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# Technical Lead, Enterprise Data (Director)

- **Company:** ITResource Hunter
- **Location:** El Segundo, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Integration, DevOps, Power BI, Software Engineering, Tableau (Software), Technical Data Management Systems, Enterprise Search, Enterprise Data Management, Warehouse Management Systems, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Snowflake, AI Platforms, Tools for Reporting, Looker Analytics, Databricks
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/478f9085-c458-4926-a0fe-0308f3a7c70d/technical-lead-enterprise-data-director

## About the Role

* 10+ years of software or data engineering experience, including hands-on AI/ML work.
 * Deep understanding of the AI landscape-you can evaluate vendor tools, understand RAG architectures, and advise on build-vs-buy tradeoffs.
 * Data platform architecture experience-you've designed and built systems on Databricks, Snowflake, or similar.
 * Strong technical leadership-you can set direction, mentor engineers, and interface effectively with non-technical stakeholders.
 * Hands-on ability-you're a player-coach who can write code when needed, not just draw diagrams., * Background in hardware, aerospace, or defense-you understand manufacturing data, supply chain systems, and the complexity of physical product development.
 * Experience shipping AI products or building AI capabilities at a company (not just research).
 * Experience with data integration tools (Fivetran, Airbyte, dbt).
 * Experience in regulated environments (SOC 2, FedRAMP, ITAR).
 * Familiarity with BI/analytics tools (Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Databricks dashboards).

## Description

We're building a new team to own internal data infrastructure, executive analytics, and AI capabilities. As the Technical Lead, Enterprise Data (Director), you'll set the technical direction for the team-architecting the data platform, owning the AI strategy, and ensuring we make the right build-vs-buy decisions.
This is a player-coach role. You'll lead technical direction and mentor engineers, but you'll also go hands-on when needed. You'll own the AI vendor evaluation process, which is critical given our ITAR/EAR security requirements-standard AI tools don't work out of the box, and we need someone who can navigate the landscape and find compliant solutions., * Set technical direction: Define the architecture for our data platform (Databricks, Fivetran, dbt) and AI tooling; make build-vs-buy decisions.

 * Own AI strategy: Evaluate and select AI platforms (chatbot, enterprise search, specialized tools) that meet security requirements; lead RAG evaluation in H2.
 * Lead technical delivery: Ensure the ION-Ramp integration, dashboards, and AI tools are built correctly; hands-on when needed.
 * Mentor engineers: Set the technical bar for hiring; develop the DevOps and Data Platform Engineers on the team.
 * Interface with SWE: Coordinate with the Software Engineering team on shared Databricks infrastructure; ensure operational and engineering workloads coexist.
 * Navigate security: Work with IT/Security to ensure all technical decisions meet ITAR/EAR compliance requirements.