Data Architect III

VARITE INC; Remote; USD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A consulting and staffing firm is seeking a Data Architect III for a remote role. This position requires over 9 years of experience in data architecture and solutions, with skills in AWS services and database management. The role involves responsibilities such as managing complex data designs, database administration, and collaborating in an Agile environment. The pay rate ranges from $82.79 to $121.17 per hour. This is a contract position lasting over 6 months.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of relevant work experience.
• Certification related to Information Technology preferred.
• Broad knowledge of SQL queries and data warehouses.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex data design and database architecture.
• Configure database parameters and review data accuracy.
• Manage and troubleshoot database applications.

Skills

AWS services (S3, Glue, Lambda)

AWS Databases (Aurora PostgreSQL)

CI/CD and deployment automation

Java EE/cloud technologies

Programming languages (Python, Scala)

Education

Bachelor’s or higher degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Job Overview

VARITE is looking for a qualified Data Architect‑III (ID: 7638). The position is remote, lasts 6+ months, and offers a pay rate of $82.79/hr – $121.17/hr on W2.

What does the client do?

Central banking system of the United States that manages monetary policy, regulates financial institutions, provides banking services, and acts as a lender of last resort during financial crises.

What do we do?

Established in 2000, VARITE is an award‑winning minority business enterprise providing global consulting and staffing services to Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies. With 850+ global consultants, we are committed to delivering excellence by leveraging our experience and expertise in comprehensive scientific, engineering, technical, and non‑technical staff augmentation and talent acquisition services.

Job Title

Data Architect – III (Remote)

Pay Rate

$82.79/hr – $121.17/hr on W2

Knowledge And Skills

• Experience using core AWS services to build and support data solutions leveraging architecture best practices (S3, Glue, Lambda)
• Expertise in AWS Storage (S3, EBS), AWS Databases (Aurora PostgreSQL), AWS Data Integration (Glue)
• Good understanding of AWS Identity and Access Management, AWS Networking, and AWS Monitoring tools
• Proficiency in CI/CD and deployment automation using GitLab pipeline
• Proficiency in cloud infrastructure provisioning tools (e.g., Terraform)
• Strong technical skill in software engineering for Java EE/Cloud technologies and proficiency in Java Lambdas, Streams API, functional programming
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (Python, Scala)
• Knowledge of Workday data tools including Adaptive & Prism (desirable)
• Knowledge of Ariba (desirable)

Qualifications

• 9+ years of relevant work experience
• Bachelor’s or higher degree in a relevant discipline
• Certification related to Information Technology preferred
• Broad knowledge of programming, SQL queries, data warehouses, relational databases, and quantitative/qualitative data analytic techniques
• Broad familiarity with analyzing performance measures, metrics, and developing balanced scorecards and dashboards

Responsibilities

• Responsible for complex data design, database architecture, metadata and repository creation, management, construction, and administration
• Configure database parameters, allocate resources, and review data loaded into databases for accuracy
• Lead troubleshooting of database applications, product support, analysis of data requirements, maintenance of application and processing architectures, and database schemas
• Establish integrity of complex data definitions and underlying data models, and monitor/audit overall data quality
• Lead improvements to increase efficiency of infrastructure and automation processes
• Produce complex data analytic models, ad‑hoc queries, and reports for distribution to Audit and business management; perform basic SQL queries for existing metrics and development of new metrics
• Lead software testing including code‑level/unit testing, ETL processes, SQL or reporting tools, and script development of moderate complexity
• Work and collaborate as part of an Agile team to develop and implement capabilities that enable decision‑making processes and procedures, including data, reporting, dashboards, metadata collection, metric collection, resolve data issues, data governance, data clean‑up and maintenance, data sharing agreement processes, etc.
• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical IT engineering designs that support infrastructure requirements of varying levels of technical and business application projects
• Complete analysis of business requirements as it relates to technical infrastructure design and ensure traceability of the design to the business requirements

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Equal Opportunity

VARITE is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.