Data Practice Director (AWS)

TL;DR

Data Practice Director (AWS): Leading the Cloud Data Engineering practice to operationalize strategy and ensure delivery excellence across a portfolio of AWS-based data projects with an accent on scaling operations and team growth. Focus on managing high-performing teams of data professionals and building trusted advisor relationships with C-level stakeholders.

Location: Must be based in Mexico

Company

hirify.global is a cloud-native services company specializing in Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help organizations modernize workloads and build cloud-native applications.

What you will do

• Oversee end-to-end delivery of data engineering and analytics engagements, ensuring high-quality, on-time, and on-budget outcomes.
• Manage practice operations including utilization, staffing coordination, and margin tracking.
• Lead and coach a globally distributed team of data engineers, architects, and analytics professionals.
• Partner with sales and GTM teams to support scoping and technical solutioning for new and existing accounts.
• Develop delivery standards, reusable frameworks, and practice IP to enable scalable execution.
• Maintain senior-level relationships with client stakeholders at the Director, VP, and C-level.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in professional services or consulting focused on data engineering and analytics.
• Proven experience managing and growing teams of 20+ data professionals.
• Deep technical expertise in the AWS data ecosystem (Redshift, Glue, EMR, Kinesis, Lake Formation, Athena).
• Track record of delivering complex AWS projects including data lakes, lakehouses, and streaming workloads.
• Must be based in Mexico.
• No visa sponsorship available now or in the future.

Nice to have

• Master's degree or MBA.
• AWS Certifications (Data Analytics, Solutions Architect).
• Knowledge of Databricks and Snowflake integration with AWS-native architectures.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% remote work environment.
• Medical insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• Generous holidays and flexible PTO.
• Competitive phantom equity and peer bonus awards.
• Stipends for home office equipment and annual Learning & Development.
• Paid exams and certifications.