Data Model Architect

002 K12 Services Inc.; Virginia (IL); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Stride, Inc. is seeking a Data Model Architect to design and implement enterprise databases, working closely with platform architects, product owners, and data analysts to deliver scalable data modeling solutions.

The role emphasizes reducing data redundancy and improving information management across the enterprise. Applicants should have strong knowledge of data warehousing and excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex requirements into robust data models.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years of hands-on data modeling experience.
• Familiarity with metadata management and related tools.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Understanding of DataOps, CI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and translate business needs into supporting, conceptual data models.
• Work with development teams to create physical data models and road maps.
• Develop best practices for data model development to ensure consistency.
• Ensure data models adhere to governance objectives.
• Review data models in data systems for variances, efficiency and interoperability.
• Evangelize data models across business units to support varying needs.
• Troubleshoot and optimize data models.

Skills

Data modeling

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Troubleshooting

Attention to detail

DevOps awareness

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IS/CS/Engineering

CBIP Certification

Tools

Dbt

Snowflake

Alation

Power BI

Jenkins

Job description

Job Description Summary: The Data Model Architect assists with the design and implementation of company databases. As a data modeler architect, you will be working closely with platform architects, product owners and data analysts to implement data modeling solutions that streamline and support enterprise information management. To ensure success as a data model architect, you should have in-depth knowledge of data warehousing, as well as expert communication skills. Ultimately, a top-notch data model architect should be able to design models that reduce data redundancy, streamline data movements, and improve enterprise information management.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Analyzing and translating business needs into supporting, conceptual data models;
• Working with development teams to create physical data models and implementation road maps;
• Developing best practices for data model development to ensure consistency;
• Ensuring data models adhere to data classification and governance objectives;
• Reviewing data models in data systems for variances, efficiency, and interoperability;
• Evangelizing data models and aligning their use to support a variety of business needs;
• Troubleshooting and optimizing data models.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Five (5) years of hands-on experience with relational and dimensional data modeling

Certificates and Licenses: CBIP Certification a plus.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Expert knowledge of metadata management and related tools
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Advanced troubleshooting skills
• Detail oriented, capable of envisioning edge-cases that are likely to happen in the real data sets
• Aware of software engineering / DevOps best practices (Source control & branching patterns, automated testing, automated deployments)
• Ideally capable of writing data transformations in code, but in some organizations may utilize a GUI tool
• Understanding of modern CI / CD practices and principles, with experience in Jenkins development preferred
• Strong understanding of DataOps principles
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency.
• Ability to travel 10% of the time
• Ability to clear required background check desired Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in information systems, computer science, engineering or other relevant discipline Familiarity with Dbt, Snowflake, Alation, Power BI

Compensation & Benefits

Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range. We anticipate the salary range to be $70,202.25- $111,000.00. An individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors which include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• This is a home based position. This position is open to residents of, and may be performed remotely from Washington, D.C.

Job Type Regular

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting [e-mail].

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. For more than 20 years, Stride, Inc. has transformed the teaching and learning experience for millions of people by providing innovative, high-quality, tech-enabled education solutions, curriculum, and programs. Stride serves learners of all ages in all 50 states and more than 100 countries. At Stride, learning is essential. It is the foundation of the human experience and we are proud of our commitment to powering learning, no matter what stage of life you are in. For more than 20 years, we’ve worked to challenge the idea of one‑size‑fits‑all education and provide personalized, online, lifelong learning at every step of the journey. Above all else, we believe in serving the communities we live in and creating space for all voices therein.