Senior Engineering Manager - Data Engineering
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 21, 2026. Altimetrik scores D on the Alion truth index.
Lead / Engineering Manager - Data Platform
Experience: 15+ years
Location: Bengaluru, India | Employment Type: Full-time
About the Role
The Data PlatformEngineering Manager leads Client'splatform team through a complex transition - decommissioning Snowflake, replacing Confluent with RedPanda, maturing the Redshift Bronze/Silver/Gold architecture, and resolving SQL Server data accumulation debt. Legacy knowledge holders are departing. The handover will be lean. Proactive knowledge capture is essential.
Client Data Environment
4 x production SQL Server environments → CDC → Confluent (RedPanda under evaluation) → Redshift (Bronze/Silver/Gold) via DBT. Snowflake being retired. EC2, DynamoDB. ~90% internal, ~10% external data mix.
Key Responsibilities
Lead Staff and Senior Data and AI Engineers through the active platform transition
Own the Snowflake decommission programme - migrate remaining workloads to Redshift
Manage the Confluent-to-RedPanda evaluation and migration - own the decision, the plan, and the execution
Drive maturity of the Bronze/Silver/Gold Redshift architecture - standardise ingestion, transformation, and consumption patterns
Resolve SQL Server data accumulation and retention issues in collaboration with the DBA Lead
Lead knowledge capture from departing legacy team members proactively
Define and enforce data platformSLAs, observability standards (Coralogix, Grafana), and engineering practices
Collaborate with Data Governance Lead on policy implementation within platform pipelines
Manage hiring, onboarding, and development of the Bengaluru platform engineering team
Required Skills & Experience
15+ years in data engineering or platform engineering, with at least 5 years in engineering management
Deep SQL Server expertise - multi-environment production estate and CDC pipeline management
Strong Redshift expertise - Bronze/Silver/Gold medallion architecture design and operations at scale
Proven experience decommissioning data platforms - Snowflake migration experience valued
Hands-on experience evaluating and migrating streaming platforms - Confluent, RedPanda, or Kafka
DBT proficiency at scale
Familiarity with EC2, DynamoDB, and AWS data services
Experience managing lean knowledge-transfer situations in legacy system environments
PCI DSS compliance experience across data platformoperations
Proven ability to build and scale distributed engineering teams
Mindset & Culture Fit
Must be genuinely proactive - able to drive knowledge retention, build structure in ambiguity, and take ownership in a transitioning environment without waiting for direction.