Director, Data Engineering

Job-:
Technology

Location:

GA, United States;
Estero, FL, United States;
Oklahoma City, OK, United States

Schedule:

Full time

Contract:

Regular Openings: 1

Posted:
Remote:
RemoteA 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 the company

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.

US EEO STATEMENT
At Hertz, we champion and celebrate a culture of diversity and inclusion. We take affirmative steps to promote employment and advancement opportunities. The endless variety of perspectives, experiences, skills and talents that our employees invest in their work every day represent a significant part of our culture – and our success and reputation as a company.  

Individuals are encouraged to apply for positions because of the characteristics that make them unique.

EOE, including disability/veteran