Cloud-Based Data Solutions Architect

The mission of the business intelligence team is to create a data-driven culture that empowers leaders to integrate data into daily decisions and strategic planning.

Our goal is to provide visibility, transparency, and guidance regarding the quantity and quality of results, activities, financial KPIs, and leading indicators to facilitate data-based decision-making.

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, architecting, and implementing robust data solutions in a cloud-based environment (GCP).

You will collaborate with other data engineers and technical teams to ensure the availability, reliability, and performance of our data systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and build complex data pipelines using advanced cloud data technologies
• Lead efforts to optimize data pipelines for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency
• Define industry best practices for building data pipelines
• Ensure data security, compliance, and governance standards are met
• Partner with leadership team to define and implement agile and DevOps methodologies
• Serve as subject matter expert and define data architecture and infrastructure requirements
• Partner with business analysts to plan project execution including appropriate product and technical specifications, direction, resources, and establishing realistic completion times
• Understand data technology trends and identify opportunities to implement new technologies and provide forward-thinking recommendations
• Design and implement a robust data observability process
• Troubleshoot, and provide technical guidance to resolve issues related to misaligned or inaccurate data or data fields or new customer requirements
• Maintain new release, migration, and sprint schedules for software upgrades, enhancements, and fixes to aid with product evolution
• Write QA/QC Scripts to conduct first round of testing and partner with BA team for test validation for new developments prior to moving to production
• Document standard ways of working via QRGs, intranet pages, and video series
• Drive day-to-day development activities of development team in close collaboration with on-site and off-shore resources, scrum masters and product owners
• Bootstrapping a data engineering team at an early stage in the team's evolution
• Guide, mentor and coach offshore resources
• Provide input in forming a long-term data strategy
• Master's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or related field, highly preferred
• Extensive knowledge of BI concepts and related technologies that help drive sustainable technical solutions
• Extensive Experience with data lakes, ETL and data warehouses
• Advanced experience of building data pipelines
• Passion for building quality BI software
• Project Management and/or process improvement experience highly preferred
• Polyglot coder and expert level in multiple languages including, Python, R, Java, SQL, relational databases, ERP, DOMO or other data visualization tools i.e. Tableau
• Advanced and proven experience with Google cloud platform (GCP) is preferred. But experience with Microsoft Azure / Amazon will be considered.
• Expert level understanding of data engineering
• Proactive leadership, project management, time management, and problem-solving skills
• Extensive experience with data analysis , modeling, and data pipelining including data cleaning, standardizing, scaling, tuning, scheduling and deployment
• Experience composing detailed technical documentation and procedures for data models
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects, tasks, and meeting deadlines while maintaining quality

Requirements:

• Master's degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or related field
• Extensive knowledge of BI concepts and related technologies
• Extensive Experience with data lakes, ETL and data warehouses
• Advanced experience of building data pipelines
• Passion for building quality BI software
• Project Management and/or process improvement experience
• Polyglot coder and expert level in multiple languages

Benefits:

• Remote opportunity
• Chance to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment
• Ongoing training and professional development

What We Offer:

• A competitive salary and benefits package
• A collaborative and dynamic work environment
• Ongoing training and professional development