Description
Role: Data Architect, Level 4
My client urgently requires a Data Architect to be based in the Netherlands for a 11 month contract.
Location: Amsterdam
Start date: 14/02/19
End Date: 31/12/19
Domain Expertise: Data Architecture and Datamodelling for transactional and dimensional systems.
Professional qualifications
* Relevant professional qualifications in the domain of Enterprise Data Architecture and TOGAF are desirable
Role specific experience
* Experience in designing and reviewing conceptual, logical and physical data models, for relational (OLTP), dimensional (OLAP) and document oriented (XML, JSON) databases.
* Experience of the full development life cycle of complex large scale and multi-user applications.
* Experience in designing and implementing data warehouses, reporting solutions (BI) and data integration flows and batch processes (ETLs).
* Experience with and proficient knowledge of the following tools:
o Power-Designer,
o Sparx Enterprise Architect,
o XML Spy,
o TOAD and SQL Developer,
o ETL tools (eg Oracle Data Integrator, Informatica Data Quality),
o Business Intelligence tools (eg Oracle BI Publisher, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition),
* Ability to negotiate with stakeholders at all levels.
* Desired knowledge of design patterns of ETL-based integration's within large organisations.
* Desired experience with data models and standards in the pharmaceutical and medical domains.
* Desired experience with working with and designing resources structure for RESTful APIs.
* Advanced level knowledge and understanding of application design, systems engineering and integration, in particular in the areas related to the key responsibilities described.
* Experience in data design governed by Enterprise Data Architecture is desirable, preferably using TOGAF.
* Experience with RUP or comparable systems engineering disciplines.
Role specific skills, competencies & responsibilities
* Develop modelling standards, guidelines and best practices.
* Contribute to the enterprise and projects specific data architecture and business reporting and information flow design.
* Develop and maintain subject area conceptual data models for relational, dimensional and document oriented systems.
* Take part in the peer review of data related deliverables.
* The Data Architect will also play the role of Data Modeller when required, and as such, will:
o Capture, model and describe data requirements, data definitions, business rules, data quality requirements, data security requirements;
o Develop and maintain logical and physical data models (both transactional and dimensional);
o Develop and maintain canonical message models;
o Reverse engineer and document physical database schemes;
o Define source-to-target mappings for data migrations.
* Communication abilities:
o Able to summarise and present successfully key technical issues to the relevant stakeholders (developers, analysts, peers, management and business users) considering the background of the audience;
o Prepare and deliver formal presentations to the relevant stakeholders;
o Experience in managing interactions between the data architecture team and other stakeholders (database administrators, software architects, business analysts, testers, support, management, business, etc.);
* Demonstrable leadership capabilities are mandatory.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in word/PDF format.
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.
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