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.