Senior Data Architect IRC265727

As a Data Solutions Architect you’ll work closely with key stakeholders to map out their data/insights requirements and develop roadmaps and design architecture which you’ll communicate effectively to the project teams, implementation teams and end-users – leading top quality solutions design and delivery.

Requirements:

• Strong experience as a Cloud data architect
• Skilled in one or more of the following architectural frameworks (TOGAF, ZACHMAN, FEAF)
• Cloud Experience: AWS or GCP preferred, particularly around migrations and cloud architecture
• Good technical knowledge and understanding of big data frameworks like Hadoop, Cloudera etc.
• Deep technical knowledge of database development, design and migration
• Experience of deployment in cloud using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Automation or Scripting experience using languages such as python & bash etc.
• ETL and workflow management knowledge
• Experience of Agile methodologies
• Experience in the Financial Services Sector
• Data Engineering or Data Science experience

Job responsibilities:

• Interface with client project sponsors to gather, assess and interpret client needs and requirements.
• Define architecture vision, roadmaps and strategy while engaging relevant stakeholders to execute.
• Work across other architectural domains including business architecture, technical architecture and application architecture.
• Able to advise on complex migrations and define opportunities and risks as well as transition phases to achieve target states successfully.
• Familiar with common architectural patterns and able to define and customise them for different use cases.
• Develop data models and Data Lake designs around stated use cases to capture KPIs and data transformations.
• Identify relevant AWS services – on Amazon EMR, Redshift, Athena, Glue, Lambda, to design an architecture that can support client workloads/use-cases; evaluate pros/cons among the identified options to arrive at a recommended solution optimal for the client’s needs.
• Work closely with the client and broader delivery team to implement in Agile fashion the architecture and chosen AWS services using AWS Best Practices and principles from the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Assess, document and translate goals, objectives, problem statements, etc. to offshore/onshore management teams.
• Advise on database performance, altering the ETL process, providing SQL transformations, discussing API integration, and deriving business and technical KPIs.
• Guide the transition of solutions into the hands of the client, providing documentation to operate and maintain the solution.
• Design data pipelines to support machine-learning solutions.

About you (ideally):

• Strong hands-on approach – architect, code and facilitate full-scale development.
• Able to explain pro/cons of various AWS options, to justify why the recommended solution(s) and architecture was chosen as an optimal one for the job.
• Able to optimize performance and monitoring of hybrid on-premise and cloud data solutions.
• Working with a variety of enterprise level organisations to understand and analyse existing on-prem environments such as Oracle, Teradata & Hadoop etc., and be able to design and plan migrations to AWS or GCP.
• Deep understanding of high and low level designs and architecture solutions.
• Developing database scripts to migrate from current to cloud based databases.
• Developing optimization plan and automated solutions for post migration environments.
• Certified in AWS Pro Solutions Architect /Snowflake SnowPro, and/or GCP Pro Cert.

What we offer:

• Culture of caring: At GlobalLogic, we prioritise a culture of caring. Across every region and department, at every level, we consistently put people first.
• Learning and development: We are committed to your continuous learning and development.
• Interesting & meaningful work: GlobalLogic is known for engineering impact for and with clients around the world.
• Balance and flexibility: We believe in the importance of balance and flexibility.
• High-trust organization: We are a high-trust organization where integrity is key.

About GlobalLogic: GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a trusted digital engineering partner to the world’s largest and most forward-thinking companies.