Solution Architect - Data Platform

Job Title: Solution Architect - Data PlatformJob Type: Contract-to-hire, after 6-months on contract, at the clients discretionWork Site Requirement: Client is willing to consider remote candidates, that would be willing to travel to Texas 1-2 times per year for team building events, etc. Prefers candidates in the local Dallas market, but willing to consider remote candidates. Local candidates will get first attention.Benefits: When converted to a full-time employee: 401K matching plan, HSA plan, full medical, dental & vision benefits, full time employees receive up to 49 inch monitors and awesome equipment for their home office useInterview Process: (2) Step interview process through video conference interviewsAdded Insight:BRAND NEW ROLE: they have needed someone in this role for a while now but have just now gotten the budget and ability to onboard this person - data is coming in from OnPrem, Azure Cloud, eCommerce, etc.They don't have a centralized platform for data - need someone to come in and establish this structure, including strong governance, etc.They need someone who can come in, understand their platform and the multiple places that data is coming in from, and to understand what certain business units need to get from the data, etc.REQUIREMENTSA strong preference would be for this person to come from current and/or previous M&A (merger & acquisition) experience and creating a centralize data platform that is retrieving LARGE amount of data from multiple end-sources.This role will also need to be able to bring in newly merged / acquired companies and stand them up / bring into their standardized / centralized data platform and follow the established governances set in place.Data Security is a pretty big piece of this position as well - establishing the standards / best practices, etc.Additionally, being able to pull reporting isn't this roles 1st priority BUT taking into account that once the centralized data platform is established (primary function initially), having a plan for a standardized way to pull reports down the line is critical (meaning the system needs to be designed with all functions, both current and future, in mind).Position SummaryATW business units have varied sources of data such as unique ERP and marketing platforms. Business unit leaders and their staff struggle to identify and leverage their data in a consistent manner. The far-ranging sources of data at ATW present a challenge to our goal of providing a central data platform that formalizes how we acquire and democratize data. You will lead a growing team of data engineers and analysts in defining and delivering an architectural solution that supports ATW's goal of housing various sets of data from across our business units in a managed data warehouse and data lake platform. You will work with business unit leaders to understand their reporting needs and facilitate data acquisition, warehousing, and availability to business unit staff.Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesSet the architectural vision for our data platform in Microsoft AzurePartner closely with the Director of Enterprise Apps to develop the data platform roadmapDevelop and lead the technical execution of our data platform roadmap with support from technology partners and your internal data teamSupport business leads in crafting use cases and budgetary estimates to support the roadmapEnsure overall platform quality and performanceReview existing systems and processes to identify opportunities for simplificationAdvocate for and relentlessly pursue continuous improvement of the business unit data experience and data platformRecruit and build a sustaining team in collaboration with the Director of Enterprise AppsQualificationsA pattern of progressive roles in software development and technology leadershipDemonstrated expertise in designing scalable data solutionsExtensive experience with Agile projects and hybrid vendor/employee teamsExperience applying dev ops principles to data platforms and integrations such as configuration version management, deployment automation, etc.Strong written and oral communication skillsExecutive presentation experienceVendor selection and managementExperience designing and implementing data platform architectures in enterprise environments that utilize modern data warehousing and ETL/ELT toolchains to ensure governance and democratization of data via Power BI datasets or similar.Comfort leading a distributed development teamPersonal CharacteristicsBias to actionInquisitiveGreat collaborator, truly values being part of a cross-functional teamInvests in others through teaching and empoweringCapable of interpreting business user and executive goals into technical delivery