SENIOR DATA ARCHITECT

Role Purpose.
The Senior Data architect is a core member of the agile team implementing BI & ML solutions.
The data architect designs and builds data models for such BI & ML solutions in order to fulfil the strategic data needs of the business  Key accountabilities and decision ownership.
•    Responsible for creating the structure and flow of data within the solution •    Develops data standards for a specific component while analysing where data standards have been applied or breached and undertakes an impact analysis of that breach and Generates a Common Information Model & Maps systems and interfaces used to manage data •    Investigates different data sources on the possible transport technologies (stream/batch, schedules/freshness) •    Collects, collates, cleanses, synthesises and interprets data to derive meaningful and actionable insights •    Sets standards for data management & discovers all relevant data sets from all stakeholders    Core competencies, knowledge and experience.
•    Real hands-on designing, maintaining and building conceptual, logical and physical database models •    Capable of taking responsibility for the assurance of data solutions and making recommendations to ensure compliance •    Understands data governance and how it works in relation to other organisational governance structures •    Understands the concepts and principles of data modelling and is able to produce, maintain and update relevant data models for specific business needs.
•    Undertakes data profiling, source system analysis, and can present clear insights to colleagues to support the end use of the data.
•    Awareness of ethical aspects of data •    Strong experience in Business Process Modelling (BPM) & different ETL tools •    Breadth of knowledge not only in established data management and reporting technologies, but also emerging data technologies.
(classic RDBM, columnar and NoSQL databases, Big Data Solutions, Data science, predictive analytics, data visualization,  unstructured data streaming technologies) •    Makes complex and technical information and language simple and accessible for non-technical audiences •    Uses the most appropriate medium to visualise/present data to tell compelling and actionable stories relevant for business goals   Must have technical / professional qualifications.
•    6+ Overall years of experience.
•    3+ Years’ experience in a similar role working with large-scale platforms.
•    4+ Years experience with an object-oriented programming language; preferably Python.
•    Hands on experience designing and implementing production grade data pipelines.
•    Hands on experience with any IaC tool, preferably Terraform.
•    Working in international, distributed teams  •    Experience of working on projects that span multi-disciplinary areas of differing size and complexity to meet business expectations and deliver results •    Confident and able to liaise and influence at all levels within Vodafone and/or relevant customer organizations •    Able to communicate effectively across organisational, technical, and political boundaries, understanding the context •    Google Certified Professional Cloud Architects are preferred.
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