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Specialist Data Architect - 24 month FTC

Professional Sourcing

  • Undisclosed
  • Contract Specialist position
  • Lynnwood
  • Posted 26 Mar 2024 by Professional Sourcing
  • Job 2551342 - Ref PJ
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About the position

The Data Architect's role strategically oversees the organization's data migration activities and designs and implements the company's EDW and Data Lake solutions, data marts, and data stores while ensuring high levels of data availability. This individual is also responsible for defining data standards and models for the data lake.

The Data Architect will also evaluate and select all infrastructure components such as software, hardware, EDW, big data components, and networking capabilities.

The position reports to a Senior Manager: Strategy and Enterprise Architect.

Key Performance Areas include:

  • Strategic Function - assess and cultivate long-term strategic goals for the organisation's EDW and data lake in conjunction with data users, Business Unit Leaders, Clients, and other Key Stakeholders.
  • Acquisition and Deployment - conduct research and make recommendations on ETL tools, EDW and data lake products, services, protocols, and standards in support of procurement and development efforts.
  • Operations Management - work with end users and BI and Analytics team to identify, create, and deliver reports according to requirements.
  • Stakeholder Management- establish, build and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders.

Essential experience, qualifications and skills required:
Minimum requirements:

  • University degree in the field of Computer Science, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering and 10 years of equivalent work experience.
  • Certifications - relevant Certification to Data Architecture practices. Essential.
  • Compulsory TOGAF Certification or other related certifications.
  • Working technical experience with designing, building, installing, configuring, and supporting multi-terabyte data warehouses.
  • Expert knowledge of the Hadoop Ecosystem.
  • Applied experience in Big Data Components such as Hive, Scala, Python, NoSQL, Scoop, Flume, and Kafka.
  • Experience in components necessary to secure and classify the data lake.
  • Experience with database platforms.
  • Experience implementing data ecosystems with high data volume, high throughput, and various content structures.

Desired Skills:

  • Hive
  • Scala
  • Python
  • NoSQL
  • Scoop
  • Flume
  • and Kafka.
  • ETL tools
  • EDW
  • big data components

Desired Work Experience:

  • 5 to 10 years

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Degree

About The Employer:

A highly reputable organization located in Pretoria East requires the expertise of a Specialist: Data Architect - to form part of the Information and Communication Technology business unit for a 2-year fixed term contract

Employer & Job Benefits:

  • Total Cost to Company

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FOUNDED IN 2005 SPECIALISING IN FINANCIAL SERVICES, ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION, IT AND ADMIN Professional Sourcing is a leading APSO accredited Specialist Recruitment Agency based in Pretoria focused on Professional Placements (senior and specialist talent). We assist clients nationally and internationally, with many of our clients being multinationals. Our list of blue chip clients attains to the quality of our service and talent we provide. We are experts at sourcing exclusive skills. OUR MISSION Professional Sourcing is distinguished by our Professional Service and Business Ethics; High Quality Employment and Recruitment Service offerings to both our Clients and Professional Career seekers. We provide permanent and contract recruitment services where client partnership, commitment, quality, value and customer satisfaction is recognised, realised and embedded as our core business values. We provide professional career seekers support in sourcing strategic next career opportunities where they are able to focus on building their professional careers and able to add value to their employers. WHY PROFESSIONAL RESOURCING? - Our consultants’ specialised focus in the industries they serve. - Consultants have strong networks in their specialisation areas. - Regular word of mouth referrals from candidates means that we have a steady stream of highly skilled talentregistering with us. (40% of our candidates are referred to us) - We are focused on building long term relationships which is proven through our long standing client base. - We adhere to turnaround times. - What we promise is what is delivered. - Technologically advanced environment promotes ease of search. - We achieve 100% success rate with our long standing clients attaining to our ability in understanding our clients.Due to our open relationship and quality of service offered we are able to provide candidates and clients withfaster turnaround times – expediting the process and thereby influencing achievement of recruitment objectives.(10% of our clients are referred to us by other clients) - We achieve an excellent retention rate with candidates that have been placed. - Candidates often become our clients. - High levels of integrity – we would rather not make a placement if we don’t believe in the match. We do not take chances. - Our international reach – 20% of our database is populating with international talent. - We offer industry expert knowledge - we speak our client’s and candidate’s language - Interviews are in-depth going beyond competency based questioning – we take the time to understand thecandidate, seeking out what is not said or written, providing guidance and ensuring that informed decisions arebeing made by the candidate. Our Competency based interviewing process provides Candidates with a clearerunderstanding of realistic salary expectations, leading to a higher rate of offers accepted and longer tenure of the placed Candidate. - We protect the interest of both the client and the candidate. We don’t wish to damage relationships with eitherparty and therefore strive for the perfect match. - We build deep relationships. - Organisation is owner managed with Managing Director highly involved within the business. A philosophy ofleading by example underpins our success. - Excellent reputation amongst professionals and clients – our team live our brand. We walk the talk. - Our home-away-from-home and warm culture assures a low staff turnover rate. In addition, candidates feel thiswhen they enter our premises – it’s a warm environment.

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