Job Title: Data Architect

Location: Corvallis, OR

Position Type: Fulltime/Contract

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• At least 15 years’ experience in data engineering , AI ML and Aws/Azure
• Architect, Design and implement distributed data processing pipelines using Spark, Python, SQL and other tools and languages prevalent in the Big Data/Lakehouse ecosystem.
• Experience in AI and ML on AWS/AZURE
• Analyzes design and determines coding, programming, and integration activities required based on general objectives.
• Play the technical lead role representing deliverables from vendor team resources at onsite and offshore locations.
• Lead the technical co-ordination and Business Knowledge transition activities to offshore team.
• Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with architecture, security and quality guidelines and standards.
• Writes and executes complete testing plans, protocols, and documentation for assigned portion of data system or component; identifies defects and creates solutions for issues with code and integration into data system architecture.
• Collaborates and communicates with project team regarding project progress and issue resolution.
• Works with the data engineering team for all phases of larger and more-complex development projects and engages with external users on business and technical requirements.
• Collaborates with peers, engineers, data scientists and project team.
• Typically interacts with high-level Individual Contributors, Managers and Program Teams on a daily/weekly basis.

What you bring:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or equivalent.
• 6 years of relevant experience with detailed knowledge of data technical architectures, infrastructure components, ETL/ ELT and reporting/analytic tools.
• 3 years of experience with Cloud based DW such as Redshift, Snowflake etc.
• 3 years’ experience in Big Data Distributed ecosystems (Hadoop, SPARK, Unity Catalog & Delta Lake)
• 3 years experience in Workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow etc.
• 3 years’ experience in Big Data Distributed systems such as Databricks, AWS EMR, AWS Glue etc. 
• Leverage monitoring tools/frameworks, like Splunk, Grafana, CloudWatch etc.
• Experience with container management frameworks such as Docker, Kubernetes, ECR etc.
• 3 year’s working with multiple Big Data file formats (Parquet, Delta Lake)
• Experience working on CI/CD processes such as Jenkins, Codeway etc. and source control tools such as GitHub, etc.
• Strong experience in coding languages like Python, Scala & Java

Knowledge and Skills:

• Fluent in relational based systems and writing complex SQL.
• Fluent in complex, distributed and massively parallel systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to represent complex algorithms in software.
• Strong understanding of database technologies and management systems.
• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Database architecture testing methodology, including execution of test plans, debugging, and testing scripts and tools.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with visualization tools such as PowerBI, Tableau etc.
• Experience with transformation tools such as dbt.
• Have experience in building realtime streaming data pipelines
• Experience in pub/sub streaming technologies like Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Streaming etc.