Data Architect

Job Description

As a Data Architect, your responsibilities will include designing and maintaining data platform roadmaps and data structures that aid business and technological objectives. You should be naturally curious, eager to dive deep into underlying data, discover actionable insights, and collaborate with functional competencies to enact identified actions. You should enjoy both autonomous work and team collaboration, possess the capability to influence and communicate with stakeholders at all levels, and be prepared to work in a fast-paced, complex environment with conflicting priorities.

About the Role:

Reporting directly to the delivery leader, your main objective will be to deliver accessible, up-to-date, and prompt data content to support and propel business decisions. The primary focus is to provide a tailored solution to meet multiple business-critical requirements. You will be involved in every aspect of data engineering, from delivery planning, estimating and analysis, to data architecture and pipeline design, delivery, and production implementation. You will also participate in designing and implementing intricate data solutions ranging from batch to streaming and event-driven architectures, across cloud, onsite, and hybrid client technology landscapes.

 Role Description:

We require 6+ years of experience in data architecture and engineering in a client-facing or business-centric capacity, including the following skills:

• Ability to comprehend and articulate requirements to audiences of varying technical proficiency
• Stakeholder and team member management and communication skills, including prioritizing, problem solving and interpersonal relationship building
• Strong experience in SDLC delivery, including waterfall, hybrid, and Agile methodologies
• Experience in implementing and delivering data solutions and pipelines on Cloud Platforms
• A strong understanding of data modeling, data structures, databases, and ETL processes
• An extensive comprehension of large-scale data sets, including both structured and unstructured data
• Experience in delivering CI/CD and DevOps capabilities in a data environment
• Ability to develop new inbound data source ingestions within the multi-tiered data platform to boost analytics and marketing automation solutions
• Capability to support data pipelines – creating necessary dimensions, rules, segments, and aggregates
• Maintenance and performance monitoring of all database operations, pipeline ingestion, etc.
• Monitoring of platform health, including data loads, extracts, failures, and performance tuning
• Ability to create/modify data structures/pipelines
• Experience using Databricks Lakehouse functionality to construct Common/Conformed layers within the data lake
• Ability to consider software best practice elements, such as infrastructure cost, security, scalability, feature extensibility, and ease of maintenance
• Ability to develop, document, and test software and environment setup to ensure deliverables meet end-user requirements and business objectives

Qualifications

The following technical skills are required:

• Tech Stack: Databricks, Python, SQL, R, Spark, etc.
• Experience in guiding Databricks implementations
• Designing and building Data Lakes and Lakehouses
• Extensive knowledge in ETL, audience segmentation, and identity resolution
• Experience developing sustainable, scalable, and adaptable data pipelines
• Designing and developing data pipelines for data ingestion or transformation using Cloud technologies
• Experience in the following Big Data frameworks: File Format (Parquet, etc.), Resource Management, Distributed Processing
• Experience developing applications with Monitoring, Build Tools, Version Control, Unit Test, TDD, and Change Management to support DevOps

The following soft skills are required:

• Detailed attention in design, documentation, and test coverage of completed tasks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, business understanding, interpersonal skills, and the ability to work both within a team and independently

The following skills would be advantageous:

• Experience with Spark, Flink, Kafka or other methods for streaming
• Spark programming knowledge (PySpark or Scala for example)
• Experience with identity resolution within the media space

Additional Information

About Epsilon

Epsilon is a global advertising and marketing technology company situated at the heart of Publicis Groupe. Epsilon escalates clients’ capacity to utilize their first-party data to initiate campaigns across different channels and devices, with an unparalleled ability to demonstrate outcomes. The company’s leading technology connects advertisers with consumers to boost performance while upholding and safeguarding consumer privacy. Epsilon’s people-based identity graph allows brands, agencies, and publishers to interact with real people, rather than cookies or devices, across the open web. For more information, visit epsilon.com.

By joining us, you align with the best. We’ve been assisting marketers from the world’s leading brands personalize experiences for millions of people with our cutting-edge technology, solutions, and services. Epsilon’s top-tier identity provides brands a clear, privacy-safe view of their customers, which they can utilize across our suite of digital media, messaging, and loyalty solutions. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day and hold many proprietary technology patents, inclusive of real-time modeling languages and consumer privacy advances. Thanks to the dedication of every employee, Epsilon has been consistently ranked as industry-leading by Forrester, Adweek, and the MRC. Located at the core of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon is a global entity with over 8,000 personnel around the globe. Check out the following resources to learn more about what makes Epsilon so outstanding:

• Our Culture: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/our-culture-epsilon
• Life at Epsilon: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/epic-blog
• DE&I: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/diversity-equity-inclusion
• CSR: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/corporate-social-responsibility

Exceptional People Deserve Exceptional Benefits

We are confident our associates are among the most talented and brightest in the world which is why we provide competitive pay, comprehensive health coverage, and endless opportunities for career advancement.

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon does not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic safeguarded by applicable federal, state or local law. Epsilon also prevents the harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. Applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process will be provided them.

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