Role Summary:
The IT - Data & Common Services, Analytics Platform & Architecture group is responsible for providing high-availability of access & performance to the organization’s analytical data, and modeling & enriching it for effortless consumption by the company’s edge systems and end users. The company partners with stakeholders to continuously assess data processes and tools, evaluate their usage and impact, and provide data governance and quality. The company strives to transform to a data-focused, self-service business intelligence model with governed data management, built atop a modern analytics platform comprised of centralized cloud-based data and a powerful ecosystem of cloud-based tools.
This group of most senior technicians are recognized within the broader staff for their deep level of expertise within one or more technologies. These individuals help to define the principles, standards and guidelines regarding the proper use and deployment of business applications, data and technology within the company. These individuals are informal leaders in the organization and as such require many of the “soft skills” found (in addition to their technical knowledge) in the Management job family. This family is highly leveraged across the company.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Model desired organizational behavior as defined in the company values and leadership competencies
Cultivate and promote an organizational culture that provides for high performance, high morale, integrity, teamwork, and work-life balance
Lead, support and influence the achievement of the mission, goals, and objectives of the department and corporation
Contribute to technical design, decision-making, and tactical planning at the enterprise level
Influence technical designs at the enterprise level and actively participate in setting technical direction of the styles of computing
Actively participate in architecture governance (may be as a non-voting member)
Lead large development, installation or support teams and ensure the tactical implementation of computing styles and architecture
Lead solutioning/design sessions with a program perspective in association with all interdependent systems
Lead and facilitate the analysis, design, programming and implementation of viable solutions to highly complex business problems according to user specifications
Consult across multiple projects and technology areas at the same time to perform troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and solution implementation
Identify measures or indicators of system performance, analyze trends to proactively prevent problems and identify actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system
Work across projects to synchronize project plans, data analysis efforts and deliverables and to coordinate project activities across functions
Contribute to estimates, task identification and sequencing pertaining to complex technical project activities and overall project schedules
Actively participate and contribute to future Infrastructure Releases and Middleware/Hub
Actively participate in checkpoint and design reviews
Work with Business, support or development teams in recommending process or system enhancements, including those that would minimize maintenance costs
Ensure that systems are functionally appropriate, technically sound and integrated
Ensure that chosen technology and coding solution is flexible, supportable, and requires minimal maintenance
Negotiate and manage customer and team relationships at a project level
Maintain focus on internal and external customer requirements and demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of customer IT needs
Lead/conduct detailed code-reviews in a constructive manner and coach the development of other IT technical staff
Stay abreast of industry developments and emerging technologies to provide recommendations to the Architecture group and the Principals
Assists project teams in the development of cost and benefit analysis
Assists in organizational, financial capital and operations planning
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree (in lieu of degree – 11 years of experience in Business, Engineering and/or IT environment)
7 years of work experience in Business, Engineering and/or Information Technology environment
Prior experience leading project teams and guiding production efforts
Expert knowledge of computer or network systems hardware and software theory, practice, concepts and technology
Expert knowledge of technical/business environments
Technical Expert of required programming languages
Demonstrated proficiency in the required technologies
Expert ability to write code and advise the work of Software Developer Engineers
Understands Strategic Technical direction of:
Middleware
Systems Management
Enterprise Data & Access Layers
Pertinent Styles of computing
Understands the following:
different data categories (i.e. master, reference data, operational data, analytical, raw, domain, enterprise) and how they relate to each other
components of a modern data architecture comprised of centralized cloud-based data and cloud-based tools, including data warehouses, data visualization tools, business intelligence and data governance
impact of design decision to the computer (performance, etc.)
technical behavior of the underlying operating system
technical behavior of the compiler and tools
ALL functional aspects of the tools and development environment
functional and technical behavior of the middleware and data layers
Dev/Ops, deployment environments
packaging and distribution of the application
operations/run requirements
Ability to deal with complex technical issues and make appropriate trade-offs as required
Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
Ability to design how a system should work and understand how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes
Ability to influence technical direction across multiple projects or technology areas
Ability to evaluate and recommend emerging technologies and influence technical designs
Sufficient business knowledge to assess impact of applied technology on customer’s business processes
Ability to review technical work of less senior staff
B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems
Expert level experience in a single technology area or broad system level expertise across multiple computing platforms and technologies
Advanced knowledge of project management methodology
Ability to recommend and influence improvements across Information Technology departments
Ability to drive and foster integration and communication across technology groups and projects
Ability to recognize and communicate patentable ideas
Industry experience
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