Cloud Architect

Azure Cloud Architect

Chicago, IL

Core Responsibilities

Identifies, designs, and implements internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.

Investigates data, data sources, and performs data quality analysis.Collaborates with other Architects and Data Engineers to help adopt best-practices in data system creation, data integrity, test design, analysis, validation, and documentation.

Creates and maintains optimal data pipeline architecture for extraction, transformation, and loading of data from various data sources – both internal and external.

Assembles large, complex sets of data that meet non-functional and functional business requirements.

Builds industrialized analytic datasets and delivery mechanisms that utilize the data pipeline to deliver actionable insights.

Communicates and maintains master data, metadata, data management repositories, logical data models, data standards.Works with stakeholders including the executive, product, data and technology teams to support their data infrastructure needs while assisting with data-related technical issues.

Key Skills and Experience

Excellent analysis and problem-solving skills

Effective time-management skills

Ability to adapt to ever-changing system environments and understand all business applications

Desire to learn new technologies and adapt requirements for future cloud solutions

Good organizational skills and a strict attention to detail and proven ability to follow through

Strong interpersonal skills

Ability to develop effective working relationships with stakeholders Hands-on experienced with designing, moving and transforming data to/from Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure SQL DW, Dynamics CRM, Dynamics 365.

Hands-on experience integration technologies such as SQL Server Integration Services, Azure Data Factory, Azure Logic Apps, Power Automate Azure Integration Services or similar technologies.

Mastery of relational SQL and NoSQL databases

Mastery knowledge of Snowlflake in both AWS and Azure clouds

Experienced with data wrangling and preparation for use within PowerBI

Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to effectively collaborate with multi-disciplinary groups and all organizational levels.