Job Description

Talascend is currently seeking a Principal Data Architect for a contract opportunity in Houston, TX

JOB SUMMARY

The Principal Data Architect will coordinate the movement enhancement integration quality and availability of data throughout the Enterprise. Working closely with the business and application teams including BI the Principal Data Architect will analyze and translate business needs into appropriate data deliverables and design and develop solutions for Master Reference and Transaction data to create single versions of the truth. The candidate will oversee creation of data models data flow diagrams data mappings and data dictionaries and will maintain all data artifacts. They will develop an understanding of data processes and data dependencies facilitate the creation of data strategies emphasizing the use of modern technologies and frameworks and own strategic roadmaps and ensure they remain in sync with business strategy goals assist in the development execution and supervision of plans policies programs and practices. The Principal Data Architect will also assist in issue resolution in operationalizing Data Governance in assessing measuring and tracking data quality issues in creating and maintaining data SOPas standards and guidelines and control processes for audits.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create conceptual logical and physical data models for both relational and dimensional solutions for our EDW Create data integration processes between WM applications and 3rd party SaaS applications
• Integrate disparate data models into coherent enterprise data models.
• Create data dictionaries and business glossaries to document data lineages data definitions and metadata for all business-critical data domains.
• Identify and reconcile inconsistencies in data definitions e.g. synonyms and homonyms.
• Work with business stakeholders to identify critical data entities and attributes and capture how data is interpreted by users in various parts of the organization.
• Draft and communicate future data integration strategy and vision.
• Advance data strategy and architecture through execution of proofs of concept.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science Data Science or a related field.
• 5 years of experience with information modeling information visualization data modeling data management technologies data integration data sourcing data analytics data warehousing metadata semantics and ontologies.
• Experience architecting data products in Snowflake or other cloud data platforms
• 3 years experience developing AWS data pipelines Glue Kinesis etc.
• 5 years in ELT or data warehouse data loading design and development.
• Experience with DBT a major plus.
• Familiarity with modern data management concepts including Cloud-based Data warehousing Big Data stack NoSQL in-memory DBMS and data caching graph databases.
• Familiarity and experience in data protection and information security.
• Strong understanding of large scale system information and technology architectures including application integration patterns messaging service-oriented architecture information models and data lineage.
• Hands-on experience with data and process modeling tools e.g. ERWinER Studio Lucidchart and working knowledge of programming languages such as: Python etc.
• Demonstrated ability to work individually and as a part of the team in a collaborative manner.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum is valuable.
• Knowledge of data governance practices business and technology issues related to management of enterprise information assets and approaches related to data protection .
• Ability to work with business as well as IT stakeholders.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with ability to work with users peers and management.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team to successfully execute projects.
• Highly motivated self-starter with problem solving skills.
• Ability to multitask and meet aggressive deadlines efficiently and effectively.
• Extraordinary attention to detail and accuracy.
• Demonstrate ability to learn and understand business processes quickly.

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