Data Architect

The ideal professional for this Cloud Architect role will:

Have a passion for design, technology, analysis, collaboration, agility, and planning, along with a drive for continuous improvement and innovation


Exhibit expertise in managing high-volume data projects that leverage Cloud Platforms, Data Warehouse reporting and BI Tools, and the development of relational databases


Research, identify, and internally market enabling data management technologies based on business and end-user requirements


Seek ways to apply new technology to business processes with a focus on modernizing the approach to data management


Consult with technical subject matter experts and develop alternative technical solutions

Advise on options, risks, costs versus benefits, and impact on other business processes and system priorities


Demonstrate strong technical leadership skills and the ability to mentor others in related technologies



Qualifications
Bachelors degree in a computer-related field or equivalent professional experience is required


Preferred master s degree in computer science, information systems or related discipline, or equivalent and extensive related project experience


10+ years of hands-on software development experience building data platforms with tools and technologies such as Hadoop, Cloudera, Spark, Kafka, Relational SQL, NoSQL databases, and data pipeline/workflow management tools


6+ years of experience working with various cloud platforms (at least two from among AWS, Azure & GCP)


Experience in multi-cloud data platform migration and hands-on experience working with AWS, AZURE / GCP
Experience in Data & Analytics projects is a must


Data modeling experience relational and dimensional with consumption requirements (reporting, dashboarding, and analytics)


Thorough understanding and application of AWS services related to Cloud data platform and Datalake implementation S3 Datalake, AWS EMR, AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, AWS Lambda, and Step functions with file formats such as Parquet, Avro, and Iceberg


Must know the key tenets of architecting and designing solutions on AWS and Azure Clouds


Expertise and implementation experience in data-specific areas, such as AWS Data Lake, Data Lakehouse Architecture, and Azure Synapse and SQL Datawarehouse


Apply technical knowledge to architect and design solutions that meet business and IT needs, create Data & Analytics roadmaps, drive POCs and MVPs, and ensure the long-term technical viability of new deployments, infusing key Data & Analytics technologies where applicable


Be the Voice of the Customer to share insights and best practices, connect with the Engineering team to remove key blockers, and drive migration solutions and implementations


Familiarity with tools like DBT, Airflow, and data test automation


MUST have experience with Python/PySpark/Scala in Big Data environments


Strong skills in SQL queries in Big Data tools such as Hive, Impala, Presto


Experience working with and extracting value from large, disconnected, and/or unstructured datasets


Demonstrated ability to build processes that support data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency, and workload management


Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL), and working familiarity with a variety of databases


Experience building and optimizing big data data pipelines, architectures, and data sets


Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement