Sr. Data Architect

$61,000 - $213,800/Yr

CGI - Fort Lauderdale, FL

Full-time - Senior

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

We're a hard-working team of tech enthusiasts and professionals on a mission to reshape the future. We've got everything from pioneering projects that challenge your skills to an encouraging and inclusive work environment that fuels your growth. Plus, we offer unparalleled opportunities for professional development, empowering you to stay at the forefront of the ever-evolving tech landscape. We are on the look-out for a top-tier Data Architect proficient in Cloud platforms, particularly Azure, with extensive knowledge of Azure Data Storage and Management components (ADLS, Blob, SQL Server, Synapse), Azure DevOps, and hands-on experience in setting up Synapse environment for analytics. The ideal candidate must demonstrate proficiency in all Synapse components, including Data Ingestion (Azure Data Factory), Notebooks, and Azure Analytics (Power BI). This position is open to candidates Located near a CGI office with preference to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, area.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Data Governance meeting to provide guidance and advocate how we can help the business be more successful, including participation with Data Management organizations to Define ownership, usage, security, and quality for all data.
• Work directly with Data Analysts, Solution Architects and Vendors to understand and validate requirements and translate business requirements into technical requirements and designs.
• Develop strategies for data acquisitions, archive recovery, and implementation of a database.
• Logical design of Databases, Data Warehouses and Multidimensional Databases including data flows, conception model and logical models.
• Serve as a consulting resource for Delivery and Support.
• Create strategy and recommendations on a company's future data and tech policies.
• Collaborate with other team members to build the ideal database, data integration and business intelligence infrastructure and platforms.
• Establish Data Architecture Design Patterns and best practices.
• Be forward thinking on new technologies and patterns.
• Develop technology strategy and roadmaps.

Requirements

• 10+ years' experience in IT.
• 5+ years' experience as a cloud Solution/Data Architect.
• 2+ years hands-on experience on Azure and Synapse platform setup, configuration, security implementation, naming conventions and standards establishment.
• Experience in creating and maintaining optimized Views, performance tuning, Cost Optimization, etc.
• In-depth knowledge of Synapse architecture components and functions of each including serverless and dedicated engines, Spark, SQL, etc.
• Lead/help migration and modernization of on-premises DW objects into a well-designed and well-tuned Synapse Analytics environment.
• Lead the implementation of multiple logical data layers on Synapse for various purposes, e.g. Data Lake/Raw, Sand Box, Curated/Cleansed Layer, Analytics/Integrated layer, etc.
• Support Data Engineers as well as BI developers to leverage Synapse Pipeline and Power BI respectively to access ‘Synapse defined objects.
• Help Implement proper CICD and DevOps processes and standards.
• Extensive knowledge of DW and Analytics concepts and design principles.
• Ability to guide and provide mentoring and documentation to other technical resources.
• Experience with other Cloud Data Platforms such as Snowflake is a plus.
• Experience documenting, presenting, and leading the team with proposed solutions.
• Knowledge of Azure AD security integration and its implementation in a synapse environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with other Cloud Data Platforms such as Snowflake is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive base salaries
• Eligibility to participate in an attractive Share Purchase Plan (SPP) in which the company matches dollar-for-dollar contributions made by eligible employees, up to a maximum, for their job category
• 401(k) Plan and Profit Participation for eligible members
• Generous holidays, vacation, and sick leave plans
• Comprehensive insurance plans that include, among other benefits, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, out-of-county emergency coverage in all countries of employment.
• Back-up childcare, Pet insurance, a Member Assistance Program, a 529 college savings program, a personal financial management tool, lifestyle management programs and more