The Data Architect will work within Bison’s Enterprise Architecture practice and collaborate with Continuous Improvement and Development teams as well as business leaders, stakeholders, and vendors to develop strategies and roadmaps. They work to define and maintain architecture artifacts for supporting project delivery and application support and lead technical vision and direction for data solutions, ensuring consistency with overall enterprise and portfolio architecture that may at times include hands-on development. The Data Architect will also have an opportunity to effect change within the organization by incorporating new patterns and/or technologies into new ways of working that improve business value.
Specific Responsibilities include:
- Assist in developing and implementing an overall organizational data strategy that is in line with business processes. The strategy includes data model designs, database development standards, implementation, and management of various systems.
- Identify data sources, both internal and external, and working out a plan for data management that is aligned with organizational data strategy.
- Coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and vendors for the smooth functioning of the enterprise data system.
- Managing end-to-end data architecture, designing the technical architecture, and developing processes and governance to support organizational goals.
- Defining and managing the flow of data and dissemination of information within the organization.
- Integrating technical functionality, ensuring data accessibility, accuracy, and security.
- Conducting a continuous audit of data management system performance and refine whenever required.
- Builds roadmap(s) for implementing and manage best practices in alignment with Bison’s technology strategy.
- Proactively identifies opportunities where solutions can enhance organizational efficiency.
- Keeps abreast of latest technological/industry trends.
- Acts as an advisor/advocate for business and peers.
- Works closely with all team members to create solutions that accommodate future architectural changes and designs.
- Identify critical driving forces of process, data, people, and technology at the highest levels.
- Ability to look beyond traditional business concepts and drill to the heart of a given concept
Our Ideal Candidate will possess:
- Bachelor Computer Science/Software Engineering degree or equivalent experience.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in IT environments especially in the areas of data management, system development life cycle and data integrations.
- 5+ years of experience in hands-on data modeling and design, including SQL development and database administration.
- Experience designing integration solutions, with good understanding of Enterprise Data Integration and Architectural Data Patterns.
- Familiar with architecture quality attributes, their basic tactics, and most-common trade-offs.
- Experience tackling engineering aspects of data including performance, availability, security, resiliency, and maintainability issues.
- Understanding and experience with API Management and enterprise integration platform and design strategies.
- Understanding and experience on most of the following architectural styles: Layered Architectures, Transactional applications, Client-Server, Sync/Async messaging, Microservices, PaaS-based architectures and SaaS-based applications; Experience designing Cloud PaaS, SaaS and IPaaS solutions.
- Values simplicity and is unafraid to challenge technical constraints and procedures to utilize an iterative or agile approach.
- Build and maintain collaborative relationships with geographically dispersed teams and business functions.
- Effectively communicate high-level concepts and solutions with Technology and Business teams and stakeholders.
- Ability to simplify complex concepts.
- Self-starter with the ability to comfortably operate in ambiguity.
- Understands the framework (i.e., structure, people, processes, and technology) that supports an organization’s strategy and can successfully leverage it.
- Capability to challenge; understanding how to impact and influence.
Why Bison:
• Thrive in a supportive team that provides coaching and training to help develop your skills and progress your career
• Dispersed work environments that promote a healthy work-life balance
• Meaningful and impactful work and projects with an essential service provider
• Join our engaging Wellness Program & extracurricular sports teams
About Bison:
• Celebrating over 50 years in Business
• Active in giving back through Corporate Social Responsibility and Charitable Giving
• Committed to environmental sustainability
Bison Transport is committed to Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace.
