Associate Principal Data and Analytics Platforms Architect

Exelixis • Alameda, CA

15d • $182,000 - $259,000

About The Position

The Associate Principal Data and Analytics Platforms Architect will support the design and creation of cloud-based products and services to meet the technology needs of Exelixis. This position will help define and design our cloud platform, which includes cloud automation tools and standards, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps tooling and AWS account provisioning automation. This position will also work with application support teams to re-define the interface between our cloud platform products and application installation and configuration processes.

Requirements

• Proven experience architecting and implementing lake house architectures on AWS data technologies (Glue, Lake Formation, RedShift, Athena) and Databricks
• Proven experience designing, developing, and managing data engineering pipelines at scale
• Expertise in various data modeling techniques (conceptual, logical, and physical)
• Expertise in programming languages and frameworks such as DBT, Python, SparkSQL and SQL
• Deep knowledge of the AWS services, including IAM, security, data storage, data processing, compute, and analytics services.
• Strong understanding of modern data architecture patterns (e.g. data mesh, lakehouse).
• Hands-on experience with big data technologies like Apache Spark, AWS Glue, DataBricks, Apache Iceberg, and Delta Tables
• At least 10 years of experience in cloud infrastructure in a highly available and production environment.
• Advanced level knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), especially with services related to hosting: EC2, RDS, Systems Manager, IAM, etc.
• Advanced level knowledge with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, especially Terraform.
• Intermediate level knowledge with cloud and infrastructure automation.
• Intermediate level knowledge of modern development and deployment practices of continuous integration and continuous deployment.
• Master's degree in a relevant field and 9 years of experience; or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 11 years of related experience; or Equivalent combination of education or years of experience

Nice To Haves

• Professional AWS and Data Bricks certifications are highly valued and relevant.
• Experience working in a SOX and FDA regulated environment is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create and lead the implementation of robust, scalable, and secure data architecture strategies on AWS and Databricks to support advanced analytics and AI/ML initiatives.
• Design and implement data ingestion, processing, storage, and reporting solutions leveraging AWS services like S3, Glue, Redhsift, Lake Formation, Athena Kinesis, MSK, EC2, ECS, Data Bricks
• Provide expert guidance and hands-on development on the AWS and Databricks data technologies
• Develop and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models, and design data lakes and data warehouses for optimal performance.
• Establish and enforce data governance policies, data quality standards, security protocols, and compliance frameworks (e.g. FAIR, GxP, HIPAA, IAM, Data Mesh).
• Implement and manage AWS Lake Formation and Databricks Unity Catalog to enable centralized, fine-grained data governance across all data assets.
• Design and develop scalable and resilient application compute infrastructure using AWS EKS and ECS
• Lead the development of automated CI/CD pipelines for notebooks, jobs, and infrastructure-as-code for AWS, DBT, and Databricks environment.
• Utilize tools like GitHub Actions or Jenkins to automate deployments and promote consistent releases.
• Manage and optimize AWS, Databricks and other data platform resource utilization to maintain cost-effectiveness
• Design and implement a multi-layered Medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) using Delta Lake to ensure data quality and reliability.
• Develop and publish data engineering best practices and patterns
• Supports the translation of overall direction and strategy and communicates across organizational levels and functions.
• Works toward long-range goals and objectives.
• Assignments are primarily self-initiated.
• Understands key business processes and business areas.
• Acts as resource and provides direction to others.
• Guides the successful completion of major initiatives or programs and leads large complex projects.
• Refine end-to-end development processes, from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring.
• Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results.
• Work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious.
• Develops and applies complex and often long-term strategies on specific projects.
• Act as the technical expert to be sought for guidance on new technology direction.
• Translates overall direction and strategy and communicates across organizational levels, to influence executives when needed.
• Leads strategic initiatives and ensure successful executions
• Act as organization spokesperson on advanced projects and/or programs.
• Acts as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications.
• Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.
• Own the oversight of documentation of infrastructure and work instructions for systems and applications.
• Develop approaches and implement solutions to mitigate future incidents.
• Ensure that completed work delivers long-term value and enhances platform performance to maintain maximum functionality.
• Make decisions regarding access, permissions, and security controls across systems.
• Serve as the SME for general engineering issues and platform strategy.
• Mentor and coach engineers across the team, fostering technical excellence.
• Keep abreast of industry trends and evaluate platform needs for future growth.

Benefits

• Exelixis offers comprehensive employee benefits package, including a 401k plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
• Employees are also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus program, or if field sales staff, a sales-based incentive plan.
• Exelixis also offers employees the opportunity to purchase company stock, and receive long-term incentives, 15 accrued vacation days in their first year, 17 paid holidays including a company-wide winter shutdown in December, and up to 10 sick days throughout the calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees