Senior BI Architect 25 views

Purpose:

A global financial services company is seeking a Senior BI Architect who will be responsible to actively own and be accountable for the overall evolution of multiple technology or domain assets while influencing and maintaining the health of the asset

Key Job Outputs:

• Design data models and rules that meet the business requirements and align to the agreed architecture framework
• Automate and/or optimise exiting data processes by combining separate processes, de-duping wasteful code and refactoring existing code to more appropriate and dynamic standards
• Ensure data modelling and developed deliverables are delivered according to project plan and budget to meet commitment to stakeholders
• Ensure all data modelling activities and deliverables are aligned to the development methodology and to the data modelling principles and standards
• Enable efficient API connections by working with developers to satisfy front end/UI data field requirements via stored procedures (build and maintain)
• Apply the company approved tooling to create the data modelling deliverables and relevant stored procedures
• Analyse and profile the source data to understand data quality issues, relationships, patterns and rules in the data
• Structure data requirements into logical data constructs based on the relevant design principles, data governance rules, ERD models and dimensional models to ensure optimal implementation
• Compile source to target mapping specifications including the appropriate transformation rules where relevant
• Identifying definitive or authoritative source of data; analysing source data and identifying gaps to target structures
• Facilitate data quality governance by collating metadata on processes and exposing these in a central monitoring environment for reporting and governance
• Reduce non value adding development by identifying opportunity for re-use of the existing processes, rule engines, models and source data
• Maintain up to date knowledge of latest developments in the data domain, including reading; continuous professional development courses; seminars and conferences
• Perform peer review on work performed by other team members
• Identify opportunities to improve or enhance processes, models and systems through agile thinking

Core Competencies:

• Building partnerships
• Facilitating change
• Inspiring others
• Business acumen
• Building partnerships
• Driving for results
• Selecting talent

Qualifications:

• Degree or Diploma in IT

Experience:

• 6 years’ experience in IT

Salary:   Market related

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, kindly consider your application as unsuccessful.

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