Strong technical understanding of modern data platforms and cloud ecosystems, including Azure, Databricks, Data Lake, Azure Data Factory, Synapse, SQL, Power BI, Denodo, Snowflake, Cosmos DB, Boomi, Azure AI Foundry, and related technologies. The role requires a strategic technology leader who can partner with enterprise technology, business leadership, security, analytics, and engineering teams while also driving modern software engineering, DevOps, cloud, and data platform practices across the organization.