Data Architect

Position Description:
The candidate will be part of Information / Data Architecture Practice supporting major initiatives in Marketing Sales and Service plus Portfolio. The position requires a strong architect with comprehensive knowledge of data architecture, hands-on experience in data model design, data quality analysis, and a good understanding of data analytics architecture. As Information / Data Architects, the candidate will work with enterprise architects, solution architects, business, and product teams to create strategy, design data models, information flows, perform data quality analysis, set standards, best practices, and guide product teams in the implementation of the design.

Skills Required:

1. Lead design discussions, create conceptual data models, logical data models, and data dictionaries. Manage and maintain data models.
2. Define reporting strategy and identify sources for reporting data.
3. Perform data quality analysis, identify issues, and propose solutions to resolve them.
4. Guide product teams to create physical data model design and data dictionary. Review design adherence and ensure standards, guidelines & best practices are followed.
5. Consult and guide product teams through design and implementation.
6. Create information architecture roadmap with now, near, and far view.
7. Facilitate discussions to understand the source of data, establish system of record, and create current & future state data flows.

Skills Preferred:

1. Good collaborative and communication skills.
2. Data modeling in an enterprise tool such as Power Designer or ERWIN.
3. Capable of working well individually and as a team member.

Experience Required:

1. 7+ years Data Modeling experience with expertise in Relational and/or Dimensional Analysis.
2. 5+ years of experience in Data Warehouse database design.
3. Deep understanding of data modeling principles and architecture concepts.
4. Extensive experience designing databases supporting complex business processes.
5. Experience in supporting database technologies - Oracle, DB2, Teradata, Hadoop, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, GCP Big Query.
6. Knowledge of Data Analytics, Google Cloud Technologies.

Experience Preferred:
Additional preferred experience in Salesforce, ServiceNow.

Education Required:
Bachelor’s degree.

Education Preferred:
GCP Data Analytics, Salesforce, ServiceNow training.