Data Architect

We have an exciting opportunity available for a Data Architect located at our corporate office in Bloomington MN.    The Data Architect focuses on the development and support of the Analytics & Reporting Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and PowerBI reporting environments at Dairy Queen. This position works on projects providing assistance and expertise to the business and IT representatives on how best to organize and provide information to meet the measurement and analytic needs of the organization. The incumbent provides support in the development analysis design and management of a variety of complex data sources and visualization methods to support clinical and operational process improvement.

Additionally the data architect will guide a team of data engineers to ensure consistent reliable and sustainable data solutions are delivered. The data architect will work with a team to influence data management processes that result in highly accurate and trusted data assets for use in across the organization.

Finally the data architect influences stakeholders to ensure investments in data driven solutions are centered on optimizing clearly defined and quantified business outcomes.  This position plans designs and optimizes for data throughput and query performance issues. This requires constantly updating expertise in areas such as platform network and storage technologies bandwidth management data bus implications and design.

Key Accountabilities Include:

Systems Engineering & Administration

• Design architect and document the database schema and data pipelines
• Capable of using agile methodology and implementing Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines
• Perform key thought leadership in areas of data engineering: modeling integration big data and cloud solution design data warehousing and data discovery
• Designs and develops appropriate Extraction Transformation and Loading (ETL) applications Deploy and maintain system and database monitoring tools
• Perform other related duties as assigned
• Partner with BI team to define and establish architectures to support centralized metadata reference data business rules and data sourcing and sharing controls

Service Development

• Define service commitment standards for cloud data warehousing via the publication and ownership of servicelevel objectives
• Maintain knowledge of emerging technology
• Define and meet SLA requirements for analytics components
• Embrace agile methodology for iterative development

Communication & Collaboration

• Ability to function as a technical lead including handson implementation as well as working closely with developers and data analysts
• Communicate effectively verbally and in writing with people at all organizational levels
• Lead in a team environment making positive contributions to the organization
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with staff members customers and vendors
• Other duties as assigned or required

Data Governance

• Contribute to the creation of processes for improving data quality across the enterprise
• Provide leadership for developing and operating a data governance framework.
• Develop and implement operating and engagement model for incorporating data governance processes within project development and operations lifecycles

The US national base salary range for this position is $112231 $140289. This position is also eligible for a bonus. The base salary range displayed reflects the targeted hiring range for positions across all US locations. Individual pay is determined by jobrelated skills work location and relevant education or experience.

Qualifications :

Education/Experience:

• B.S. or M.S. in computer science computer engineering or a related technical field or equivalent relevant experience in lieu of education
• 5 years of experience in architecting datadriven solutions
• Minimum 5 years of experience in cloudbased ETL architecture/development implementation and support
• Minimum 5 years of experience with Python Bash and other scripting languages
• 2 years of experience architecting cloudnative data solutions on Microsoft Azure ADF AWS Fabric or Google Cloud platform Familiarity with largescale analytics systems
• Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.   You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

Benefits

Our benefit package supports the wellbeing of our employees and their families.  Our comprehensive benefit package includes medical dental 401K match paid time off (including volunteer time as well as parental leave) and so much more!  To learn more about our great benefit offerings Click Here.

Work Environment

Most positions located out of our global headquarters in Bloomington MN will work a hybrid work schedule where you will work 2 collaboration days a week.  Additional in office time may be required to support team/project needs.  Positions will be identified as remote eligible when consideration will be given to candidates outside of drivable distance to our Bloomington office.

Inclusion & Belonging

We are committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging for all who touch DQ. We believe in and commit to fostering a community where employees bring their authentic selves to work and where we recruit engage and retain employees franchise owners and suppliers based on qualifications and merit. We strive to maintain an environment where everyone feels welcome.

IDQ is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we use EVerify to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new team members. You must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.