Director, Data Science Operations at Kemper
Salem, OR
$160,555–$226,500from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Salem, OR
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A director-level role focused on leading data engineering and analytics infrastructure at an insurance company. The position centers on designing ETL architecture, managing data movement across cloud environments including AWS and Snowflake, supporting AI model deployment, and overseeing a team. It suits a seasoned data professional with deep experience in SQL, Python, AWS services, and large-scale data warehousing.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 7 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 240 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 140–520
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The job title is 'Director, Data Science Operations' but the role is an individual-contributor data/ETL architect position (no people-management scope is described beyond 'lead team' in passing); seniority is assessed as Senior rather than Staff or Principal despite the Director title, as the requirements and scope align with a senior hands-on architect rather than an org-wide technical authority.
The alt SOC 15-1251 (Computer Programmers) was considered given the emphasis on Python, Java/Scala, and ETL code development, but 15-1243 (Database Architects) better captures the primary day-to-day work of designing EDW/ETL architecture across Snowflake, Redshift, S3, and Postgres.
Snowflake and PostgreSQL appear in the duties narrative (not in the Special Skills requirements block) and are marked preferred accordingly.
The '10 yrs exp w/ SQL & adapt skills in multiple relational tech. (Redshift, Hive, SparkSQL etc.)' requirement names Redshift, Hive, and SparkSQL as illustrative alternatives; Redshift is captured as the primary with Hive and SparkSQL as alternatives.
The ETL tool requirement ('at least one ETL tool such as Informatica, Pentaho, SAP') is a hard gate on the capability; Informatica is listed as primary with Pentaho and SAP as named alternatives.
The messaging/streaming requirement ('Amazon Kinesis or Apache Kafka') and language requirement ('Java or Scala') each carry a 2-year minimum; each is captured as a single skill with the alternative named.
The caller has directed that this be treated as a fully remote, national-pool role; no metro is inferred despite the Chicago, IL posting address.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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