Technical Delivery Lead

Job Title: Senior Data Engineer

Technical Delivery Lead	– SAS Migration to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using DBT
Location	Hybrid /EXL Office
Experience	12+ Years
Employment Type	Full - Time

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced Technical Delivery Lead to lead a large-scale transformation program involving the migration of SAS-based data platforms, ETL processes, reporting solutions, and analytical workloads to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using DBT. The role requires strong leadership, data engineering expertise, stakeholder management skills, and hands-on experience in cloud-based data modernization initiatives. The candidate will be responsible for end-to-end delivery, technical governance, migration strategy, architectural oversight, and successful execution of multiple workstreams across business and technology teams.

Key Responsibilities

Program Delivery

• Lead end-to-end delivery of SAS to GCP migration programs.
• Define migration roadmap, delivery approach, and execution strategy.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies, and resource allocation.
• Ensure timely delivery of migration milestones and business objectives.
• Drive Agile delivery and release management processes.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical direction for migration from SAS datasets, SAS ETL, SAS macros, and reporting solutions.
• Review and approve solution architectures, data models, and transformation designs.
• Establish migration standards, coding standards, and best practices.
• Guide teams on cloud-native architecture and modernization opportunities.

Data Engineering Oversight

• Oversee development of data pipelines using GCP services and DBT.
• Ensure scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions.
• Lead design reviews for data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and reporting layers.
• Drive implementation of data quality, lineage, and reconciliation frameworks.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary technical point of contact for business and technology stakeholders.
• Collaborate with architecture, regulatory, risk, compliance, and operational teams.
• Present project status, risks, and technical recommendations to senior leadership.
• Manage vendor and third-party engagements.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with banking regulatory requirements, GDPR, BCBS239, and internal governance policies.
• Establish audit-ready documentation and migration traceability.
• Manage architecture review boards and design approvals.
• Drive data governance and security best practices.

Quality Assurance & Testing

• Oversee SIT, UAT, reconciliation, and production validation activities.
• Ensure migrated outputs meet functional and non-functional requirements.
• Drive defect management and production readiness assessments.

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor data architects, DBT developers, data engineers, QA teams, and business analysts.
• Support workforce planning, capability development, and delivery excellence initiatives.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Required Technical Skills

Cloud & Data Platforms

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• BigQuery
• Cloud Storage
• Cloud Composer (Airflow)
• Dataproc
• Dataflow
• IAM and Cloud Monitoring

Data Engineering

• DBT (Data Build Tool)
• SQL
• Python
• PySpark
• Data Warehousing
• ETL/ELT Frameworks
• Data Migration Methodologies

SAS Technologies

• SAS Base
• SAS Enterprise Guide
• SAS DI Studio
• SAS Macros
• PROC SQL
• SAS Data Sets

Data Modeling

• Star Schema
• Snowflake Schema
• Data Vault
• Dimensional Modeling
• Source-to-Target Mapping

DevOps & Automation

• Git
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions
• Infrastructure as Code concepts

Required Experience

• 12+ years of IT experience with 5+ years in technical delivery leadership roles.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale data migration and modernization programs.
• Strong experience in SAS to Cloud migration initiatives.
• Experience leading multi-pod delivery teams (20+ resources).
• Hands-on experience with DBT and modern cloud data platforms.
• Experience in Banking, Financial Services, or Insurance domains.
• Strong understanding of regulatory and data governance requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Certification.
• DBT Certification.
• PMP / PRINCE2 / Agile Certification.
• Experience with banking regulatory reporting and risk data platforms.
• Knowledge of BCBS239, IFRS9, AML, and GDPR frameworks.