Data Architect - Contractor

Overview

Data Architect (Contractor) responsible for understanding all data assets and services, how they relate to each other, and how data flows between systems. Provides architectural guidance and solutions to support new business initiatives and changes to existing data models.

What you'll do

• Design, deliver and maintain data architecture with a focus on standards, growth, performance, flexibility, reliability, and scalability
• Design, develop and maintain data models
• Design and develop complex ETL jobs and data flows
• Provide guidance to the development team and contribute to new application features
• Contribute to performance optimization and improve data pipelines, ETL processes, queries, analytics tools, and other data processes
• Lead data migration projects
• Lead archiving and warehousing initiatives
• Collaborate on data quality improvement projects
• Collaborate with security team to safeguard and secure data
• Participate in quality assurance activities
• Create technical documentation
• Work with engineering to install, configure, and deploy SQL Server instances and database environments
• Help support and maintain several SQL server environments
• Troubleshoot issues and resolve incidents
• May include supervisory or mentoring responsibilities

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related area (data science, mathematics, statistics etc.)
• 10+ years in Information Technology
• 7+ years of experience using SQL Server
• 5+ years of database design, data modeling and ETL development
• Experience in designing SQL Server environments
• Demonstrated ability to manage and see-through long-term projects
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload effectively
• Proactive working style with the ability to adapt to change
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Must be able to work well individually without supervision as well as part of a team

Details

• Contractor position
• Mainly remote; virtual work environment with company-issued equipment provided
• Some in-office work is preferred