Data ArchitectUSA - Clark, NJ 07066OverviewGEP is different. It's a place where individuality is prized and talent respected. We're focused on what is real and effective.
We are a meritocracy where good ideas and great people get noticed, results matter, and ability and hard work drive achievements. We recognize people who make a genuine difference by rewarding them well. We're a learning organization, actively looking for people to help shape, grow and continually improve us.GEP helps global enterprises operate more efficiently and effectively, gain competitive advantage, boost profitability, and maximize business and shareholder value.Fresh thinking, innovative products, unrivaled domain and subject expertise, and smart, passionate people – this is how GEP creates and delivers unified business solutions of unprecedented scale, power and effectiveness.
Those are just some of the things that we do in our quest to build a beautiful company, enjoy the journey and make a difference.What you'll doExercise strong decision-making skills in terms of data analysis and architecting large data infrastructuresWork with Machine the learning team to utilize pattern recognition, text mining, clustering, and AIReview functional and technical requirements, raising potential issues and participating actively in design discussionsCollaborate with both technical and business stakeholders to understand data platform requirementsUnderstand and contribute to future state guidelines and visionCreate and document future state architectural options to address specific issues or initiativesWorking as a member of a design, build and test agile team, continuously releasing new updatesMaintain in-depth and current knowledge of Cloud Data Services (Azure / AWS), their main components, tradeoffs, pros and cons for each, knowledge of when to use each, and how they can be optimally combined to create data patterns and frameworksPerform requirement analysis, data profiling, effort estimation for database and data warehouse design and developmentProvide thought leadership around big data ecosystem and data warehouse design by leveraging past experiencesProvide guidance on the creation and best practices around Data Governance, Data Stewardship and overall Data Quality initiatives and processes, as part of the overall data effortDevelop and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical big data platform, database and data warehouse architecturesCollaboratively support the development and deployment of architectures supporting the enterprise big-data and data warehouse environmentsCollaborate with the Enterprise Architect and client IT team as warranted to establish and implement strategic initiativesGuides team members on the development of Spark programs to ingest/process dataQualificationsTechnology and in-depth knowledge around big data ecosystem such as MapReduce, Hive, HBase, Spark, Sqoop, Oozie, PigAdvanced proficiency in Data Factory, Azure Active Directory, SQL Server (SSMS, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS), Azure Data Lake, and Azure SQL DW/DI.Understand the information management life cycle necessary to acquire, process, and analyze large (petabytes) sets of structured and unstructured dataIntermediate proficiency in Power BI, Power BI Architecture and MicrostrategyExperience with SQL, PowerShell, C#,.NET, R/PythonExperience with Agile/Scrum is preferredDesired Skills and ExperienceBachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related fieldExpert knowledge in Azure HDInsight, Azure Data Lake, Spark, Hive, MongoDB and how to implement microservices based architecture to establish complete data lifecycleAbility to design Hadoop ecosystem and data warehousing solutions that can take large volumes of structured and unstructured data and rapidly generate meaningful reports and/or support ongoing analytical needsThorough knowledge of database design and tuning with standard toolsExperience implementing operational and dimensional logical and physical design for Data Marts, Data Warehouse and Business intelligence solutionsExperience architecting and designing solutions that leverage Master Data Management (MDM), Reference Data Management, Integration solutions, Operational Data Stores (ODS), and Analytic Data Stores (ADS)Experience in identifying and documenting data integration issues, challenges such as duplicate data, non-conformed data, and unclean data including both internal and external data sourcesExperience in identifying, analyzing and translating business requirements into conceptual, logical and physical data models in complex, multi-application environments.Excellent data analysis skills using SQL.Experience in creating, reviewing and presenting Source Systems Analysis and Source To Target mapping across Staging, Integration and Presentation layersExperience in Data analysis/profiling and reverse engineering of dataExperience in delivering quality work on time with multiple, competing prioritiesStrong communication and teamwork skills to interface with development team members, business analysts, and project managementGEP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to hiring and valuing a global diverse work team.
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