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Director, Technology (Data Platform)
Expedia
London, , United Kingdom
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Expedia
Making sure Hotels.com helps our customers find the perfect place and wake up happy is an exciting mission for our technology teams.
We are seeking a leader who will ensure that we provide the Hotels.com data technology teams and business with the world class data infrastructure and platform we need to ensure we continue to meet our mission. They will be charged with ensuring we make it easy for the Hotels.com data technology teams to quickly build fast, scalable and reliable solutions for our customers.
About You
• Do you have a strong understanding of big data technology landscape
• Do you have experience directing teams in a large scale, fast paced, high tech environment?
• Do you get excited about building/coaching teams and helping them grow & develop?
• Can you work with stakeholders (all levels) to ensure everyone is aligned and informed?
• Do you have a passion for technology and think about how new tech can be applied?
• Do you understand service management principles and how to apply them smartly?
• Can you help drive the continued move to cloud technology?
Responsibilities
• Lead and drive engineering of a world class data technology platform including
◦ 1st line support
◦ Big Data Infrastructure (with focus on public cloud)
◦ CI/CD tooling (with focus on self service)
◦ Monitoring
◦ Shared code components & services
• Ensure requirements fully understood and goals aligned by working with key stakeholders
◦ Hotels.com Technology Directors
◦ Hotels.com Architecture & Security
◦ Hotels.com Technology delivery teams
• Build relationships and sense of community with teams inside and outside of Hotels.com
• Ensure key stakeholders are regularly updated on progress and delivery
• Manage tech leads & teams (approx. 20 people) ensuring setup to deliver mission
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and customer service within data platform
• Work closely with Expedia infrastructure teams to ensure we are aligned on goals
• Keep current on industry trends and how they may affect/shape platform roadmap
Requirements
• Strong awareness of big data technology space and trends such as HDFS, Hadoop, Hive, HDFS, Map Reduce, Apache Pig, Hive, Sqoop, HBase and Oozie.
• Track record of building and running successful tech engineering teams
• Able to communicate and sell vision to team and stakeholders
• Passion for technology and able to spread enthusiasm to team
• Able to ask smart questions to get the best out of everyone
• Fully versed in agile methodologies and how to apply them sensibly
• Able to quickly find common language with colleagues and partners at all levels
Expedia is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.