Senior Data Architect

Job Description

Raise is hiring a Senior Data Architect for our client, a leading Alberta energy company. They’re passionate about safeguarding public safety and environmental integrity while fostering responsible, efficient, and secure energy development.

This position is a six (6)-month contract located in Calgary, Alberta. We are actively seeking talented professionals like you to drive these crucial initiatives forward.

We have an ongoing need to fill this role—when you apply, you’ll be considered for both current and upcoming openings. If your skills and experience are a match, our recruitment team will reach out with details.

Accountabilities

• Participates in building out the cloud data architecture and extending/establishing reference architecture and patterns, especially around data sharing.
• Provides architecture and technical guidance and support to other projects involving cloud data usage.
• Provide technical advice and support to the Practice Lead of Data Architecture in implementing the cloud data architecture.
• Supports enterprise governance committees in decision-making by reviewing presentations and deliverables and providing cloud data architectural guidance and recommendations to project teams as required.
• Provides technical advice during the transition of company data assets to a cloud-based architecture.
• Assists in successful completion of data architecture activities and deliverables.
• Collaborate with technical leads of other enterprise architecture domains (business, solution, infrastructure, and security) to ensure effective and efficient delivery of technical solutions.
• Assists in troubleshooting and developing solutions to data related issues.

Qualifications

• Enterprise cloud data architecture experience on the Microsoft Azure platform.
• Ability to create and run ARM templates.
• Ability to conduct, document, and diagram data architecture and design artifacts.
• Well-versed in enterprise cloud data patterns.
• Skilled or experienced in Cloud data provisioning and administration in Microsoft Azure.
• Data Solution Architect or Data Engineer designation/Certification in Microsoft Azure Cloud.
• Skilled developer on the Azure Databricks platform, with specific focus on SpqrkSQL and Python development.
• Experience with administering and extending Unity Catalog.
• Good working knowledge of Azure Data Factory

Skills

• Good communication and teamwork skills demonstrated by experience.
• Ability to provide recommendations to support data strategy.
• Enterprise data architecture and cloud data migration experience would be a great asset.

Deliverables

• Data Architecture support, including project support and ongoing support and maintenance.
• Data Architecture artifacts including reference architecture and solution diagrams as part of project deliverables,
• Data analysis documents and scripts as part of troubleshooting and solution to data issues.
• Implementation of data assets in cloud, like provisioning of storage and databases, including ARM templates for Cloud Implementation.
• Establishing data pipelines and support required for CI/CD.
• Data migration work to move data assets to company cloud environment

Education/Certifications

• 7-10 years of data architecture, data management or data engineering experience
• MS Azure certification or experience is required.
• Experience in the Alberta oil and gas industry and/or a regulatory environment is an asset
• Experience in implementing enterprise level cloud data migration would be an asset