The Director of Engineering will own Ava Community Energy's engineering infrastructure, and lead a team of engineers and consultants through the implementation of our Google Cloud Platform roadmap, and drive the engineering execution and vision that underpins Ava Community Energy's data platform, APIs, energy market participation analytics, and software for Decentralized Energy Services (e.g., Virtual Power Plants and Smart Home Charging) and Local Development Programs (e.g., e-bike incentive programs and kitchen electrification). Deep proficiency with Cloud Data and Infrastructure Management - including concepts of security and governance controls (e.g., IAM, service account management, org policies), big data ingestion, querying and storage (ETL/ELT and API design and development), and security, among others.