About this role
BlackRock is one of the world’s leading asset management firms and Aladdin® is the firm’s an end-to-end operating system for investment professionals to see their whole portfolio, understand risk exposure, and act with precision. Aladdin is the central nervous system powering the investment decisions of both the firm and its clients; a $1bn technology business that has significant growth aspirations over the next five years. Our mission is to deliver critical insights to our stakeholders, enabling them to make data-driven decisions. The Observability Analytics Engineering team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability, performance, and quality of our data platforms and products.
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Data Observability Analytics Engineering Manager to lead our team in developing and maintaining robust data observability solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical background, excellent leadership skills, and a deep understanding of data engineering and analytics principles. You will be responsible for managing a team of engineers, driving projects, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality data observability tools and reports.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Observability Analytics Engineers
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to quality standards.
- Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand their observability needs
- Leverage Agile methodologies in data-related projects, ensuring continuous delivery and collaborative, and iterative improvements
- Design, develop, and maintain BI solutions, crafting compelling reports, visualizations, and interactive dashboards
- Manage and optimize the performance of our data platforms
- Proactively identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in data engineering or analytics
- Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Proficiency in data processing and analysis tools (Spark, Flink, or Snowflake)
- Intermediate -to- advanced SQL knowledge
- Working knowledge of data modeling and warehousing best practices
- Proficiency in BI tools such as Tableau, PowerBI, Snowflake, and Splunk
Preferred but not required:
- Hands-on experience with Aladdin platform data production would be a significant advantage
- Experience with programming language such as Python, Java, and/or JavaScript
- Azure cloud services, particularly ADLS Gen2 and data flow processing managed services (HDInights, Azure Data Bricks)
- Low latency data processing using Spark, Flink, or other stream/micro processing framework
Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.
Our hybrid work model
BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.
About BlackRock
At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.
This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.
What We Do
As the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock partners with investors around the globe to help them (and those on whose behalf they invest) plan for life’s most important goals – like retirement, home ownership and their children’s education. Our clients range from governments, foundations and other large institutions to those investing on behalf of individuals, including firefighters, nurses, teachers and factory workers.
BlackRock was founded with the idea of creating a better asset management firm — one that was purpose-driven, focused on clients and risk management, and propelled by data and technology. Our breakthrough Aladdin® platform is BlackRock’s technological backbone, helping investors see and manage their whole portfolios in one place – from constructing investments to monitoring risk and executing trades. Used by hundreds of external institutions around the world, Aladdin combines powerful analytics and a common language to help investment teams make faster, more informed decisions across public and private markets. It’s a key part of our business and one of the reasons we’re trusted to manage more assets than any other investment manager today.
At BlackRock, we challenge conventions and raise the bar for what’s possible. We harness technology to unlock new solutions, simplify complexity, and deliver investment strategies that meet people where they are. Whether it’s retirement planning, wealth building or navigating market shifts, we’re here to help clients invest more easily, more affordably and with more choice as we chart a path toward financial well-being together.
Learn more: Careers.BlackRock.com
Why Work With Us
Without our people, technology is irrelevant. When we combine the power of people with the power of technology, we amplify our ability to create better outcomes for our employees, clients, shareholders and society alike.
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