Data Solutions Architect

Key Skills

Algorithms, Amazon Athena, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud-EC2, Amazon RedShift, AWS, AWS Aurora, AWS Glue, AWS Kinesis, Data Analytics, Data management, Data structuring, Effective communication skills, English Proficiency, ETL/ELT technologies, PowerBI

Job Description

N-iX is looking for a Data Solutions Architect to join our team. Our customer is the leading school transportation provider in North America, being the owner of more than a half of all yellow school buses in the United States. Every day, the company completes 5 million student journeys, moving more passengers than all U.S. airlines combined and delivers reliable, quality services for 1,100 school districts. 

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a primary technical associate of the business improvement team in assisting customer success in creating data analytics solutions
• Conduct in-depth analysis of existing data systems, identify areas for improvement, and provide recommendations for architectural enhancements
• Design end-to-end data architectures, including data ingestion, storage, processing, integration, and visualization, to meet clients' specific business needs
• Develop data models, data flows, and data integration strategies to ensure seamless and efficient data management across various systems and platforms
• Provide guidance and technical expertise to development teams in implementing data solutions, ensuring compliance with best practices and industry standards
• Perform data profiling, data quality assessments, and data governance activities to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and security
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to enable advanced analytics and data-driven insights through the implementation of appropriate data structures and algorithms
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends, technologies, and industry best practices in data architecture, analytics, and cloud computing, and provide thought leadership to the team
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic recommendations and guidance on data-related initiatives

Requirements:

• Proven experience (3+ years) working as a Data Solutions Architect or a similar role in a consulting environment
• At least 8 years experience in IT with a focus on Data Engineering
• Proven experience with AWS Redshift, AWS Aurora, AWS Glue, AWS Lake Formation, AWS S3, AWS Lambda, AWS Kinesis
• Proven experience with MDM
• Experience with designing data platforms on AWS
• Experience with data governance (Atlan, Collibra) and reporting (PowerBI)
• Extensive knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, data warehouses, ETL/ELT processes, and data management tools
• Conversational English level (B2+)
• Experience with various kinds of models including but not limited to C4, 4+1

We offer:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
• A competitive salary and good compensation package
• Personalized career growth
• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
• Education reimbursement
• Paid vacation days, sick leaves, and days off
• Healthcare & Sport program
• Medical insurance
• Memorable anniversary presents
• Corporate events and team buildings.