Big Data Platform Manager

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together youll discover that at HARMAN you can grow make a difference and be proud of the work you do every day.

Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Automotive

Were a global multi-disciplinary team thats putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive we give you the keys to fast-track your career.

• Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience
• Combine ingenuity in-depth research and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence
• Advance in-vehicle infotainment safety efficiency and enjoyment

About the Role

We are looking for a Big Data Platform Manager to lead the development operation and continuous improvement of our enterprise Data & Analytics platform. This role is responsible for enabling data product teams analysts engineers and business users to deliver high-quality data and analytics solutions efficiently securely and at scale.

You will manage the platform capabilities tooling standards and operating model that support modern data delivery including cloud data platforms data engineering environments analytics workspaces CI/CD automated testing monitoring governance and self-service capabilities.

The role combines a strong technical understanding of modern data platforms with leadership stakeholder management product-oriented thinking and the ability to manage a team of up to 5 platform engineers.

What You Will Do

• Own the roadmap for the enterprise Data & Analytics platform ensuring alignment with business priorities data strategy architecture standards and security requirements.
• Define and manage platform capabilities that enable data product teams to build test deploy monitor and operate data solutions efficiently.
• Partner with data engineering analytics architecture security infrastructure transformation and business teams to continuously improve the platform experience for developers as well as end users.
• Act as the product owner or service owner for D&A platform services balancing feature development operational reliability cost management and user needs
• Manage the D&A platform like a productclear roadmap backlog users and measurable outcomes; balance speed stability cost and experience.
• E2E Platform operations ownership - Manage incidents changes SLAs and ensure reliability at scale.
• Oversee platform support processes incident management service requests change management and operational monitoring.
• Lead the development of automated provisioning capabilities for D&A workspaces environments data product teams and project resources.
• Apply a cost & value mindset to optimize Fabric capacity Databricks usage and overall platform cost vs. value.
• Develop platform capabilities that help data engineering and analytics teams work more efficiently including automated testing CI/CD pipelines deployment automation code quality checks and reusable templates.
• Ensure the platform supports data governance access control privacy security lineage metadata management and compliance requirements.
• Lead coach and develop a team of platform engineers DevOps specialists and support analysts target users of the platform.

What You Need to Be Successful

• 7 years of experience in managing or leading Data & Analytics platforms data engineering platforms cloud platforms or related technology services.
• Strong understanding of modern data architecture including data lakes data warehouses lakehouses data pipelines orchestration and analytics tooling.
• Experience with MS Azure / MS Fabric cloud platforms and services.
• Experience with DevOps DataOps CI/CD (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions) infrastructure-as-code automated testing deployment automation and monitoring practices.
• Familiarity with OneLake architecture workspace topology and capacity (F-SKU) planning Data loading patterns and orchestration processes
• Familiarity with data platform technologies such as Databricks Snowflake BigQuery Synapse Redshift dbt Airflow Azure Data Factory Kafka or similar tools.
• Understanding of data governance security access management metadata lineage and compliance principles.
• Strong stakeholder management communication prioritization and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working with agile delivery methods and product management practices.

Bonus Points if You Have

• Previous experience as a Data Platform Manager Analytics Platform Lead Data Engineering Manager DataOps Lead Cloud Platform Manager or similar role.
• Experience implementing self-service platform capabilities for data teams.
• Experience with workspace or environment provisioning role-based access control and cloud cost management.
• Knowledge of software engineering best practices applied to data and analytics delivery.
• Experience managing vendors platform budgets licenses and service-level agreements.
• Experience leading teams in a matrixed or enterprise environment.
• Experience with Delta Lake with ACID transactions Cluster management job configuration Spark tuning and Unity Catalog
• Working understanding of Databricks Repos Bundles and asset deployment patterns
• Familiarity of MLflow Feature Store and AutoML
• Relevant certifications in cloud data engineering architecture agile or IT service management are a plus.

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to work in an office located in Novi MI (hybrid)
• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
• Access to employee discounts on world-class products (JBL HARMAN Kardon AKG and more)
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
• Competitive wellness benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Be Brilliant employee recognition and rewards program
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

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