Apogee Enterprises - Minneapolis, MN
posted 2 months ago
In this highly visible role, the Data Architect will provide key leadership on all aspects of Apogee Services Inc.'s data platform. This position involves implementing architectural standards, frameworks, and solutions across Data Engineering, Data Quality, and Infrastructure teams as technology emerges and as the business requires. The Data Architect will lead the design of architectural roadmaps, database, data access, and data technology architecture for the company's Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Analytics environment. This role requires expertise in the overall data ecosystem's engineering best practices, standards, architectural approaches, and complex technical solutions. The Data Architect will also be responsible for developing, presenting, and explaining the value and vision of proposed architectures and solutions to a wide range of audiences, as well as formulating best practices and organizing processes for data management, governance, and evolution. The Data Architect will evolve the enterprise data analytics platform and related capabilities by evaluating the existing data platform and creating a data modernization roadmap. They will design and implement solutions to meet business and IT needs, ensuring the technical viability of new projects, successful deployments, orchestration of key resources, and adoption of key data technologies such as Profisee MDM, Snowflake, Azure Data Services (including Azure SQL DB, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL DW, and SQL Server). Additionally, the Data Architect will deploy enterprise data models for multiple functional areas and mentor others in non-enterprise data modeling. Collaboration with Data Engineers and the Visualization Hub leader will be essential to define best practices for Data Analytics toolsets across Apogee. Furthermore, the Data Architect will partner with business stakeholders to develop business requirements for new requests, including project concept, scope, benefit, budget, and timelines. Engaging with Data Platform customers and partners to understand their needs and providing suggestions and guidance on appropriate data platform techniques will be a key responsibility. The Data Architect will also mentor Team Architects, Engineers, and Analysts, guiding Business Analysts and Engineers in the completion of assigned projects and project tasks. This role requires working with IT across the technology organization to deliver the strategy through clear leadership, direction, influence, and integration with agile development processes.