward the accomplishment goals; proactively takes action and goes beyond what is required.
Building Relationships
Customer Relationships - Develops and sustains relationships based on an understanding of customer/stakeholder needs and actions consistent with the companys service standards.
Global Mindset - Supports employees and business partners with diverse styles abilities motivations and/or cultural perspectives; utilizes differences to drive innovation engagement and enhance business results; and ensures employees are given the opportunity to contribute to their full potential.
Strategic Partnerships - Develops collaborative relationships with fellow employees and business partners by making them feel valued appreciated and included; explores partnership opportunities with other people in and outside the organization; influences and leverages corporate and continental shared services and/or discipline leaders (e.g. HR Sales & Marketing Finance Revenue Management) to achieve objectives; maintains effective external relations with government business and industry in respective countries; performs effectively as a liaison between locations disciplines and corporate to ensure needed resources are received and corporate strategies are understood and executed.
Generating Talent and Organizational Capability
Developing Others - Supports the development of others skills and capabilities so that they can fulfill current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.
Organizational Capability - Evaluates and adapts the structure of assignments and work processes to best fit the needs and/or support the goals of an organizational unit.
Learning and Applying Professional Expertise
Continuous Learning - Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creates and takes advantage of learning opportunities; uses newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learns through their application.
Technical Acumen - Understanding and utilizing professional skills and knowledge in a specific functional area to conduct and manage everyday business operations and generate innovative solutions to approach function-specific work challenges
oTechnical Intelligence: Knowledge and ability to define and apply appropriate technology to enhance business process
oDevelopment Methodologies: Knowledge of general stages of SDLC framework and the application tiers within the development space.
oInformation Security: Knowledge of the security considerations relevant within the development space including industry best practices related to information security
Business Acumen - Understands and utilizes business information to manage everyday operations and generate innovative solutions to approach business and administrative challenges.
Basic Competencies - Fundamental competencies required for accomplishing basic work activities.
oBasic Computer Skills - Using basic computer hardware and software (e.g. personal computers word processing software Internet browsers etc.).
oMathematical Reasoning - The ability to add subtract multiply or divide quickly correctly and in a way that allows one to solve work-related issues.
oOral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
oReading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
oWriting - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

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