Director, Engineering (R-17714)

Why We Work at Dun & Bradstreet

Dun & Bradstreet combines global data and local expertise to help clients make smarter decisions. With 6,000+ people in 31 countries, we are a team of diverse thinkers and problem solvers who all share a common curiosity: to find new ways to turn data into value. If you share this curiosity and want to be part of a future-ready company, come join us! Learn more at dnb.com/careers.

The Director, Engineering is responsible for leading the ownership program of Prime Platform which is one of our Big Data Processing Services in our overall Data Supply Chain and the GTS Platform and is on a journey of Transformation. Along with leading a team of highly skilled engineers, the successful candidate/you will work with various product and business teams to understand their needs and to propose appropriate cloud-based architecture/design for implementation.  As the leader of the team, the successful candidate/you will work with the team to grow their skills, drive opportunities of automation, and focus on engineering excellence. 

What’s on offer at D&B Ireland

• 25 days annual leave (plus 2 paid volunteer days & 1 paid un-sick day)
• Holiday buy & sell (the option to buy or sell up to 5 additional days per year)
• Flexible working - hybrid model
• Employee Health Insurance
• Mental Health Support program
• Pension Contribution
• Family Friendly Leave (Maternity, Paternity, Parental, Marriage and Bereavement)
• Life Assurance
• Educational Assistance Program
• Life-Style Account (D&B will match your contributions up to €40 per month and can be used to claim for a range of health-related, leisure or lifestyle activities)




At Dun & Bradstreet, we are 6,000 friendly colleagues around the world waiting to meet you and give you the opportunity to grow your career.

As part of the Prime & GTS team, you’ll:

• Drive core engineering excellence to ensure we build, run and operate our Big Data Prime and GTS platforms with high availability, resiliency and operational insights 
• Develop and execute on project plan and timelines, manage budgets with our cloud providers and manage the relationships with internal and external partners 
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to understand their needs and propose appropriate cloud-based architecture/design for implementation 
• Identify areas for growth with a focus on software development testing and automation 
• Drive automation and ensure having the right culture for testing and code quality checks in place 
• Serve as a coach and mentor to solution engineers to ensure they continuously challenge one another 

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields 
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in a similar position 
• Experience with Java, Scala and Big Data platform design and development preferable 
• Experience in project planning from inception to full SDLC 
• Strong understanding of AWS and/or GCP cloud technologies 
• Technical knowledge of Big Data Stacks with a focus on Spark/Hadoop/Scala and Java and orchestration systems such as airflow preferable 
• Experience in working in Agile methodologies 
• Demonstrate clear and effective verbal and written communication skills with all levels of staff 
• Ability to resolve problems quickly as they arise and lead through obscurity of these problems and build solutions for future 
• Demonstrated experience in leading people and working with diverse development teams and providing continuous feedback 
• Show an ownership mindset in everything you do. Be a problem solver, be curious and be inspired to take action. Be proactive, seek ways to collaborate and connect with people and teams in support of driving success 
• Where applicable, fluency in English and languages relevant to the working market 

All employees and contractors working in D&B should be aware that they have responsibilities in relation to the Company’s Business Management System.  This relates to information and its security, quality, environment and health and safety both during and post-employment with D&B

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