Data Architect

Position Title - Data Architect

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Position Summary

Responsible for steering the investments made in our data and analytics platforms and underlying infrastructure to enable new or enhance existing capabilities with strong collaboration with data product management, data architecture, governance and engineering teams to achieve our shared goals and the desire to drive our emerging data products forward to enable and support AEI’s business.

Responsibilities:

• Create AEI's Data Architecture vision covering all Data & Analytics components, enterprise-wide baseline and target data architectures.
• Support in Data & Analytics solutions and product development as Data architect in terms of Data architecture, standards, best practices, assets and frameworks
• Responsible for the design and implementation of AEI’s enterprise data architecture, ensuring current and future business data and analytical needs.
• Be the custodian of enterprise-wide data lineage from source to target and able to deep dive vertically when required.
• Develop holistic roadmap of Data architecture change initiatives across AEI, lead from the front to consolidate data requirements across different initiatives
• Mentor and provide technical oversight to Data Solution Architects, Data Engineers in creating data products to Business adhering to the data architecture and governance standards
• Plan for team capability growth considering the skills required within the data architecture team and to assist in resourcing decisions
• Key stakeholder and advisor in all new strategic data and analytics initiatives and ensure alignment to the enterprise data strategy
• To drive consistent data standards and approaches, building an environment that encourages continuous improvement and innovation
• Responsible for the definition and development of data architecture principles, guidelines, data services, analytical tools, standards, and frameworks required to support AEI Data architecture
• Define Data migration strategy and device the implementation approach
• Provide Data Architecture expertise for Projects Delivery, working with Product Mangers and solution architects
• Work with Enterprise Application teams, stakeholders and Partners to understand target data architecture delivery dependencies and align delivery timelines
• Provide architectural support to operations and project delivery teams
• Lead the data solution design efforts and synergize with Data Governance processes
• Creating templates for data architecture deliverables and artifacts for Projects and supporting data solution architects to complete
• Evaluate new trends, architect, and deploy new tools, frameworks, and patterns to build sustainable Big Data and Cloud platforms
• Accountable for defining key indicators of the performance of the Data Architecture
• Accountable for assuring the alignment of data architecture to the target by decision and coordination among cross projects and enterprise
• As SAP Data Architect, the candidate needs the own the following (not limited to) deliverables
• AEI’s Baseline and Target state
• Catalogue of data sources and systems
• Data Architecture Artifacts and Design documents
• Data Architecture standards, principles and guidelines
• Data Lineage through Systems

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in data and analytics, with a strong track record as a Data Architect on large-scale and Big Data initiatives.
• Deep expertise in data architecture practises, data modelling, and modern data platform design and databricks.
• Hands-on exposure to public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Experience with master data management, metadata management.
• Hands-on experience with Data Mesh, data lakes, data warehouses, and Lakehouse architectures.
• Proficiency in Spark, SQL, Python, data ingestion techniques.
• Good to have experience in SAP Data & Analytics solutions.
• Data architecture practices with cloud.
• Data Modelling techniques
• Big Data
• Modern data architecture design
• Databricks and Unity catalog
• Public cloud platform Azure or AWS or GCP.
• Spark, SQL, Python
• Experience of Data modelling tools
• Experience of Data Architecture design tools
• Experience of AI/ML architecture
• GenAI / RAG data architectures
• Experience designing data architecture for RAG / knowledge retrieval
• Strong understanding of data suitability for ML
• SAP MDG, Data Solutions Design, Data Integration, Data Modelling.
• Knowledge of Data Governance, Security, Privacy, and Compliance requirements for an enterprise.
• Experience with Data Dictionary and Cataloguing.
• Strong knowledge of industry best practices around modern data architecture.
• Good to have knowledge in manufacturing and quality domain.

Additional Attributes:

• Analytical, structured thinker with effective leadership and communication skills.
• Background in ERP, Manufacturing, Engineering, and Supply Chain is preferable.

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees in order to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce. Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate.

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