Takes ownership and responsibility for the support the design, build, test and maintain data pipelines at big data scale. Leads a team responsible for modeling and development to support operations initiatives, strategic programs and new products and solutions. Strong background and experience in the use of advanced descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, prescriptive and ensemble modeling, advanced statistical techniques, and complex mathematical tools. Uses expertise to lead a team that initiates and delivers projects and develops end-to-end solutions that drive business results, including proofs-of-value for new business problems and production-ready solutions for operations and customer-facing products. Understands and ensures development of solutions supporting the movement of data and information assets following API-First / Service-Oriented Architecture principles. Advances Dataworks’ broad capabilities to use and deploy cutting edge data science and machine learning tools in Dataworks projects, platforms and products. Provides expert consultation and thought leadership to senior management. Mentors other team members to drive results and effectively collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver business goals.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

As the Manager Engineering - Data and AI Architecture, you will be responsible for leading the architecture, and implementation of the organization’s data and AI strategy. You will work closely with executive leadership, business architects, data scientists, platform engineers, software engineers and other stakeholders to ensure that Data and AI initiatives are accelerating FedEx towards a smarter supply chain. This role requires deep expertise in data architecture, AI technologies, and cloud native as well as legacy systems. The successful candidate will have a strong platform and product engineering mindset with accompanying experience in data governance, compliance, and operational excellence.

SKILLS / ABILITIES

• Technologies: Expertise in Azure services, Databricks, relational databases, document stores, key value stores, streaming and messaging systems, Lakehouse architecture, data warehouses, ETL pipelines, and AI/ML frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.).
• Cloud Expertise: Strong experience with Azure cloud-based data architectures, including data storage, processing, and AI integration.
• On-Prem Expertise: Proven experience modernizing legacy data systems such as JMS, DB2 and Oracle, with a focus on transitioning to cloud-native data platforms.
• AI/ML Integration: Deep knowledge of integrating AI models into existing data infrastructures and deploying them across hybrid environments.
• Data Governance and Security: Expertise in data governance, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and implementing robust security practices across both cloud and on-prem environments.
• DevOps for Data: Experience integrating DevOps practices into data pipelines, ensuring automation, efficiency, and continuous delivery of data-driven solutions.
  Minimum Education
  Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics or Engineering and/or equivalent formal training or work experience.
  Minimum Experience
  Five to eight (5-8) years equivalent work experience in measurement and analysis, quantitative business problem solving, simulation development and/or predictive analytics. Extensive knowledge in data engineering and machine learning frameworks including design, development and implementation of highly complex systems and data pipelines. Extensive knowledge in Information Systems including design, development and implementation of large batch or online transaction-based systems. Strong understanding of the transportation industry, competitors, and evolving technologies. Experience providing leadership in a general planning or consulting setting. Experience as a leader or a senior member of multi-function project teams. Strong oral and written communication skills. A related advanced degree may offset the related experience requirements.