Lead Data Engineer

Deloitte

📍 Memphis, TN, United States

Full-time other-general Posted March 02, 2026

Job Description

Lead Data Engineer
Role Overview: As a Lead Engineer (Data Lifecycle Management) , you will take a hands-on role in designing, building, and operating data platform capabilities that govern how data is created, classified, used/shared, retained, archived, and deleted within scope. You will lead delivery of lifecycle controls-such as metadata capture and lineage, data classification and policy enforcement, retention/legal hold workflows, and audit-ready evidence and reporting-embedded directly into modern data stacks (cloud storage, lakehouse/warehouse, and data pipelines). Your expertise will be pivotal in turning governance, privacy, and regulatory requirements into scalable engineering patterns and automation, improving data trust, reducing operational risk, and enabling compliant reuse of data products. The ideal candidate is a hands-on technical leader and mentor who partners closely with data governance, security, privacy, legal, and platform teams to deliver reliable, outcome-...