Architect (Data) - Enterprise Data & Analytics, IS Core

Job Description

Company Description

“We’re not in the shipping business; we’re in the information business” -Peter Rose, Expeditors Founder

Global supply chain management is what we do, but at the heart of Expeditors you will find professionalism, leadership, and a friendly environment, all of which foster an innovative, customer service-based approach to logistics.

18,000 trained professionals

350+ locations worldwide across 60+ countries

Fortune 500

Globally unified systemsJob Description

The Data Architect for Enterprise Data & Analytics (ED&A), is responsible for driving the vision and design of the overall data framework and policies within the department and enterprise that deliver positive business outcomes. This includes identifying, prioritizing, and communicating work that strengthens our existing products while modernizing our framework solutions to meet evolving company needs. As a data architect, your key relationships will be with the Core Portfolio Architects, Enterprise data engineers, Enterprise data Architects, and ED&A technical leaders.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborating with other Enterprise Data architects to understand and support the strategic direction of the enterprise

Collaborating with Enterprise Data & Analytics leadership to provide a high-level, all-inclusive vision of Enterprise Data & Analytics solutions and development initiatives

Understanding and communicating Strategic Themes, and other key business drivers for data architecture, to technical and nontechnical stakeholders within the Enterprise Data & Analytics group and Enterprise

Driving data architectural initiatives and supporting the backlog grooming process

Creating data modeling, design, coding, and influencing the extract, transform and load (ETL) best practices

Developing data governance policies and standards across Core Enterprise Data & Analytics and the Enterprise, for example building in data quality and ensuring data semantics are defined

Collecting, generating and analyzing innovative ideas and technologies to use across the business

Coach data engineers and identify training opportunities

Collaborating with data engineers to implement the data architecture

Prepare, manage, and coordinate breakdown of enablers for scrum teams.

Understand the Data Architecture of all systems and address conflicting or divergent approaches

Create and implement strategies for data framework modernization within the ED&A group and Enterprise

Create and implement strategies for technology adoption with the ED&A group.

This position is on-site and will reside in the greater Seattle, WA. area at one of the following locations depending on availability. Candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

Downtown Seattle

Federal Way

Lynnwood

Bellevue (Factoria)

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

3+ years of Experience as a Senior Data Engineer or in a Data Architect role

Personal and professional alignment with Expeditors culture and ten critical success factors

Strong leadership, communication, and execution capabilities

Experienced problem solver, strong collaborator and able to provide clarity around complex topics

Expertise with Big Data ecosystem services, such as Spark/SparkSQL, Kafka, Apache NiFi, Hadoop/Hive, MongoDB, HBase, and Kafka Streams.

Expertise in relational and NoSQL database structure and design

Experience with Data & Analytics systems or solutions in the cloud (Azure preferred)

Experience with DevSecOps, Lean, Agile and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

Assertive personality, interpersonal, action and outcome driven leadership

Ability to actively inspire, coach, mentor and motivate

Ability to promote autonomy, mastery and purpose, through empowerment and creating leaders

Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

BA/BS Computer Science, MIS, or related degree preferred

Global logistics/Supply chain business knowledge

Proven experience as a logistics and technology oriented leader

Experience in a technical role such as systems/data/business analysis, project management, or software development

3+ years' experience building scalable data services on top of public cloud infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP. Extensive use datastores like RDBMS, key-value stores, etc.

Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not transfer or sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (such as an H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Additional Information

Expected base salary: $165,000 to $240,000

Expeditors offers competitive benefits to all full-time employees including:

Paid vacation

Holidays (10)

Flexible Days (2)

Paid Sick Time (accrual rate of 1 hour of sick time per 30 hours paid)

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Coverage

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Life and Disability Insurance

Paid Parental Leave (additional eligibility criteria)

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DC FSA)

Commuter Benefit

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Training and Personnel Development Program

Educational Assistance and Reimbursement

Position is full time (40 hours per week) Monday through Friday

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Full-time