Join the People Helping People

Velera is the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO) and an integrated fintech solutions provider. The company serves more than 4,000 financial institutions throughout North America, operating with velocity to help our clients keep pace with the rapid momentum of change and fuel growth in the new era of financial services. Our purpose: We accelerate partners’ success through innovative financial technology solutions and inspired service.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a talented Data Architect who will be responsible for designing data and information systems to support the organization's growing needs. Defines and communicates a shared technical and architectural vision to help ensure solutions meet the strategic needs of the company. Creates architectural artifacts along the project lifecycle to document technical requirements and vision. Works with members of the product team to assess needs and figure out the underlying issue that needs to be solved. Must be able to collaborate with product and technology delivery manager to define requirements and turn them into epics and features. Must be able to communicate technical content to a non-technical person. Must lead projects across scrum teams offering architectural direction to those teams. Exposes project and solution related architectural issues to the wider architecture team. Analyzes system requirements and ensures that systems will offer secure solutions and will be effectively integrated with current applications. Must be capable of defining the correct strategy maturity to deliver right sized solutions that are value oriented around business needs.

Day in the Life:

• Serves as technical lead to strategic and enterprise level data driven projects, collaborates with other architecture areas and the wider organization.
• Follows and advises on industry standards and advances on data driven technologies and tools.
• Designs, implements, and updates best practices for the data development team.
• Represents project level data concerns to the enterprise board.
• Follows and helps to mature data development standards and practices.
• Acts as Subject Matter Expert (SME) to architectural review board and technology review committee.
• Creates enterprise level end-to-end data flow diagrams and logical data models.
• Develops and reviews complex Azure Data Factory pipelines for various reporting and data development projects.
• SQL, T-SQL scripts, stored procedures, SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) workflows development may be required.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both verbal and written formats and give presentations utilizing various audiovisual support aids
• Creates and maintains documentation related to data development best practices, enterprise level data flow diagrams, and project code promotion.
• Provides recommendations to technology tools, products and services to help keep our environment on the cutting edge of technology.
• Ability to plan, track and control projects in a fast-paced environment, while managing multiple priorities/projects and meeting deadlines
• Understanding the concepts of project prioritizations, impact, and risk assessment
• Thorough understanding of card payment industry, various processing systems, and/or related in-house applications
• Demonstrated excellent analytical skills
• Ability to exercise discretion and good judgment in making decisions
• Proficiency in word processing and spreadsheet computer software applications
• Ability to travel as needed
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of materials handled
• Ability to be flexible and work under high pressure in a complex environment
• Ensure compliance with established SDLC (System Development Lifecycle) frameworks, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, testing & deployment.
• Ensure compliance with established Agile model (Scrum or Kanban, as applicable).
• Ensure compliance with all the audit requirements of the company.
• Perform duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in CIS, Data Science, Data Analytics or related field preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Seven (7) years working in a data function or equivalent position where primary responsibility is working with data, database design and data development is the primary responsibility.
• Demonstrate behaviors based on Velera values
• Best practices for encryption, tokenization, data development, and access control within a PCI (Payment Card Industry) environment.
• Ability to analyze enterprise level data sources and determine relationships between disparate sources.
• Determine methodologies for integration with third-party data sets.
• Expertise in data warehousing and data modeling methodologies, tools and best practices
• Financial industry knowledge.
• Agile methodologies.
• Expert knowledge of data catalogs, master data management (MDM), and ETL/ELT design.
• Azure data platform migration experience necessary.
• Snowflake experience required. (certification is a plus)
• Databricks experience required. (certification is a plus)
• Azure data platform certifications a plus.
• Graphdb experience a plus.

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About Velera

At Velera we are committed to fostering a workplace where every employee feels valued, respected, and connected. We understand, attract and engage a diverse workforce where every employee can live up to their full potential; ensuring that our employee base reflects the consumers we serve. The result of this effort is an inclusive environment where diverse talent thrives. We strive to foster a safe and inclusive work environment for people to bring their authentic selves in order to build a better community within our company and with our partners. Learn more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion HERE!

Pay Equity

$110,100.00

to

$143,100.00

Actual Pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Great Work/Life Benefits!

• Competitive wages
• Medical with telemedicine
• Dental and Vision
• Basic and Optional Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Maternity, Parental, Family Care
• Community Volunteer Time Off
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Company Paid Disability Insurance
• 401k (with employer match)
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company provided contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Supplemental Insurance
• Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Wellness program
• Benefits are subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions

Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law.

Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer that complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following "EEO is the Law" Poster. Velera will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information.

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As an ongoing commitment to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities please contact a recruiter at recruiters@velera.com for assistance.