AWS Data Engineer Manager

JOB REQUISITION

AWS Data Engineer Manager

LOCATION

DALLAS

ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S)

ATLANTA - PEACHTREE RD, AUSTIN, CHARLOTTE, CHICAGO, DENVER, HOUSTON, MIAMI, ORLANDO, PHILADELPHIA, PHOENIX, TAMPA

JOB DESCRIPTION

You Belong Here  

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture.  We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.   

At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm. 

Where We Need You 

Protiviti is looking for an AWS Data Engineering Manager to join our growing Infrastructure, Cloud, and Security Engineering team. This role will lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure, and reliable data platforms and pipelines on AWS for clients across multiple industries.  

What You Can Expect 

As a Manager, you will partner with clients to translate complex business and data requirements into practical AWS data solutions. You will lead significant data engineering workstreams, guide delivery teams, and remain actively involved in architecture, design, and technical decision-making. You will also develop trusted client relationships, mentor Consultants and Senior Consultants, contribute to proposals, and help expand Protiviti’s AWS data engineering capabilities.  

What Will Help You Be Successful 

• You enjoy solving complex data problems and building production-ready solutions on AWS.  

• You can balance hands-on technical depth with project leadership, client advisory, and team development.  

• You are comfortable working with ambiguous requirements and messy enterprise data.  

• You communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineers, business stakeholders, and executives.  
  You promote a positive team culture with accountability, collaboration, and open communication.  

• You are motivated to learn and stay current with AWS data engineering trends and services.  

• You can identify practical opportunities to improve data reliability, accessibility, performance, and cost.  

What Success Looks Like in the First Year 

• Successfully leads architecture and delivery outcomes for multiple significant AWS data engineering engagements.  

• Becomes a trusted advisor to client data, analytics, and technology leaders.  

• Consistently converts ambiguous requirements into implementable data architectures, backlogs, and delivery plans.  

• Improves the quality and consistency of data engineering through reusable standards, patterns, and accelerators.  

• Develops team capability through coaching, technical reviews, and knowledge sharing.  

• Helps create well-scoped follow-on work that addresses client data needs and produces measurable outcomes.  

Do Your Talents Include the Following? 

• Skills Required: 

• Data ingestion from diverse formats (parquet, Excel, CSV, EDI, email attachments, PDF) 

• ETL pipeline design (AWS Glue, Lambda, or Step Functions) 

• SQL and data modeling (building the agent knowledge base from JDE extracts, contract records, spend data) 

• Data quality profiling and validation (Phase 0 scorecard deliverable) 

• Familiarity with procurement data structures (PO lines, item master, vendor master, contract terms) - can learn on the job but needs to be comfortable with messy enterprise data 

• S3, Athena, or DuckDB for ad-hoc analysis 

• Ability to produce clean export files (JDE import format, Oracle FBDI) 

• Strong experience designing and implementing enterprise data platforms and pipelines on AWS.  

• Hands-on expertise with core AWS data services such as S3, Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, Athena, and Redshift.  

• Experience with one or more large-scale or streaming technologies such as EMR, Spark or PySpark, Kinesis, or managed Kafka.  

• Advanced SQL skills and strong experience with data modeling, query optimization, and data warehouse or lakehouse concepts.  

• Proficiency in Python or a comparable programming language used for data engineering.  

• Experience ingesting data from diverse enterprise sources and formats, including databases, APIs, SaaS platforms, flat files, and unstructured content.  

• Experience implementing data quality, observability, reconciliation, metadata, cataloging, lineage, and governance controls.  

• Knowledge of AWS security concepts relevant to data platforms, including IAM, encryption, network access, secrets management, and least-privilege design.  

• Experience with source control, CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code, and production deployment practices for data solutions.  

• Ability to produce clean outbound files and integrations for enterprise applications such as JDE or Oracle, including Oracle FBDI where applicable.  

• Experience leading complex technical engagements involving multiple data sources, workstreams, or engineering teams.  

• Ability to estimate, plan, and structure data engineering engagements and manage technical risks and dependencies.  

• Strong client advisory, facilitation, executive communication, and stakeholder-management skills. Experience in consulting, professional services, or systems integration is highly preferred.  

• Familiarity with procurement data structures such as purchase-order lines, item masters, vendor masters, spend data, and contract terms is helpful but not required.  

Your Educational and Professional Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, IS, Comp Sci., etc.). 

• 5+ years working in professional services or industry. 

• Professional Certification  

• Required: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate   

• Preferred: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional & AWS Certified Security – Specialty  

Our Hybrid Workplace 

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.   

Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.

$125,000.00 - $200,000.00

Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.

12%

The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.

$140,000.00 - $224,000.00

Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability. We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions. We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service. New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year. Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.

Learn more about the variety of rewards we offer at Protiviti at https://www.protiviti.com/sites/default/files/2026-01/2026_u.s._benefit_highlights.pdf.

Any benefits outlined are part of our reward offerings for full-time employees in the U.S. Your Open Enrollment materials, insurance contracts, plan documents and Summary Plan Descriptions together comprise the official plan document which legally governs the administration of your benefit plans. Protiviti reserves the right to terminate or amend your benefit plans in any way and at any time.

Protiviti is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/Disability/Veteran

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JOB LOCATION

TX PRO DALLAS