Data Architect

Data Architect

Location – Chicago, IL/ Boston, MA / Remote

Client – Consulting (Fortune 10)

10-15 YEARS IN EXPERIENCE

Job Description

• Must have skills: Kafka, Cassandra, Python, public cloud platform preferably IBM Cloud

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working in an architect role in big data and cloud solutions.

• Proficient in writing and reviewing excellent quality code preferably in Python

• Implementation experience of 2-3 projects of handling batch, real-time and near real-time data processing.

• Experience with multi-tenant product/solution development

• Strong experience with pub/sub tools like Kafka, Kinesis etc

• Strong experience with No SQL databases like Cassandra, MongoDB etc.

• Should exhibit a positive attitude and excellent communication skills to effectively share your knowledge.

• Work closely with business team to understand solution requirements and propose fit-for-purpose architecture

• Execute the hands-on implementation of proposed solutions and provide technical guidance to teams during the solutions’ development and deployment phases

• Work closely with Infrastructure and InfoSec teams to validate proposed solutions architecture and assist them with due diligence of the same

• Proactively provide team members with the information and guidance of engineering methodologies, standards, and best practices around big data and cloud solutions.

• Identify, communicate, and mitigate the assumptions, issues, and risks that occur throughout the entire project lifecycle

• Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner

Job Requirements

• Bachelors or master’s in computer science or equivalent certification

• Skills to communicate complex ideas effectively

What Are Your Responsibilities:

• Understanding the client’s business use cases and technical requirements and be able to convert them into technical design which elegantly meets the requirements.

• Mapping decisions with requirements and be able to translate the same to developers.

• Identifying different solutions and being able to narrow down the best option that meets the client’s requirements.

• Defining guidelines and benchmarks for NFR considerations during project implementation

• Writing and reviewing design document explaining overall architecture, framework, and high-level design of the application for the developers

• Reviewing architecture and design on various aspects like extensibility, scalability, security, design patterns, user experience, NFRs, etc., and ensure that all relevant best practices are followed.

• Developing and designing the overall solution for defined functional and non-functional requirements; and defining technologies, patterns, and frameworks to materialize it

• Understanding and relating technology integration scenarios and applying these learnings in projects

• Resolving issues that are raised during code/review, through exhaustive systematic analysis of the root cause, and being able to justify the decision taken.

• Conducting POCs to make sure that suggested design/technologies meet the requirements.