Cloud Data Architect Leader (AWS, Azure, GCP)

CapTech; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Remote work when feasible

Learning & Development programs

Health coverage

Job summary

CapTech is seeking a Data Architect to map client business goals to data strategies, drive modern data architecture, and lead data engineering teams across on-prem and cloud environments.

You will influence data governance, quality, and delivery while aligning solutions with client roadmaps and strategic objectives. Onsite client work or CapTech offices are available with remote options when feasible.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience implementing with a variety of on-premises and cloud data management, integration, visualization, and analytical technologies.
• Advanced proficiency in the design and implementation of modern data architectures and concepts such as cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), real-time data distribution (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, DataFlow, Airflow), NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB, HBase, CosmosDB) and modern data warehouse tools including Snowflake and DataBricks.
• Advanced proficiency in end-to-end data architecture solutions including ingestion, storage and relational modeling leveraging industry standard languages including SQL and Python.

Responsibilities

• Assessing and advocating data management technologies and practices eliminating gaps between the current state and a well-targeted future state
• Interpreting and delivering impactful strategic plans improving data integration, data quality, and data delivery in support of business initiatives and roadmaps
• Formulating and articulating architectural trade-offs across solution options before recommending an optimal solution ensuring technical requirements are met
• Leading teams of data engineers and other technical team members through design, implementation and best practices.
• Providing insights to executive stakeholders and development teams to ensure data architecture recommendations maximize the value of client data across the organization
• Works to ensure the solutions recommended are providing business value and alignment with client’s strategic goals
• Communication with non-technical executives focusing on value of modern enterprise level data solutions
• Driving innovative technology solutions through thought leadership on emerging trends
• Sharing project solutions and outcomes with colleagues to improve delivery on future projects
• Leadership within the Data & Analytics practice area focused on growing and development capabilities and talent
• Partnering with CapTech business development team to demonstrate CapTech’s technical capabilities, envision a proposed solution CapTech can offer, and estimate proposed work plans.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud platforms

Real-time data streams

NoSQL databases

SQL

Python

Data leadership

Tools

Snowflake

DataBricks

Kafka

Kinesis

DataFlow

Airflow

MongoDB

DynamoDB

HBase

CosmosDB

Job description

CapTech is seeking a Data Architect to map client business goals to data strategies, drive modern data architecture, and lead data engineering teams across on-prem and cloud environments.

You will influence data governance, quality, and delivery while aligning solutions with client roadmaps and strategic objectives. Onsite client work or CapTech offices are available with remote options when feasible.