What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Architect position at eimagine?
Description of Duties
At eimagine, we know that your best work happens when you live your best life and share your unique talents, so we do everything we can to be intentional in a remote enabled environment to make that possible. Recognized as a Best Places to Work since 2015, we are a team of humbly confident people who are proud of their craft, continuous learners, and have been known to cheer loudly for our teammates. For over 25 years we have been helping clients navigate technology and business change, while staying committed to delivering value & outcomes that enables their success.
Due to our growth, we are seeking a Data Architect will be responsible for the development, communication and implementation of the organization's technology data architecture and design across the enterprise. The individual will develop and manage processes and document requirements to support the integration of corporate and business strategies.
Description of Duties:
- Architect infrastructure to run all Database Management Systems (DBMS) based on industry standards and best practices.
- Design a Support model that will provide best value for Database management.
- Perform technical risk assessments and develop contingency plans to insure situational and application availability requirements are met.
- Work with the technical leads on IT teams to communicate technical designs and resolve implementation details for all network, server, storage and software components
- Assist in the analysis, development and execution of enterprise data strategy.
- Ensure architectural integrity and compliance with our hardware and software infrastructure standards
- Drive continuous improvement in availability, serviceability and efficiency.
- Recommend changes to resource utilization to improve efficiency
- Identify cost-effective opportunities for technology refresh
- Work effectively in a diverse organization spread across multiple locations
- Manage and prioritize all DBMS deployment activities with a variety of teams
- Review the work of others
- Develop innovative approaches
- Serve as a leader, mentor and subject matter expert
- Establish DBMS KPI Metrics and report on them
- Work with Data Security to make sure all DBMS are in Compliance with our standards
- Make sure all DBMS are in compliance with all Audit request
Desired Skills & Experience
- Experience in enterprise data strategy development and execution.
- Experience consulting or influencing other to choose technology solution
- Experience contributing or working to build career and learning technologies
- Experience in multiple infrastructure disciplines with Cloud background as it relates to Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Understanding of enterprise application architecture design patterns in relation to data architecture and how they translate into infrastructure deployments
- Experience working with internal customers to ascertain, understand and meet their business needs.
- Knowledgeable about current and emerging technology, products and trends related to data management and data architectural solutions
- Insurance and Healthcare industry experience
- Experience with multiple database OS systems, including Oracle 11g, SQL Server 2012-16, Postgres and DB2
- Excellent knowledge in conceptual, logical and physical data model design.
- Strong knowledge of Big Data database technologies and data structures utilized by those tools.
- Experience with data integration techniques and tools used for ETL and ELT.
- Experience with Contract Development including SLA requirements.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent listening and interpersonal skills
- Ability to discuss technical issues with non-technical audiences
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to learn new information quickly
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced, ambiguous and evolving marketplace
- Highly self motivated
- Keen attention to detail
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.
