Azure Cloud Data Delivery Lead/Architect (Azure Databricks)

The Principal Engineer will be responsible for designing and executing the data architecture, data modeling, data integrations and supporting the products on the Enterprise Data platform. This role will establish the standards for data modelling, engineering and integrations to build data solutions that capture, explore, transform, and utilize data to support business insights. The role will be key supporting transformation initiatives and establish the foundations for advanced analytics delivery with modern Enterprise data assets. Provide Solution Architecture technical expertise and strategic vision to drive innovation and efficiency in data management solutions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads complex projects from end to end that span multiple teams and set the direction for Data solution architecture.

• Determines the proper technical architecture for proposed Data and liase with Enterprise Architecture Board on new and incoming initiatives and align with internal landscape.

• Drives analyses from technical design through completion; guides others on working in a dev ops structure/ environment.

• Responsible for the technical content (architecture and design), integrity and quality of the solution and accountable for the delivery of the solution.

• Designs the architecture and roadmap to support complex data initiatives, applications, security and integrations.

• Designs and implementing scalable and resilient data platforms on cloud infrastructure.

• Designs data models and schemas optimized for performance, scalability, and data governance.

• Establishes and Implements data pipelines to ingest and transform data from various sources.

• Manages the standard processes for building data models; ensures data is clean and usable through validation, testing and troubleshooting.

• Guides the engineering standards for development to store and process high-volume data sets.

• Establishes testing standards and assist with code reviews to optimize scale, velocity, and reliability of deliverables.

• Guides the data scientists and analysts to understand their requirements and provide them with access to curated datasets for analysis and reporting.

• Architects robust, and extensible data warehouse system, and prepares data to support key business flows.

• Provides technical guidance and mentorship to development teams on best practices for cloud-native application development.

• Defines standardization and reuse opportunities, abstractions and patterns across classes and components to streamline design and development of data integration solutions.

• Determines data mapping tools and techniques; reviews and highlights process improvement opportunities.

• Establishes monitoring and alerting solutions to proactively identify and address performance issues and data anomalies.

• Designs and implements data governance policies and procedures to ensure data quality, consistency, and compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Designs, implements and evolves architectural development process (ADP) under the umbrella of Data and Analytics Tower and in alignment with Enterprise Architecture.

• Is a technical SME working with internal stakeholders, vendors and external partners providing standards and frameworks.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.

• 10+ years relevant work experience.

• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform

• Big Data Technologies: Apache Spark, Hadoop, Kafka

• Data Warehousing: Data Bricks, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift, SAP HANA

• Database Technologies : SQL, NoSQL, PostgreSQL

• DevOps Tools: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform

• Programming Languages: Python, Java, Scala, SQL

• Prior experience with any widely used Architecture Framework, preferably TOGAF.

• Experience with Analytics platforms like SAP SAC, PowerBI, Tableau

COMPETENCIES

• Evaluates Problems: Evaluates and analyzes different types of information objectively to identify appropriate solutions; writes fluently, establishing the key facts clearly and interprets numerical data effectively.

• Technical Communication/ Presentation: Communicates with clarity and precision, presenting complex information in a concise format that is audience appropriate.

• Adjusting and Driving Change: Takes a positive approach to tackling work and embraces change; invites feedback relating to performance and deals constructively with criticism. Identifies the need for and drives change when required to achieve objectives.

• Focuses on Customers: Understands and anticipates customer needs and takes action to provide high-quality products and services to exceed expectations.

• Demonstrates Business Acumen: Demonstrates working knowledge of market, economic, legal, and regulatory environments and how they impact the business.

• Agile Best Practices: Understands how agility is leveraged in IT ways of working. Adopts agile best practices as appropriate throughout the assigned work lifecycle. Responds to feedback quickly based on comments of internal and external customers and needs of the market.

• Bias for Action: Takes initiative and identifies what needs to be done and acts without waiting to be asked. Executes work in a timely manner. Suggests improvements to current ways of working.

BFS COMPETENCIES

• Business and Financial Acumen

• Demonstrates depth of understanding for the P&L and financial analysis

• Teaches business and financial acumen to others.

• Understands KPIs and how BFS makes money.

• Knows the different business segments and how they relate to one another.

• Understands customer sales and engagement.

• Demonstrates functional and/or technical expertise.

• Understands complex issues and demonstrates problem solving skills.

• Understands how to maximize business results regardless of industry cycle.

• Results Driven

• Holds self and others accountable.

• Communicates and sets clear goals with plans to deliver.

• Manages competing priorities effectively.

• Demonstrates appropriate urgency.

• Drives to exceed expectations in alignment with our BFS SPICE values.

• Embraces and follows best practices.

• Demonstrates self-starter, can-do attitude.

• Strategic Thinking and Decision Making

• Leverages resources and teams around them to solve problems and create mutually beneficial outcomes.

• Demonstrates willingness and courage to make tough decisions in a timely manner.

• Balances short-and-long term priorities

• Demonstrates proactive versus reactive thinking.

• Asks questions to identify root cause and analyze situations more accurately.

• Servant Leadership

• Demonstrates humility by putting others first.

• Builds trust-based relationships.

• Leads by example with kindness and respect.

• Collaborates well across all areas of the business.

• Advocates for others

• Actively listens to understand the meaning and intent of what the other person is communicating.

• Demonstrates authenticity and encourages others to do the same.

• Emotional Intelligence

• Demonstrates situational awareness - knows when and how to adjust leadership style in different situations.

• Demonstrates self-awareness - understands strengths and weaknesses.

• Demonstrates empathy - puts themselves in other's shoes.

• Assumes positive intent.

• Develops and Leads Others

• Drives alignment through clear communication of vision, goals, and expectations.

• Invests time on a regular basis in performance feedback and developmental conversations.

• Fosters a respectful and inclusive environment.

• Empowers, motivates, and inspires others.

• Coaches and mentor others for their development.

• Guides and persuades others to deliver positive outcomes.

• Growth Mindset

• Demonstrates a growth mindset; takes appropriate risks, fails fast and forward, learns from mistakes.

• Perseveres and champions growth, even in the face of resistance, ambiguity, or possible failure.

• Thinks like an owner with an entrepreneurial spirit.

• Demonstrates and encourages intellectual curiosity.

• Continuous learner; seeks opportunities and knowledge for personal and professional growth.

• Sees possibilities over problems - actively seeks solutions.

• Innovation

• Encourages out-of-the box thinking to create new ways of doing things.

• Continuously seeks to improve and simplify pain points in the business.

• Anticipates, embraces, and leads change.

• Develops and executes breakthrough strategies.

• Integrity

• Does the right thing even under challenging circumstances?

• Communicates with honesty.

• Consistently treats others fairly and equitably.

• Demonstrates reliability and does what they say they will do.

• Conducts tough conversations and delivers difficult messages with kindness and respect.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Subject to both typical office environment and outside locations with temperature and weather variations.

• Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds.

• 25% travel may be required

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