BI Architect

BI Architect

An Business Intelligence Architect with a primary focus of this position to provide technology leadership, architectural guidance, technological recommendations, reusable solutions and transition strategies that support the development and implementation of information-intensive initiatives based on common practices for multiple complex projects within the various portfolios within Risk Control.

This role should have 8-9 years of experience delivering large, complex enterprise information systems involving complex integration of multiple technologies. Candidate must be experienced in solving architecture concerns on a large scale. The candidate must also have a solid working knowledge of capabilities and direction of technology, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of the technology required and the needs of business environment necessary to support assigned projects.

Must Have:

• Capable of understanding the current Architecture, landscape and recommend changes
• Recommend resource needs both software and data flow
• The person will be involved on both App and BI systems and highly visible
• Working experience on architecture blueprinting, designing solutions
• ETL Tool preferred - Ab Initio
• RDMBS (or equivalent) - Teradata/SQL Server
• BI (or equivalent)- Cognos
• Data visualization tools – Qlikview

Other ideal qualifications include experiences in:

• Data design tools (ERWin or equivalent)
• Metadata management
• Transaction design (OLTP, Batch, etc.)
• Security
• Relational and dimensional modeling
• Demonstrates sound analytical and diagnostic skills dealing with issues that are not readily defined and/or conflict with available information
• Understands where to obtain information needed to make the appropriate decisions
• Demonstrates ability to break down a problem to manageable pieces and implement effective, timely solutions
• Identifies the problem versus the symptom
• Manages problems that require involvement of others to solve
• Reaches sound decisions quickly
• Carefully evaluates alternative risks and solutions before taking action
• Optimizes the use of all available resources
• Develops solutions to meet business needs that reflect a clear understanding of the objectives, practices and procedures of the corporation, department and business unit
• Agile project excution methodology (SaFe Agile)

Responsibilities:

• Under the direction of the Portfolio Architect, assists with architectural strategic thinking, information solutions, and roadmaps to drive architectural recommendations
• Supports maintenance of plans to address significant architecture gaps between current and target state
• Provides information architecture services to project teams. Solutions provided must meet availability requirements and adhere to Traveler's standards
• Participates in 'reuse, buy and build' decisions
• Ensures architectural compliance of solutions and introduces recommendations for changes to reference models when needed
• Collaborates with business leaders to determine how to best use technology to enable growth and success (e.g. operational reporting and advanced analytics)
• Participates in defining and driving architecture competencies, processes, and best practices across Business Insurance
• Understands potential impacts of proposed solutions on other systems, processes or projects. Articulates and documents designs, considering tradeoffs, costs, and benefits
• Develops ongoing knowledge of current and emerging technologies. Identifies new and emerging solutions, assessing relevance and potential value to the organization, and presents findings to teammates and management
• Participates in day-to-day execution of the architecture strategy
• Within the Business Insurance governance process, assist in the development of blueprints and design reviews to ensure architectural compliance of solutions
• Works within a single project to develop, communicate, and mentor others on information design/implementation standards, guidelines and best practices
• Identify and Manage Architecture Risks
• Stakeholder Management