Role Introduction
Reports to: Senior Solution Lead, Big Data and Data Engineering
This role, Solution Lead, Big Data Platform and Data Engineering, is the subject matter expert that understands how and how well the business is supported by the IT product or applications in their area. The main focuses are to provide subject matter technical leadership in designing, implementing, maintaining, and administrating the Big Data Platform, data pipelines and machine learning solutions.
You are responsible to define solutions to bridge gaps and make sure the project scope is maintained, and solutions implemented in line with design.
Key Responsibilities
Business Engagement
- Support pre-project consulting for a portfolio pipeline of initiatives.
- Capture and communicate business direction, challenges, and requirements.
- Support business process change
- Analyze commercially and technically viable ideas to improve the business performance.
- Develop and maintain a cross departmental view of IT and business.
- Interact and work closely with solution provider or internal senior management.
- Promote and maintain the agreed product roadmap with the business.
- Challenge the business on their assumptions and justifications in a constructive manner to keep the resources on Cathay Pacific’s best interests.
Technology Design and Implementation
- Design, build and support large-scale batch and real-time data pipelines with data processing frameworks on Amazon Cloud Platform and hybrid cloud environments.
- Collaborate with application development teams, architects, Data Scientists and Machine Learning experts and stakeholders.
- Design, develop, implement, and support IT products and applications to meet the customer and IT needs.
- Support design walkthroughs with IT and business.
- Recommend best practices in continuous integration and delivery.
- Generate ideas to improve data quality.
- Provide an escalation point for solution analysts to deliver business solutions that include technology implementations and/or adaptations.
- Generate ideas and develop new approaches to improve overall system design and/or streamline delivery of product/system with adherence to security policy and data governance framework.
Project Delivery
- Focus on multiple medium to large-scale initiatives.
- Initiate, define, plan, and execute tasks/initiatives.
- Test all solution aspects including but not limited to security, performance, and integration.
- Facilitate project progress through relevant gates.
- Manage the day-to-day activities of the software development team and external 3rd parties as required.
- Identify areas of risk and prepare strategies for mitigation for the projects.
People Management
- Contribute to team resource planning
- Manage external 3rd parties as required
The Solution Lead may also:
- Be directly involved in implement solutions in an Agile development team
- Directly manage one or more Solution Analysts
- Perform the role of surrogate Product Owner / BU SME (generally Senior)
- Coach Solution Analysts on any aspect of their role
Requirements
Minimum:
- Degree qualification in Information Technology related discipline, Masters preferred
- 8+ years of related IT experience covering but not limited to:
- Software development
- System analysis
- Business analysisan>
- Solution definition
- System Testing
- Client facing experience with successful relationship management is a plus
- Proven verbal and written communication skill
- Professional, passionate, innovative, self-motivated and able to present solutions to diverse groups of stakeholders
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, leveraging both logic and creativity
- Proven troubleshooting skills; ability to identify patterns and generate ideas
- Airline or travel industry knowledge is highly beneficial
- Solid software development skill is highly beneficial
Personal & Application Information
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