The Data & Analytics Architect will lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performance data architectures that support enterprise analytics, AI initiatives, and business intelligence. This role is pivotal in enabling our strategic goals, including M&A integration, by ensuring data is accessible, governed, and aligned with business priorities. The role also plays a key part in fostering global collaboration and standardization across our international operations.
This role is grounded in our commitment to:
- Operational excellence and “value for money” for our customers.
- Integrity – “We keep our word.”
- Continuous improvement and innovation.
- Creating shared value through partnerships.
- Safety, flexibility, and efficiency in everything we do.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Architect and evolve enterprise-wide data platforms, including data lakes, warehouses, and real-time streaming systems.
- Translate business needs into technical data solutions, collaborating with IT, business units, and M&A teams.
- Design and implement data models, pipelines, and integration frameworks across hybrid cloud environments.
- Lead the data strategy for M&A initiatives, including due diligence, integration planning, and post-acquisition harmonization of data assets.
- Establish, document, and enforce data governance, quality, and security standards in collaboration with compliance and legal teams.
- Support AI/ML initiatives by ensuring data readiness and architectural scalability.
- Provide architectural oversight for data migration, MDM, and analytics modernization projects.
- Mentor data engineers and analysts, and contribute to the development of a federated data operating model.
- Collaborate across countries and cultures to develop shared practices, standards, and communities of excellence that reflect Carrix’s global footprint.
- Develop, monitor, and facilitate improvements of KPI's and metrics related to data architecture and data quality.
- Facilitate data dictionaries and user understanding of data assets.
- Partner with Corporate Development and IT leadership to assess data architecture implications during M&A due diligence.
- Design and implement repeatable data integration frameworks aligned with the Carrix IT Integration Playbook.
- Evaluate and harmonize data assets across acquired entities to ensure consistency, compliance, and business continuity.
- Collaborate with RSM and other partners on integration strategy, resource modeling, and execution planning.
- Other duties as assigned.
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