Enterprise Data Architect

The Opportunity

Company, Department: Nova Scotia Power, Corp. Tech. Ent. Architect

Location: Halifax, NS

Closing Date: May 6th, 2025

We are looking for an Enterprise Data Architect to join our team. The data architect is responsible for designing, creating, and managing an organization’s data architecture. This role is critical in establishing a solid foundation for data management within an organization, ensuring that data is organized, accessible, secure, and aligned with business objectives. The data architect designs warehouses, file systems, and databases, and defines how data will be collected and organized.

Key elements of this role include:

• Interprets and delivers impactful strategic plans improving data integration, data quality, and data delivery in support of business initiatives and roadmaps.
• Designs the structure and layout of data systems, including databases, warehouses, and lakes.
• Selects and implements database management systems that meet the organization’s needs by defining data schemas, optimizing data storage, and establishing data access controls and security measures.
• Defines and implements the long-term technology strategy and innovations roadmaps across analytics, data engineering, and data platforms.
• Designs and implements processes for the ETL process from various sources into the organization’s data systems.
• Translates high-level business requirements into data models and appropriate metadata, test data, and data quality standards.
• Manages senior business stakeholders to secure strong engagement and ensures that the delivery of the project aligns with longer-term strategic roadmaps.
• Simplifies the existing data architecture, delivering reusable services and cost-saving opportunities in line with the policies and standards of the company.
• Leads and participates in the peer review and quality assurance of project architectural artifacts across the EA group through governance forums.
• Defines and manages standards, guidelines, and processes to ensure data quality.
• Works with IT teams, business analysts, and data analytics teams to understand data consumers’ needs and develop solutions.
• Evaluates and recommends emerging technologies for data management, storage, and analytics.

These skills will make you successful:

Education:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, engineering, or related field.

Experience:

• At least five years of relevant experience in design and implementation of data models for enterprise data warehouse initiatives.
• Experience leading projects involving data warehousing, data modeling, and data analysis.
• Design experience in Azure Databricks, PySpark, and Power BI/Tableau.

Skills:

• Strong ability in programming languages such as Java, Python, and C/C++.
• Ability in data science languages/tools such as SQL, R, SAS, or Excel.
• Proficiency in the design and implementation of modern data architectures and concepts such as cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), real-time data distribution (Kafka, Dataflow), and modern data warehouse tools (Snowflake, Databricks).
• Experience with database technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, Oracle, Hadoop, or Teradata.
• Understanding of entity-relationship modeling, metadata systems, and data quality tools and techniques.
• Ability to think strategically and relate architectural decisions and recommendations to business needs and client culture.
• Ability to assess traditional and modern data architecture components based on business needs.
• Experience with business intelligence tools and technologies such as ETL, Power BI, and Tableau.
• Ability to regularly learn and adopt new technology, especially in the ML/AI realm.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to synthesize and clearly communicate large volumes of complex information to senior management of various technical understandings.
• Ability to collaborate and excel in complex, cross-functional teams involving data scientists, business analysts, and stakeholders.
• Ability to guide solution design and architecture to meet business needs.

Learn more about our culture and values

At the Emera Group of Companies, you’ll be part of an inclusive, respectful workplace where everyone is welcomed and supported. Come build a career as unique as you are: making an impact from Atlantic Canada to the world. Your experience and perspective will help us to safely deliver cleaner, more reliable energy to our customers.

If working in an innovative environment, challenging yourself, and shaping a cleaner energy future inspires you, we want to hear from you. Apply by May 6th, 2025, and let us know why this role is right for you.

The perks of joining our team?

• Health & Wellbeing: A comprehensive benefits plan, 24/7 access to virtual health care services for you and your family through Dialogue, access to a free on-site fitness centre, Employee and Family Assistance Program, parental leave top-up plan and wellness benefits.
• Grow Your Career: Opportunities to advance within and between our affiliate companies, a focus on employee development and available sponsored education programs.
• Community Engagement & Care: Corporate investments in the places where our people live and work, mentoring opportunities, fundraising-matching, volunteer programs, various committees and employee resource groups, and scholarships for children of employees.
• Competitive Compensation: Short-term incentive plans and a Defined Contribution Pension Plan.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Emera

As one of Atlantic Canada’s largest publicly traded companies, we are ranked one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers, Top Employers for Young People and Top Diversity Employers. We know our success is driven by our dedicated teams and we strongly encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including persons who identify as racially visible, Indigenous, persons with disabilities, women in underrepresented roles and members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
Applicants from these equity groups may self-identify through the online application process. We support candidates and employees with access and accommodation needs and encourage you to let us know when you require accommodation.

Recruitment & Promotion Policy

The success of the Emera Company is driven by its people: a strong team with a shared commitment to support the Emera Company mission and values. The purpose of our recruitment policy is to provide a consistent framework to support fair and equitable attraction, hiring, and retention of the best talent for vacant positions. We are dedicated to maintaining a fair hiring process that provides equitable opportunities to all our applicants and is guided by our company values.