Azure Data Architect

Job Title: Azure Data ArchitectLocation: Seattle WA(Hybrid)Duration: Contract

Job DescriptionThis position contributes to client’s success by building enterprise data services for analytic solutions. This position is responsible for design, development, testing and support for data pipelines to enable continuous data processing for data exploration, data preparation and real-time business analytics. Models and acts in accordance with client’s guiding principles.

Team culture/work environment:App engineering teamTeam is based in mostly in SeattleParticipating in how to do things and what to do to make them happen

Key projects:Maintain and improve app engineering development

Daily Responsibilities:Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:• Demonstrate deep knowledge and ability to lead others in the data engineering team to build and support noninteractive (batch, distributed) & real-time, highly available data, data pipeline and technology capabilities• Translate strategic requirements into business requirements to ensure solutions meet business needs• Work with infrastructure provisioning & configuration tools to develop scripts to automate deployment of physical and virtual environments; to develop tools to monitor usage of virtual resources• Assist in the definition of architecture that ensure that solutions are built within a consistent framework• Lead resolution activities for complex data issues• Define & implement data retention policies and procedures• Define & implement data governance policies and procedures• Identify improvements in team coding standards and help in implementation of the improvements• Leverage subject matter expertise to coordinate issue resolution efforts across peer support groups, technical support teams, and vendors• Develop and maintain documentation relating to all assigned systems and projects• Perform systems and applications performance characterization and trade-off studies through analysis and simulation• Perform root cause analysis to identify permanent resolutions to software or business process issues• Lead by example by demonstrating the Starbucks mission and value

Technology requirements?:Proficiency in Apache Spark, including Spark Core, Spark SQL and Spark Streaming.Proficiency in languages such as Python for data processing and scripting.

Required background? Skills?:Experience in designing and implementing ETL processes using Databricks notebooks for efficient data extraction, transformation, and loading.In-depth knowledge of the Databricks Unified Analytics Platform and its features for collaborative big data analytics.Understanding of data modeling concepts for designing database structures.Proficiency in working with both relational databases and NoSQL databases.Integration of data from diverse sources, including APIs, databases, streaming data, and external data feeds.Implementation of processes to ensure data quality, including data validation, cleansing, and error handling.Knowledge of cluster management, optimization, and scaling for efficient data processing.Optimization of Spark jobs and Databricks clusters for better performance.Proficiency in cloud platforms such as Azure for building scalable and flexible data architectures.Use of tools like Apache Airflow, ADF, or Databricks to orchestrate and schedule data workflows.

Skills (minimum skills required):10+ years Architect and design large scale high performance distributed systems10+ years SQL Platform5+ years Exposure No-SQL Platform is a plus5+ years Hadoop, YARN, MapReduce, Pig or Hive, Spark5+ years Data platform implementation on Azure or AWSis a plus

Nice-to-Haves:Knowledge of data security best practices and the implementation of measures to ensure data privacy and compliance.Implementation of monitoring and logging solutions to track the health and performance of pipelines.Familiarity with monitoring platforms like DataDog and New RelicAzure