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Azure Data Architect
About the job Azure Data Architect
About the client:
The client is an American automotive components original equipment manufacturer and an aftermarket ride control and emissions products manufacturer. It is a Fortune 500 company.
Essential Functions
- Design and develop data warehouses and data pipelines within Azure
- Design and develop Azure ML model execution pipelines
- Evangelize engineering design and development standards
- Act as a key contributor to the design and development lifecycle of analytic applications.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and product demonstrations
- Produce efficient and elegant code that meets business requirements
- Author unit tests that adhere to code coverage guidelines
- Proactively communicate progress, issues, and risks to stakeholders
- Accurately estimate assignments
- Create and maintain technical documentation
- Mentor less experienced engineers
- Contribute to the growth and maturity of the Software Engineering Group
- Performs other related duties as directed
Required Skills & Competencies
- 7 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed data architecture for BI and OLTP systems
- 7 years of hands-on experience designing and implementing large-scale data pipelines
- 4 years of hands-on experience in Azure data services
- 4 years of hands-on experience with data integration using ETL / ELT tools
- Experience doing data migrations from SAP into Azure Datalakes using Theobald.
- 4 years of hands-on experience with Python including object-oriented programming and unit testing
- Advanced experience with one or more Python parallel processing libraries
- Advanced experience with one or more Python data analysis libraries
- Advanced data modeling experience
- Broad experience in Microsoft SQL technologies
- Broad multi-tenant data architecture and implementation experience across different data stores, messaging systems and data processing engines
- Experience with data integration through APIs, Web Services, SOAP, and/or REST services
- Experience using Azure DevOps and CI/CD as well as Agile tools and processes including Git, Jenkins, Jira, and Confluence
- Knowledge of SOA and Micros Services Application Architecture
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to express ideas clearly and concisely.
- Previous experience in Supply Chain related projects.
Desired Attributes
- Strong team player with ability to collaborate with all levels of the organization
- Possess a drive towards forward progress and delivering results while taking responsibility
- Multi-tasker with ability to set and manage priorities
- Proactively and transparently communicate challenges and successes to product leadership
- Exhibit attention to detail
- Flexibility and willingness to help in other areas as priorities shift
- Ability to effectively operate with minimal supervision, but knowing how to keep leadership in the loop
Education or Prior Work Experience
- Bachelor's degree in CS or related field, master's degree preferred
- 7+ years of experience with designing and developing complex data architecture solutions
- 4+ years of design and development experience with Microsoft Azure data architecture and related solutions
- 4 years of hands-on experience with Python