Data Architect II Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota
Job Location
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota
Opportunity
Salary Range: $115,000 To $132,000 Annually
Through the management of complex data and information delivery throughout the ecosystem, the data architect is an agent for transformation and agility, preparing the organization to evolve quickly and seize opportunities presented in emerging technologies. This position collaborates directly with business stakeholders to understand their needs and with technology stakeholders to identify, recommend, implement, and support models, definitions and data flows that provide the foundation for efficient processes and sound decision making.
Your Mission
On your journey, you will face challenges such as:
- Defining the data architecture framework, standards, and principles, including modeling, metadata, security, reference data, and master data. Defining processes to plan, specify, enable, create, acquire, maintain, use, archive, retrieve, control, and purge data.
- Translating business requirements into technical specifications, including data streams, integrations, transformations, databases, and data warehouses. Mapping to information entities that define how information should flow and be consumed by various business and IT customers (how data is acquired/generated, which processes require data, how data flows are managed, how data changes).
- Supporting data governance policies and procedures to ensure best practices for data architecture, including accountability, regulatory compliance, and requirements.
- Defining reference architecture to provide a pattern others can follow to create and improve data systems, and to support operational use of data for business process functions.
- Creating and maintaining a repository of data architecture artifacts, including data inventory, data lineage and data flow diagrams to determine what can be measured, when and how.
- Evaluating current data architecture and databases to determine necessary upgrades and improvements. Designing and coding new data architecture and integrating existing databases. Researching and finding new methods of acquiring data.
Your Expertise
To land this job you will need:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field is preferred.
- Certified Data Management Professional is desired.
- Minimum of ten years of progressing experience in Data Management related roles.
- Solid understanding of business architecture and the role of data.
- Strong knowledge of systems development, including software development lifecycle, project management, requirements, solution design, testing, and security.
- Evaluate and select appropriate storage technologies based on project requirements, including relational databases, NoSQL databases, caching solutions, and cloud-based data warehouses such as Snowflake.
- Expertise in relational database management systems.
- Hands-on experience in conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling and design with experience with modeling tools (ER/Studio, Erwin, SQL database modeler, etc.).
- Knowledge of architectural practices for using web services for data integration.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Windows Server and SQL Server.
- Experience with master data management platforms, ETL/ELT tools, and cloud-based data management solutions (e.g., Informatica, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, etc.).
- Demonstrated skill in designing and implementing enterprise data warehouse solutions.
- Proficiency with data modeling tools like Erwin, Lucidchart, Draw.io etc.
- Good understanding of data governance practices.
- Possess a passion for researching and learning about emerging data technologies.
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with business partners and technical team members. Ability to communicate with, and manage 3rd party vendors. Ability to give and receive work direction.
- Leadership skills including creativity, problem solving and negotiation techniques.
- Strong leadership with the ability to consult on multiple projects, as well as effectively balancing workload and adapting to changing priorities.
- Ability to develop and execute plans.
Your Work Environment
This is a hybrid work position requiring a combination of in-office workdays and the option to work from home on the remaining days. Working remotely will require reliable, secure internet.
Living the Values
We Are Kind
- Treat others the way you would like to be treated. Be humble, act honorably, and express gratitude. Respect and value everyone’s role in our company’s success.
We Exceed Expectations
- Innovate; be curious about what’s possible. Be adaptable and eager to respond to challenges. Collaborate and work together to achieve our goals. Strive for greatness and inspire others by your example. Be proactive. Seek continuous improvement.
We Focus on Execution
- Make decisions with the belief it can be executed in 6,000 salons. Focus on impact of key brand measures. Prioritize on ability to execute quickly.
We Keep it Simple
- Set clear expectations. Make things easy to understand and execute. Stay focused on what’s most important.
We Listen and Earn Trust
- Be respectfully honest; react thoughtfully. Respond quickly – 24 hours or less, and remember that personal contact is always best. Be transparent through open communication and candid conversation. Be willing to admit mistakes and fix them. Listen generously: Seek to understand other’s perspectives. Act with integrity. Always. Even when no one will know.
We Make it Fun
- Smile! Find opportunities to laugh. Celebrate accomplishments and recognize the contributions of others. Approach people and situations with a positive attitude. Build a sense of community where everyone enjoys coming to work every day.
What We Offer
We offer a competitive salary, health benefits, wellness programs, a company-matching 401K and tuition assistance but some perks that set us apart are:
A focus on your development. We want to know what your dreams and aspirations are and hope to find ways of Great Clips helping you along in your journey. Your personalized development plan will create a path for your growth and promotion potential.
A GREAT culture. One the most frequent compliments you will hear about Great Clips from employees, franchisees and business partners alike is that Great Clips has a GREAT culture. Our belief is that we are strongest together and therefore find it important to have an inclusive, diverse work culture. Though we embrace our differences, we all share in our 6 core values; we are kind, we listen and earn trust, we keep it simple, we focus on execution, we exceed expectations and WE MAKE IT FUN.
A spirit of ideas and innovation. Here at Great Clips, we have a competitive lead within our industry. Though we hold a strong position, we never stop pushing ourselves forward and continue to look for new ways of delivering a powerful and enduring brand.
About Great Clips
With more than 4,400 franchised salons throughout the United States and Canada, Great Clips is the world’s largest haircutting salon brand. Our salon owners and corporate staff are dedicated to our salon communities with a focus on philanthropic and volunteer activities. Great Clips, Inc. employees are passionate about what we do and our technology team geeks out in finding ways to use technology to make what we do even better.
Great Clips Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace. Great Clips Inc. participates in the US E-Verify program. With all new hires, we provide the Social Security Administration and, if applicable, the US Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
This is your sign to pursue your dreams and to make the world more beautiful by your design! It all starts at a Great Clips® salon!
CORPORATE CAREERS HIRING PROCESS
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Apply
Submit your interest.
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Connect
A Great Clips corporate recruiter will reach out to you.
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INTERVIEW/
ASSESSMENTA Great Clips corporate recruiter will contact you for an interview and any necessary assessments.
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Offer
The hiring manager will contact you if you meet the requirements for the position.
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Onboarding
Congratulations on becoming one of the Greats! We will reach out and share more details about your onboarding experience.
