Director, Data Engineering

Location: GA, United States

A Day in the Life:

The Director, Data Engineer owns the strategy, reliability, and evolution of the enterprise business intelligence and analytics platform ecosystem. This role ensures BI platforms are scalable, secure, cost-efficient, and operationally excellent—enabling business analytics teams to deliver insights quickly and confidently.

This leader focuses on platform engineering, operations, and enablement, and reports to the Sr Director, Data Architecture & Engineering.

The starting salary for this position is $170,000, commensurate with relevant experience.

What You'll Do: 

• Lead the strategy, roadmap, and governance of the enterprise BI and analytics platform ecosystem
• Define and maintain platform architecture, standards, and integration best practices
• Evaluate, implement, and optimize BI technologies to support business growth and scalability
• Oversee BI platform deployment, automation, performance, reliability, and disaster recovery
• Drive operational excellence through Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD processes, monitoring, and service management
• Partner with security and governance teams to ensure appropriate access controls, compliance, and data governance standards
• Enable self-service analytics by providing tooling, templates, documentation, and platform support
• Manage platform licensing, vendor relationships, and cost optimization initiatives
• Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous platform improvement efforts
• Build, develop, and mentor high-performing BI platform and technical services teams
• Establish operating models, performance expectations, and career development pathways for team members
• Communicate platform strategy, health, risks, and roadmap progress to executive stakeholders
• Collaborate across technology, analytics, and business teams to translate platform investments into measurable business outcomes
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, continuous improvement, and customer-focused service delivery

 

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field required
• 10+ years of leadership experience in BI, analytics, data platforms, or related technologies
• Deep expertise with modern BI platforms, semantic layers, cloud technologies, and enterprise integrations
• Proven success leading enterprise-scale BI environments and platform teams
• Experience with AI/ML, embedded analytics, multi-platform BI ecosystems, or regulated business environments is a plus
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated success building and developing high-performing teams while driving operational excellence and organizational change
• Strategic, results-oriented thinker with strong problem-solving, decision-making, and execution capabilities
• Adaptable and effective in fast-paced, evolving environments, with a strong sense of accountability and ownership

 

What You’ll Get:

• Paid Time Off
• Medical, Dental & Vision plan options
• Retirement programs, including 401(k) employer matching
• Paid Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program for employees & family
• Educational Reimbursement & Discounts
• Voluntary Insurance Programs - Pet, Legal/Identity Theft, Critical Illness
• Perks & Discounts –Theme Park Tickets, Gym Discounts & more

About Us

The Hertz Corporation operates the Hertz, Dollar Car Rental, Thrifty Car Rental brands in approximately 9,700 corporate and franchisee locations throughout North America, Europe, The Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. The Hertz Corporation is one of the largest worldwide airport general use vehicle rental companies, and the Hertz brand is one of the most recognized in the world.