Enterprise Data Architect

For over 30 years, Midwest Tape has served libraries and their patrons with unparalleled access to the best content available in the media world. Our digital offering, hoopla Digital, combines the media and library expertise of Midwest Tape with the latest in web and mobile technology, delivering an all-in-one experience to the library world. As hoopla continues to grow on a global scale, we are expanding our team.

At Midwest Tape, we know our people are the reason for our success. We value our employees and believe in empowering them to help them thrive. We offer competitive pay and benefits, a healthy work/life balance, and appreciation for a job well done.

Position Summary:

The Enterprise Data Architect oversees enterprise data architecture strategy, standards, modeling, design, and governance. This role is responsible for developing data architecture roadmaps and plans, logical and physical data models, and providing guidance and governance for data infrastructure initiatives. The enterprise data architect partners cross-functionally to implement robust and scalable data architecture solutions across Midwest Tape’s enterprise platforms.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Develop and maintain enterprise data architecture roadmaps, plans, principles, standards, and models.
2. Work tightly coupled and in support of data / database engineering teams.
3. Lead data modeling sessions to create logical, physical, and dimensional data models aligned to business needs.
4. Design data pipelines, workflows, integrations, and architecture for data movement between databases, data warehouses, lakes, and other platforms.
5. Establish data governance frameworks and standards surrounding data security, access, lineage, and metadata.
6. Collaborate with lead engineers and analytics teams to optimize architecture for emerging company data workloads.
7. Evaluate new data tools and technologies and provide recommendations based on architectural fit.
8. Provide strategic guidance on data architecture vision, gap analysis, and tactical solutions.
9. Review prototypes and proofs of concept to ensure feasibility before development.
10. Communicate and present data architecture plans, models, principles, and standards to key business and technology stakeholders.
11. Partner with business teams to identify pain points and opportunities to improve data architecture.
12. Stay current on data architecture best practices and trends to enhance company data infrastructure.

Skills:

• Expertise in data modeling techniques (Conceptual, Logical, Physical)
• Knowledge of data pipelines, ETL/ELT, OLAP and schema design
• Experience with data platforms like Hadoop, Flink, AWS Redshift, Snowflake, Oracle, and PostGreSQL
• Understanding of data warehousing, lakehouses, and BI/analytics tools
• Knowledge of data governance frameworks and metadata management
• Ability to effectively communicate complex data concepts to stakeholders
• Problem-solving skills and solution-oriented mindset
• Experience implementing and managing data mesh or domain-driven distributed data architecture
• Expertise with Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Knowledge of scaling frameworks like LeSS and Kanban
• Coaching, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills
• Strong knowledge of AWS, Kafka, website development, eCommerce, and mobile technologies
• Excellent organization, detail orientation, and communication skills

Preferred Education Requirements:

Preferred Experience:

• Minimum 5+ years in a lead database development role in an enterprise setting
• Experience working in a software product development company
• 6-10 years of experience in a data solutions architect role

Physical Requirements / Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to regularly sit for extended periods of time
• Perform repetitive motion type tasks
• Physically able to participate in training sessions, presentations, and meetings.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• 401k + match
• Profit sharing
• Paid vacation and personal time
• Flex time
• 10 paid holidays
• Company performance bonus
• Holiday bonus
• Training & career development opportunities

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.