Solutions Architect (Data Analytics)

Vallum Associates
Slough, England
11 months ago
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Responsibilities:

  • 16-18+ years of total experience in DWBI, Big Data, Cloud Technologies
  • Implementation experience and hands on experience in either of the 2 Cloud technologies – Azure, AWS, GCP, Snowflake, Databricks
  • Must Have Hands on experience on at least 2 Hyperscalers (GCP/AWS/Azure platforms) and specifically in Big Data processing services (Apache Spark, Beam or equivalent).
  • In-depth knowledge on key technologies like Big Query/Redshift/Synapse/Pub Sub/Kinesis/MQ/Event Hubs, Kafka Dataflow/Airflow/ADF etc.
  • Excellent consulting experience and ability to design and build solutions, actively contribute to RfP response.
  • Ability to be a SPOC for all technical discussions across industry groups.
  • Excellent design experience, with entrepreneurship skills to own and lead solutions for clients
  • Excellent ETL skills, Data Modeling Skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to define the monitoring, alerting, deployment strategies for various services.
  • Experience providing solution for resiliency, fail over, monitoring etc.
  • Good to have working knowledge of Jenkins, Terraform, StackDriver or any other DevOps tools.
  • Design and implement effective database solutions and models to store and retrieve data.
  • Examine and identify database structural necessities by evaluating client operations, applications, and programming.
  • Ability to articulate and write POVs on new and old technologies
  • Ability to recommend solutions to improve new and existing database systems.
  • Assess data implementation procedures to ensure they comply with internal and external regulations.
  • Install and organize information systems to guarantee functionality.
  • Prepare accurate database design and architecture reports for management and executive teams.
  • Oversee the migration of data from legacy systems to new solutions.
  • Educate staff members through training and individual support.
  • Offer support by responding to system problems in a timely manner.

Requirements:

  • Strong knowledge of database structure systems and data mining.
  • Knowledge of systems development, including system development life cycle, project management approaches and requirements, design and testing techniques
  • Proficiency in data modeling and design, including SQL development and database administration
  • Ability to implement common data management and reporting technologies, as well as the Columnar and NoSQL databases, data visualization, unstructured data, and predictive analytics.
  • Excellent organizational and analytical abilities.
  • Outstanding problem solver.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills.
  • A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role.
  • Ability to lead and mentor the architects.
  • Mandatory Skills [at least 2 Hyperscalers]
  • GCP, AWS, Azure, Big data, Apache spark, beam on BigQuery/Redshift/Synapse, Pub Sub/Kinesis/MQ/Event Hubs, Kafka Dataflow/Airflow/ADF
  • Desirable Skills
  • Designing Databricks based solutions for Azure/AWS, Jenkins, Terraform, StackDriver or any other DevOps tools

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