Data Architect

Company Description

Oteemo is a dynamic and innovative technology company at the forefront of Digital Transformation. We specialize in empowering enterprise organizations to thrive in the ever-evolving digital landscape through cutting-edge solutions and end-to-end consulting services. We are a team dedicated to driving growth, optimizing operations, and enhancing experiences for our clients. If you are a visionary professional seeking to make a significant impact in the world of technology and innovation, we invite you to explore exciting opportunities at Oteemo. 

Job Description

The Data Architect is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines and architectures to support data-driven decision-making. This role involves developing ETL/ELT processes, optimizing data storage and retrieval, and ensuring data quality, security, and integrity. The engineer works closely with data scientists, analysts, and software engineers to integrate data from multiple sources and enable efficient data processing. Additionally, they will implement best practices for data governance, performance tuning, and automation while staying up to date with emerging data technologies and methodologies. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Hybrid in Manassas, VA.

• Lead the design and architecture of scalable data pipelines and data architectures to support strategic, data-driven decision-making across the organization.

• Provide expert recommendations to customers on best practices for ETL/ELT processes, data storage optimization, and retrieval strategies, ensuring alignment with business goals and scalability.

• Oversee the integration of data from multiple sources, collaborating with data scientists, analysts, and engineers to ensure seamless data flow and processing.

• Architect data solutions that prioritize data quality, security, and integrity, ensuring compliance with governance standards.

• Lead initiatives for performance tuning, automation, and the implementation of data governance frameworks to enhance data processing efficiency.

• Stay ahead of emerging data technologies and methodologies, continuously evaluating and integrating relevant innovations into the data architecture.

• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering best practices in data engineering and promoting continuous learning within the team.

Qualifications

• Active Secret or Top-Secret Clearance. 

• 10 years of experience in designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines, with expertise in ETL/ELT processes and data integration. 

• Strong proficiency in optimizing data storage, retrieval, and performance, ensuring data quality, security, and integrity. 

• Proven leadership in guiding data engineering projects, mentoring teams, and providing strategic recommendations to customers. 

• In-depth knowledge of data governance best practices and compliance standards. 

• Expertise with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and data processing tools (e.g., Apache Spark, Kafka, Hadoop). 

Additional Information

We Value:

• Drive: Passion and energy to implement quality technical solutions. Self-motivation and intellectual curiosity
• Commitment to Quality: Passion to conceive and produce world-class solutions that drive real-world value for the customer
• Customer Focus: Consultative approach to solving problems for customers. Expectations management.
• Communication: Superior communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate problems, solutions, risks, rewards etc. (written and verbal)
• Technical Skills: Love for technology. You have to be inherently passionate about technology.
• Business Acumen: Technology ultimately is used to enable the business. We look for people who understand how the businesses can be enabled through their technical solutions

What we offer:

• Ability to make a noticeable difference for the organization and our customers
• Tremendous growth opportunity by becoming part of a rapidly growing organization. It’s not your tenure but what you can bring to the table that defines how your career will be shaped. You control your growth.
• Complex but interesting challenges to improve the depth and breadth of your technical and business skills. Our consultants are business technologists and understand how technology drives business. 
• Competitive pay and benefits

Oteemo is an equal employment and affirmative action employer. We evaluate qualified applicants on merit and business needs and not on race, color, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other factor protected by law. Oteemo complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled employees.