Sr. Backend Development Lead

Company Overview At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. Department Overview DIGITAL IN HC Job Description Within the Digital Program at MSI IT, we’re passionate about building software that solves problems. We count on our Backend Development Lead (BDLs) to empower our users with a rich feature set, high availability, and stellar performance level to pursue their missions. As we expand our customer deployments, we are currently seeking a BDL to understand our IT systems and applications requirements and help build new applications or enhance existing applications. Specifically, we are searching for someone who brings fresh ideas, demonstrates a unique and informed viewpoint, and enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop real-world solutions and positive user experiences at every interaction. As a BDL, you will be responsible for business and IT stakeholders interaction, requirements analysis, designing the systems, lead the development efforts and of the Digital Transformation platform & help us meet the business requirements, enrich the customer experience and satisfaction and improve the quality of the software applications. Objectives of this Role: Develop and maintain ETL pipelines using Python for data extraction, cleansing, transformation, and loading across multiple systems. Build modular, reusable Python components/scripts to support large‑scale data processing and automation. Write and optimize Unix Shell scripts to orchestrate ETL workflows, manage file operations, and automate recurring data tasks. Configure and manage Cron Jobs for scheduling, monitoring, and ensuring timely execution of ETL processes using the tools like Cronicle. Design and optimize database tables, views, and stored procedures in PostgreSQL, Oracle, or Amazon RDS. Write efficient SQL queries, analyze execution plans, and perform performance tuning for high‑volume data operations. Develop custom data transformation scripts to parse structured/unstructured data, apply business rules, and validate data quality. Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to understand data requirements, create source‑to‑target mappings, and implement transformation logic. Troubleshoot ETL failures, perform root‑cause analysis, and implement long‑term fixes to improve pipeline reliability. Ensure ETL best practices including incremental loads, error logging, audit trails, and data quality checks. Daily and Monthly Responsibilities Partner with development teams to deliver the planned deliverables Meet with IT leaders to discuss project goals, solution quality, schedule and progress, and the overall client relationship. Estimate the work required to implement a module of a project. Test your work and review team members’ work and give constructive feedback on improvements. Serve as the technical expert on multiple active project initiatives. Assist in the creation of design documents and key artifacts for the project. Leverage internal tools, standards, and processes for the development work. Collaborate with peers and junior team members to debug code or resolve technical problems. Drive client satisfaction through repeated project delivery successes and strategic engagement. Basic Requirements Bachelor of engineering in Computer Science/Information Technology/Electronics or Master of Computer Applications. Minimum 10-12 years of sound programming experience in Python, Unix Shell scripting, Cron Jobs, using various libraries like Pandas, NumPy, Requests, SQLAlchemy, Openpyxl, cryptography, hashlib, passlib, s ... (truncated, view full listing at source)