Data Architect (Remote)

Teaching Strategies - Denton, TX

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Denton, TX

1-10 employees

Educational Services

About the position

The Data Architect at Teaching Strategies, LLC is a pivotal role focused on designing and implementing data architecture to support the company's data strategy. This position collaborates closely with the VP of Data and AI/ML, as well as data engineers and analysts, to enhance reporting capabilities and streamline data processes. The role emphasizes the importance of data in achieving organizational goals and involves exploring innovative data platform patterns to meet the growing needs of the business.

Responsibilities

• Execute proof-of-concepts (POCs) to inform the path forward for the data platform.
• Set data standards within the Data teams and influence data patterns across the engineering organization.
• Work closely with members of the data team to implement the selected data platform, reporting framework, and BI solutions.
• Identify areas for improvement in the data platform, visualizations, and data patterns.
• Partner with Information Security to protect the security of data and personally identifiable information (PII).
• Collaborate with Infrastructure to develop and deploy new services and third-party tooling.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; master's degree preferred.
• Deep knowledge of multiple data architectures, including medallion and data lakehouse architectures.
• Experience identifying and implementing data platforms, reporting frameworks, and BI tools.
• Hands-on experience in building and optimizing big data pipelines and architectures.
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and other data processing languages.
• Expertise with Spark, EMR, and other big data tools like Hadoop, Delta Tables, and Kafka.
• Solid grasp on data modeling, data warehousing, and ETL techniques.
• Knowledge of AWS and GCP cloud services.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience standing up and utilizing Snowflake, Databricks, or large data platforms is preferred.
• Strong collaborator with keen attention to detail.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication abilities.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Paid holidays
• Health insurance
• Unlimited paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible schedule