Job Details

Overview

Please note this position is based in our Phoenix, AZ Support Office.

The Data Architect is a technical position, with ultimate technical responsibility for ETL design and development. The Data Architect designs and builds databases, develops strategies for warehouse implementation, data acquisition and access, and data archiving and recovery. The Data Architect will review new data sources for adherence to the standards set forth by the team. The candidate for this position will have a deep understanding and many years of experience working with SQL. They will have a track record of multiple project implementations with varying team and organizational sizes. The candidate will also have a deep understanding of how their platform interacts with other technologies. This will be considered a leader position, with responsibilities that include design, development, implementation, documentation, and optimization of an assortment of solutions. Candidates for this position will have prior experience delivering efficient, secure, high performance, and easy-to-support solutions primarily within the Microsoft suite of technologies. They will also have prior experience in providing technical leadership and direction to junior team members.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand data requirements and design solutions to meet business needs.
• Provide technical leadership, create standards for technical approaches and/or practices for their platform.
• Maintain standards for interaction with their platform.
• Be responsible for the overall health and efficiency of their platform.
• Proactively work with other cross-functional partners to keep their platform at a reasonable version level.
• Provide guidance on the use of cloud data platform tools (Azure) for data storage and processing.
• Maintain awareness of trends, new tools, efficiencies - share with the entire team on a routine basis.
• Establish standards and best practices for database design, data integration, and data warehousing, ensuring integrity and quality data.
• Provide input and guidance to senior IT leadership for planning, forecasting, and budgeting.
• Design, document, develop, test, debug, deploy, and support a variety of customizations or configurations for their platform.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to data engineering teams in the execution of data architecture plans.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Software Developers, and Business Analysts to ensure data architecture is aligned with operational analytic needs.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Data Management or seven to ten years of equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience with Microsoft SQL technologies.
• 3+ years of experience with cloud-based solutions and/or hybrid connectivity.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, analytical and decision-making skills, and ability to work on cross-functional teams.
• Solid understanding and usage of source control solutions.
• Change and release management skills.
• Strong requirements gathering and documentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Core Competencies:
Communication: Convey information, ideas, and feedback clearly and concisely in an engaging manner that helps others understand and retain the message; listening actively to others.
Customer Focus: Place a high priority on the customer's perspective when making decisions and acting; implementing service practices that meet the customers' and own organization's needs.
Driving for Results: Set SMART goals and measure progress; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals and making continuous improvement. Seeking innovative ways to solve problems that result in unique and differentiated solutions.
Positive Approach: Demonstrate a positive attitude in the face of difficult or challenging situations; provide an uplifting (yet realistic) outlook on what the future holds and the opportunities it might present.