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Job Summary:
As a Database Architect, the role is accountable for database architecture and technology strategies. Focus will be on our database cloud and NoSQL and Analytic data store strategies. They will Research and develop product strategy roadmap for the enterprise. In addition, they'll lead technical conversations with enterprise architects, application developers, data-scientists on solutions and issues specific to data / information architecture.
This position will be working closely with both DBA and Cloud technical leads and other Information Architects located in various locations. We would like this to be a home-based worker position to allow us to leverage a larger pool of resources.
Key Responsibilities:
Drive the evolution and database architecture for a scalable and secure data platform
Work closely business partners, architecture, security, and engineering teams
Engage with strategic customers and ensure their future needs and vision are top of mind for a data-driven enterprise
Design and guide practices for data models, data flows, and integration patterns for the data lake, data warehouse, and consumption data layers
Support delivery leaders and engineers in building and managing conceptual, logical, and physical architecture
Collaborate and design high priority prototypes in a cloud platform and demonstrate value and feasibility of the solutions and architecture
Be involved in all project phases and drive architecture initiatives
Communication with senior and executive leadership on architecture initiatives
Strong communicator individually, in groups and in presentations with a vision for how cloud data platforms can enable a better future powered by data
Experience with big data platforms, SQL & no SQL databases
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
Functional Skills:
7+ years of development and/or DBA experience in Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS)
5+ years of hands-on experience in implementation and performance tuning MPP databases (Oracle Exadata, Teradata, Netezza, Greenplum, etc.)
Hands-on experience in lead roles architecting solutions at scale for cloud data platforms
Experience with prioritization of projects that mitigate trade-offs
Experience in analyzing Data Warehouses such as Teradata, Netezza, Oracle, etc.
Experience in analyzing Cloud Data Warehouses such as AWS Redshift, Azure Synapse, or Snowflake, etc.
Experience in analyzing cloud transactional databases such as Aurora Postgres, AWS DocumentDB, MongoDB Atlas, Amazon RDS for SQL Server
Experience designing database environments, analyzing production deployments, and making recommendations to optimize performance
Has hands on experience architecting and building secure, scalable, and flexible enterprise data projects using AWS and other on-prem and cloud native platforms
Hands on experience in leading large-scale database architecture projects
Strong SQL skills
Job Qualifications
Experience in the insurance industry
Experience working within agile methodologies
Working within a scaled agile program and collaborating with product managers in creating and managing technical backlog of stories and epics
* Expertise in all the Cloud based services such as: S3, IAM, Aurora Postgres, AWS DocumentDB, MongoDB Atlas,
Notes:
The preceding description is not designed to be a complete list of all duties and responsibilities. May be required to perform other related duties as assigned. Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this job.
Compensation offered for this role is $102,500.00-$170,375.00 per year and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
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