Back to positions

[Remote] Director, Data Reliability Engineering

Remote role Full-time Open position

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Rocket is seeking a Director, Data Reliability Engineering to lead the reliability, observability, operational maturity, and trustworthiness of enterprise data platforms. This leader will define how data infrastructure is operated, measured, supported, and improved across a complex enterprise environment, with an initial focus on affiliated business platforms and the opportunity to help shape the broader future-state Data Infrastructure organization.

Responsibilities

  • Lead Engineering teams responsible for improving the reliability, observability, recoverability, and operational maturity of enterprise data platforms
  • Define reliability standards for databases, data warehouses, pipelines, jobs, storage, access patterns, and supporting infrastructure
  • Establish operating expectations for monitoring, alerting, logging, incident response, change management, backup/recovery, disaster recovery, patching, access controls, service ownership, and operational readiness
  • Create metrics that measure platform health, data freshness, data quality, recovery readiness, incident trends, operational risk, compliance alignment, and business impact
  • Lead current-state assessments of systems, data flows, operational processes, observability, access patterns, and reliability gaps
  • Convert assessment findings into executable roadmaps that improve platform stability, data trust, security alignment, and operational predictability
  • Support migration and modernization programs involving on-premise platforms, AWS, Snowflake, and related enterprise data systems
  • Build durable operating mechanisms, including reliability reviews, service health reviews, incident reviews, operational readiness reviews, risk reviews, roadmap reviews, and executive reporting
  • Develop senior technical talent and create the leadership structure required to scale Data Reliability Engineering over time

Skills

  • 10+ years of experience in data infrastructure, database engineering, data platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, site reliability engineering, or related technical disciplines
  • 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams responsible for production systems, databases, data platforms, infrastructure platforms, or reliability engineering
  • Strong understanding of enterprise data infrastructure, including databases, data warehouses, pipelines, storage, compute, backup/recovery, resiliency, and production operations
  • Experience improving reliability practices across complex production environments, including observability, monitoring, incident response, change management, disaster recovery, and lifecycle management
  • Experience establishing service health metrics, data reliability metrics, operational maturity indicators, and executive-level reporting
  • Strong understanding of enterprise security, compliance, access management, auditability, operational controls, and infrastructure standards
  • Proven ability to create structure in ambiguous environments, set clear priorities, influence across teams, and translate technical reliability work into business outcomes
  • Experience in financial services, mortgage, banking, lending, insurance, or other regulated enterprise environments
  • Experience leading teams through mergers, acquisitions, integrations, or large-scale enterprise transformation
  • Experience with AWS, Snowflake, Microsoft SQL Server, Postgres, Redshift, Aurora or similar data platform technologies
  • Experience supporting on-premise to cloud migrations, data platform modernization, or large-scale infrastructure transformation
  • Experience defining data reliability practices such as data freshness, data quality, lineage, reconciliation, pipeline observability, and data incident management
  • Experience leading senior technical talent, including Staff or Principal Engineers

Benefits

  • Annual bonus
  • Incentives
  • Medical benefits
  • Dental benefits
  • Vision benefits
  • 401K retirement plan
  • Paid-time off

Company Overview

  • Own the Dream. Mortgage services provided by Rocket Mortgage, LLC. NMLSConsumerAccess.org, NMLS #3030 It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in Kyiv, Kyyiv, UKR, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://rocket.delivery/null/en.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Rocket has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 6 in 2026, 43 in 2025, 12 in 2024. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
  • Apply To This Job

    Further positions

    [Remote] Workforce Solutions Analyst

    Remote role Full-time

    [Remote] Entry Level - Sales (work from home, No Experience Needed)

    Remote role Full-time

    [Remote] Director of Business Development (U.S. Defense)

    Remote role Full-time

    [Remote] Principal Software Engineer

    Remote role Full-time

    [Remote] Remote Sales (Flexible Schedule, No Cold Calling)

    Remote role Full-time

    [Remote] Security Identity Engineer, Contract

    Remote role Full-time

    [Remote] AI Optimization Engineer

    Remote role Full-time

    [Remote] Principal AI/ML Researcher / Engineer In Reasoning, Planning, and Decision-making systems

    Remote role Full-time

    [Remote] Senior Financial Analyst

    Remote role Full-time

    [Remote] Network Architect-22583

    Remote role Full-time

    Experienced Remote Chat Agent – Automotive Customer Engagement Expert

    Remote role Full-time

    Apply Today: Careercusp Seeks Work From Home Paying $25 An Hour –

    Remote role Full-time

    Experienced Full Stack Medical Customer Service Representative – Remote Medicare Support

    Remote role Full-time

    EDW Architect, II

    Remote role Full-time

    Videographer & Content Creator

    Remote role Full-time

    Experienced Quality Assurance Specialist – Remote Software Testing and Automation Expert

    Remote role Full-time

    New Grad: Junior Associate, Cloud Accounting Services (May 2026)

    Remote role Full-time

    Career Opportunities: Prior Authorization Pharmacist - Texas Medicaid (Remote) (35550)

    Remote role Full-time

    Experienced Customer Service Representative - Remote Work Opportunity at arenaflex

    Remote role Full-time

    Senior Front-End Developer

    Remote role Full-time