Data Engineering Manager

Data Engineering Manager

CPI Security, a national leader in residential and commercial security solutions, is hiring a Data Engineering Manager to help lead our data transformation. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who enjoys building modern data solutions while mentoring and guiding a small team of data engineers. This role is on-site in Charlotte, NC.

What You'll Do:

Lead and mentor data engineers through code reviews, technical guidance, pair programming, and best-practice sharing.

Build and maintain scalable data pipelines, data models, and analytics-ready datasets using Snowflake, dbt, Python, SQL, and AWS.

Partner with business and technical stakeholders to understand data needs and deliver reliable, high-quality solutions.

Support the modernization of CPI's data platform, including migration from legacy on-premises SQL Server and SSIS environments to Snowflake.

Design and build data marts using dimensional modeling to support reporting, BI, and analytics needs.

Implement data quality checks, testing, monitoring, and deployment automation across the data pipeline lifecycle.

Help define practical engineering standards for data modeling, development, documentation, security, and performance.

Support DataOps practices including CI/CD, testing, monitoring, access controls, and secure data sharing.

What We're Looking For:

Required Experience

6+ years of data engineering experience, including cloud data platforms.

4+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience.

4+ years of dbt experience, Cloud or Core.

4+ years of Python development experience.

4+ years of AWS experience.

Experience building data warehouses, data marts, and production-grade data pipelines.

Strong SQL and dimensional modeling experience.

Experience with CI/CD, automated deployments, and data quality testing.

Experience mentoring junior or mid-level data engineers.

Ability to balance hands-on development with technical leadership.

Technical Skills

Snowflake, dbt, Python, SQL, AWS.

SQL Server and SSIS experience preferred, especially in migration environments.

Data orchestration tools such as Airflow, Prefect, or similar.

Data modeling, data warehousing, and analytics engineering best practices.

Data governance, security, RBAC, monitoring, and compliance concepts.

Agile or Scrum experience preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

AWS Certified Developer or related AWS certification.

Snowflake certification.

Experience with modern BI and analytics platforms.

Prior experience supporting cloud data platform migrations.

Soft Skills

Strong communication skills with both technical and business audiences.

Positive, collaborative, and team-oriented approach.

Strong problem-solving skills and ownership mindset.

Ability to lead through influence, coaching, and hands-on technical contribution.

Comfortable working in a lean, fast-moving team environment.

Why Join CPI Security

Help build and modernize an enterprise data platform during an active transformation.

Lead and mentor a growing data engineering function while staying hands-on.

Work with modern cloud data technologies including Snowflake, dbt, Python, and AWS.

Join a collaborative, high-impact team in a dynamic and growing company.

Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Professional development and certification support.

On-site role in Charlotte, NC.