N-iX is looking for an experienced and mature Data Architect to participate in projects with cutting-edge technologies.

Our customer is the leading school transportation provider in North America, being the owner of more than a half of all yellow school buses in the United States. Every day, the company completes 5 million student journeys, moving more passengers than all U.S. airlines combined and delivers reliable, quality services for 1,100 school districts. N-iX has built a successful cooperation with the client delivering a range of complex initiatives. As a result, N-iX has been selected as a strategic long-term partner to drive the digital transformation on an enterprise level, fully remodeling the technology landscape for 55,000 employees and millions of people across North America. 

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a primary technical expert of the data platform and reporting teams creating data solutions.
• Design end-to-end data architectures from scratch that support application and data platforms. Skills must include data ingestion, storage, processing, integration, and visualization, to meet clients' specific business needs.
• Develop data models, data flows, and data integration strategies to ensure seamless and efficient data management across various systems and platforms.
• Provide guidance and technical expertise to development teams in implementing data solutions, ensuring compliance with best practices and industry standards.
• Perform data profiling, data quality assessments, and data governance activities to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and security.
• Mentor and guide data engineers to help fill gaps in process between the data architecture and the detail engineering process
• Document and organize architecture standards using standard methods such as confluence, Erwin, lucid chart or other equivalent methods
• Collaborate with data scientists and analysts to enable advanced analytics and data-driven insights through the implementation of appropriate data structures and algorithms.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging trends, technologies, and industry best practices in data architecture, analytics, and cloud computing, and provide thought leadership to the team.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, providing strategic recommendations and guidance on data-related initiatives.

Requirements: 

• Proven experience (5+ years) working as a Data Solutions Architect or a similar role in a consulting environment.
• At least 10 years experience in IT with a focus on Data Engineering.
• Experience with designing data platforms on AWS. Including designing and implementing Redshift, Aurora, Glue, Lake Formation, S3, Lambda, Kinesis, Kafka, CodeCommitt and other data related services.
• Proven experience of building MDM solutions.
• Proven hands-on experience with Snowflake and DBT
• Extensive knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, data warehouses, ETL/ELT processes, and data management tools.
• Experience with various kinds of models including but not limited to C4, 4+1

We offer:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
• A competitive salary and good compensation package
• Personalized career growth
• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
• Education reimbursement
• Paid vacation days, sick leaves, and days off
• Healthcare & Sport program
• Medical insurance
• Memorable anniversary presents
• Corporate events and team buildings