Advisor-Data Engineer MDM

FedEx Freight is seeking an Advisor-Data Engineer to lead the design, implementation, and ongoing evolution of enterprise Master Data Management (MDM) capabilities. This hybrid role is based in Memphis, TN, and focuses on building trusted, governed master data products using modern cloud-based platforms.

You will provide technical leadership and mentorship to the MDM team while partnering with business, data, and technology stakeholders to align master data capabilities with organizational priorities.

What you’ll do

• Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of enterprise MDM capabilities using modern cloud-based data platforms.
• Design and implement entity models, hierarchies, matching rules, survivorship strategies, stewardship workflows, and governance processes to support trusted master data assets.
• Develop and maintain scalable data ingestion, synchronization, publishing, and distribution pipelines across enterprise source and target systems.
• Architect and implement API-driven, event-based, and real-time integration solutions using cloud-native technologies and enterprise integration patterns.
• Establish development standards, best practices, DevOps processes, and operational procedures that improve MDM platform reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to engineers, developers, and administrators supporting data management and integration solutions.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, business stakeholders, product teams, and data governance organizations to connect master data capabilities to strategic business objectives.
• Design and oversee integration architectures supporting Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, operational applications, data products, and analytics platforms.
• Develop reusable frameworks and patterns for data onboarding, data sharing, data stewardship, data quality management, and master data syndication.
• Ensure enterprise security, privacy, governance, and regulatory requirements are met for master data assets.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase data accuracy, consistency, usability, and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry best practices related to MDM, data governance, data quality, and cloud data platforms.
• Comply with applicable laws/regulations and company policies/procedures.
• Perform other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Management, or related field.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience designing and implementing enterprise data management, integration, and analytics solutions.
• Three (3) years of hands-on experience implementing and supporting Master Data Management platforms.
• Demonstrated expertise designing matching, survivorship, hierarchy management, stewardship, and governance workflows in an enterprise MDM environment.
• Strong experience developing cloud-native data solutions within Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, Databricks, or comparable modern data platforms.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, Java, JSON, Spring, Python, and PySpark.
• Experience designing and implementing REST APIs, event-driven architectures, messaging frameworks, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of data modeling principles including conceptual, logical, and physical data design.
• Experience establishing CI/CD pipelines, version control practices, and automated deployment frameworks using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or equivalent technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams, provide architectural guidance, mentor engineers, and establish engineering standards.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience developing and operating enterprise-grade data quality, governance, and data stewardship programs.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to business and executive audiences.

Technology focus

• Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Foundry, Databricks
• SQL, Java, JSON, Spring, Python, PySpark
• REST APIs, event-driven architectures, messaging frameworks
• CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps

Compensation and location

• Location: Memphis, TN (hybrid)
• Salary range: USD 93,851 - 180,195 per yearly

Benefits

• Health, vision, dental, life, AD&D, STD and LTD insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Personal/sick paid time
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Bonus potential
• Tuition reimbursement
• Adoption assistance
• 2 weeks paid parental leave
• Paid bereavement
• Employee discounts
• 6.67–13.34 hours vacation per month based on service time
• 8 paid holidays

Remote/hybrid work location and schedule

• Eligible to work remotely if located outside Harrison, AR and Memphis, TN, and residing within 50 miles of a FedEx Freight location within the continental U.S.
• If located in the Memphis, TN or Harrison, AR areas, a hybrid schedule is required with three days per week in the office.

Job conditions

• Must be able to travel as required to support business and project initiatives.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment.

Pay transparency

• Pay range: $93,851.00 - $180,195.00
• Colorado Pay Ranges: Colorado Springs, Grand Junction $93,851.00 - $180,195.00; Henderson, Mead $93,851.00 - $180,195.00; Gypsum $93,851.00 - $180,195.00
• Illinois Pay Ranges: Effingham, Kankakee, Lincoln, Quincy, Rockford, Aurora $93,851.00 - $180,195.00; Bolingbrook, Chicago Heights, Des Plaines, Elmhurst, Forest View, Joliet, Schaumburg, Summit-Argo, Zion $93,851.00 - $180,195.00
• New York Pay Ranges: Plattsburgh, Buffalo, Watertown, North Chili, East Syracuse, Nichols $93,851.00 - $180,195.00; Bethpage, Montgomery, West Babylon $93,851.00 - $180,195.00
• New Jersey Job Postings: $93,851.00 - $146,408.00