Principal - Cloud Data Architect

LSEG•Raleigh, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

We're looking for an exceedingly versatile Senior Data Architect to work in Digital Identity & Fraud Engineering team. As a Senior Technologist in the team, you’ll be responsible for the technical direction of our Products, ensuring that we are using appropriate technologies and helping drive initiatives to bring customer value and efficiency in operation. You’ll work closely with enterprise teams ensuring technical choices are aligned with the overall architecture of our products. Mentoring members of the team also forms a crucial part of the role, working alongside the team management to ensure that the team has the capabilities it needs to deliver.

Requirements

12+ years of Proven ability implementing with a variety of on-premises and cloud data management, integration, visualization, and analytical technologies
Advanced proficiency in end-to-end data architecture solutions including ingestion, storage and relational modeling using industry standard languages including SQL and Python
Demonstrated 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), GraphQL and modern data warehouse tools including Snowflake and DataBricks
Ability to think strategically and relate architectural decisions and recommendations to customer needs.
Ability to assess traditional and modern data architectural components based on business needs
Familiarity with recommending data governance standard methodologies including MDM, security, privacy and policies.

Responsibilities

Designing secure, scalable, and cost-effective data architecture, working with multi-functional teams to lead the adoption and integration of AWS/Azure architecture services, and collaborating with data engineers to prepare and deliver raw data for prescriptive and predictive modeling
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
Motivating and developing staff through teaching, empowering, and influencing technical skills.
Collaborating with customers and development staff to ensure data architecture recommendations improve the value of client data across the organization
Driving innovative technology solutions through thought leadership on emerging trends
Sharing project solutions and outcomes with colleagues to improve delivery on future projects.