Data Architect

Summary

Join New Era Technology as a Data Architect and contribute to the design and implementation of data infrastructure solutions. This remote position offers a comprehensive benefits package including full medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and 29 PTO days. You will leverage your expertise in data warehousing, data management, ETL, and visualization to create scalable and secure architectures. Collaborate with project teams, conduct research on data technologies, and communicate best practices. The role requires a minimum of eight years of experience in information technology data and business intelligence architecture and a bachelor's degree is preferred. New Era fosters a team-oriented culture with a focus on professional development and competitive benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college/university is preferred
• Minimum eight years of recent experience in information technology data and business intelligence architecture and modeling supporting a SaaS and platform centric strategy and implementation cycle with the ability to integrate in support of an enterprise
• Strong understanding of Database Design Principles, Data Modeling and Data Warehousing including experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, Big Data technologies, industry leading Cloud Storage solutions, Business Intelligence platforms, dashboards, data mining and visualization tools (i.e. Power BI)
• Ability to effectively develop presentations and present ideas and proposals to all levels of management and technical expertise
• Deep knowledge of commonly used Enterprise Data Lake/Lakehouse and associated Integration tools (Azure Data Lake)
• Deep understanding of data integration architectures, including development and maintenance of API and Event standards, Data Architecture standards, ETL Integration standards, and Governance Frameworks for managing a large and complex data portfolio
• Proven ability to establish and manage a comprehensive data warehouse and analytics architecture blueprint and roadmap for a global organization
• Proven ability to successfully implement data and ETL architectures into a complex organization including connecting on-premises and cloud-based applications globally (ERP, CMDB, CRM, CMS and more)
• Strong ability to guide and mentor project teams on data and business intelligence technology, architecture, modeling, and best practices
• Familiarity with common data integration methods and technologies including web services, micro services, SOAP, REST, JSON, API gateways, MQ message and other technologies
• Strong ability to work with large datasets, including high proficiency in data mining and predictive modeling, with the capability to provide meaningful business insights and align data and business intelligence architectures with business goals
• Ability to travel to various company locations if required
• Regularly spend long hours sitting and using office equipment and computers
• Regularly move from sitting to standing positions effortlessly
• Regularly use hands and fingers to handle, control or feel objects
• Regularly see details of objects that are less than a few feet away
• Regularly speak clearly so listeners can understand
• Regularly understand the speech of another person
• Frequently work on projects that require deadlines
• Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds
• EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK: Business hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. However, required work hours may vary depending on business needs. Overtime is possible

Responsibilities

• Facilitate meaningful organizational change by researching data and business intelligence technologies and defining technical strategies across portfolios; supporting an ability to reduce costs, increase efficiencies, provide more value and capabilities, reduce risks, and increase security; support the build of data and Integration reference architectures and patterns
• Conduct research and participate in the development of data and visualization roadmaps, which may include product selection, versions, upgrades, projects, and milestones
• Communicate data, ETL, BI and analytic best practices by giving presentations and authoring content aimed at educating others about standards, strategies, and defined best practices
• Assist in the evaluation of business demands in the early stages of projects to determine what data and business intelligence software, technologies, architectures, and patterns should be employed to meet business objectives efficiently; conduct evaluation of technology which may require a single solution or matrixed evaluation of multiple solutions through research, proof of concept, or scoped testing
• Provide solution level technical design and architectural leadership, including documenting and diagramming logical, physical, and process views across multiple technology domains
• Collaborate with project teams to assist in delivery of solution implementation by providing guidance as needed to application, engineering, and operations teams

Benefits

• Full Benefits
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401K match
• 29 PTO Days including company holidays