Data Architect (Azure) - Judge Group

Company: #1 in the country within its domain

Position :  Data Architect/Engineer

Location: 100% remote after 90 days. Partial onsite for 90 days in Alpharetta, GA

MUST BE US CITIZEN/GREEN CARD.

NO H1 VISA

NOTE: THIS POSITION REQUIRES Azure and Data Lake expertise.

From the manager: I need someone with a proven track record of helping a company build out a data lake from scratch. Someone who really understands the pitfalls, pros, and cons behind getting the foundational architecture of the lake correct the FIRST time – because they’ve been there.

The candidate needs to have a strong working knowledge of the industry standard ways in which to architect, design, and build out “data lakes” with strong data modeling, data maintenance & data hygiene practices. The need is a skillset of how to ingest, curate, maintain, and analyze all of our business data to make better/faster real-time or near-real-time business decisions."

The Data Engineer is responsible for supporting and developing business applications, utilizing multiple technologies as required by the business. The role works to design and implement efficient and effective data pipelines between various systems and to/from the data lake as needed to meet business and accounting needs. The ADE is also responsible for data reporting & analytics activities with a focus on financial reporting and acts as part of an Agile team by participating in associated scrum ceremonies. The ideal candidate is an experienced data pipeline builder and data wrangler who enjoys analyzing and optimizing data systems and building them from the ground up.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES:

Data Engineer – 100%

•            Creates and maintains optimal data pipeline architecture.

•            Assembles large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.

•            Identifies, designs, and implements internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.

•            Builds the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and Azure technologies.

•            Builds analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into accounting operations, customer financials, and other key business performance metrics.

•            Works with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.

•            Keeps our data separated and secure through multiple data centers and Azure regions.

•            Work with data, product, & technology teams to strive for greater functionality in our data systems

•            Performs data analysis required to troubleshoot data related issues and assist in the resolution of data issues

QUALIFICATIONS – EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE, CERTIFICATIONS

•            Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field or equivalent experience required

•            6+ years of related software development and architecture experience required

•            5+ years Azure Cloud experience required

•            2+ years of Salesforce integration experience working with APIs / SOQL queries

•            Prior experience in designing/building data warehouse, data lake, and/or data lake house patterns from the ground up

•            Previous Agile (Scrum/Kanban) experience required

•            Working knowledge of accounting and financial systems