Principal Data Architect: Data Movement, Enrichment, and Orchestration

Company : enGen Job Description : JOB SUMMARY We are seeking a hands-on

Principal Data Architect to serve as a leader in our ongoing data and digital

transformation, leveraging a modern open data ecosystem build on foundational

iceberg lakehouse patterns for both humans and AI to thrive. This role will own

defining and delivering our enterprise strategy and architectural approach

towards data movement [including integration and interoperability], Enrichment,

and Orchestration. This scope will span the full enterprise of a complex hybrid

ecosystem: We are not a skunkworks team just trying out new technology and you

will make our implementations with dbt, airflow, kafka, and iceberg real for a

$30B+ company impacting millions of lives across the country. Not only will this

person be a leader of our rapid modernization but will insistently keep a

business and customer first mentality. The right leader understands the

efficiencies and innovations needed to transform will also couple with

deprecating a number of existing operational/legacy platforms. We require a

natural thought leader and strategic advisor, shaping and driving the evolution

of complex architectures across multiple domains, necessitating tradeoffs on

time, cost, and complexity, but never trading off the positive experiences and

impacts to our members. Success in this role requires experience driving

adoption of best practices and emerging technologies (ie lakehouse, iceberg, ELT

vs ETL, and open source trends and tradeoffs), driving innovation and continuous

improvement across the organization (teaching and mentoring is a passion for

this person), and understanding the evolution of the space and patterns to make

decisions that set the company and teams up for success short, mid, and

long-term (ie you know what’s ready for exploration vs what’s ready for

enterprise scale). ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES Lead the development and

articulation of complex architecture vision and strategy, ensuring alignment

with business goals and strategic initiatives. Champion the adoption of best

practices and emerging technologies, driving innovation and continuous

improvement across the organization. Collaborate with senior stakeholders across

the organization, influencing decision-making and ensuring alignment on complex

architectural solutions. Lead the evaluation and selection of new technologies

and solutions, ensuring they meet the organization's evolving needs and

strategic direction. Develop and maintain comprehensive architectural

documentation, ensuring clarity and consistency across all stakeholders.

Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks and challenges, ensuring the

successful implementation and ongoing operation of complex architectures. Serve

as a subject matter expert and advocate for architectural best practices,

contributing to the development of organizational standards and policies.

Provide expert guidance and mentorship, fostering a culture of collaboration and

knowledge sharing. Other duties as assigned or requested. EXPERIENCE Required 10

years of experience in Architecture, design, and implementation of complex

systems and solutions. Preferred 5+ years of enterprise data architecture

experience driving transformation through data platform modernization 5+ years

of architecture frameworks and methodologies: This person will have a strong

opinion of if medallion architecture is a framework, methodology, or a marketing

term (You might get bonus points with examples of all three being an “ok” answer

and may give a good use case argument where each may be the “best” answer) 7+

years of experience with data movement platforms as an engineer, architect, or

technical product manager/owner Strong experience and knowledge of the below

relevant platforms to this role: (Most critical being Airflow, Kafka, Flink,

Iceberg Lakehouse and DBT) Heavy Emphasis for Modernization: Google Cloud

Platform (GCP), Airflow (including CloudComposer), Beam (including DataFlow),

DBT, Kafka (Confluent), Flink (Confluent), Spark (including DataProc and

Databricks), Iceberg Format, Monte Carlo, Dynatrace, Atlan, Starburst, VertexAI,

GitLab, GPT, and more SKILLS Architecture frameworks and methodologies Software

Development Knowledge of emerging technologies Strategic thinking and

influencing Critical thinking and decision making While not required to possess

expertise in all of the following technologies/areas, Principal Architects must

demonstrate proficiency in those relevant to the applications they support: IMS,

DB2, Oracle, Teradata, Data Warehousing, COBAL, Visual Basic, C, C++, SAS,

Java/JavaScript Framework, PEGA, CSS3, Mobile, JSON, Cognos, Hadoop, SQL, J2EE,

HTML5/XML, Waterfall, Agile. EDUCATION Required Bachelor’s degree in Computer

Science, Information Technology or closely related discipline Preferred Master's

degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or closely related discipline

LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS Required None Preferred None Language (Other than

English): None Travel Requirement: 0% - 25% PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING

CONDITIONS Position Type Office- or Remote-based Teaches / trains others

Occasionally Travel from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site

Rarely Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales

employees) Never Physical work site required No Lifting: up to 10 pounds

Constantly Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds Occasionally Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds Rarely

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