Senior EDW Data Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Czechia.

📋 Description

• Take ownership and provide support for the design of data architecture for enterprise data warehouse projects.

• Analyze source data, data flows, business requirements, and the needs of downstream consumers.

• Conduct investigations using Teradata SQL, perform detailed technical analysis, and validate solutions.

• Collaborate effectively with business stakeholders, various domains, engineers, testers, delivery leads, and fellow architects.

• Evaluate design alternatives and recommend practical, scalable solutions that align with established standards.

• Create and maintain High-Level Designs, Architecture Design Decisions, solution alternatives, design justification, assumptions, risks, and governance-ready documentation.

• Present design concepts and recommendations to Architecture Boards and governance forums.

• Integrate data governance, metadata, lineage, controls, reconciliation, auditability, privacy, and regulatory compliance into the design of solutions.

• Assist in metadata-driven delivery frameworks.

• Support delivery teams throughout the build, testing, implementation, and resolution of issues.

• Engage in approximately 50% hands-on work involving SQL investigations, detailed data analysis, solution validation, and delivery support.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in data engineering and architecture.

• At least 5 years of experience in data architecture, serving as a Data Architect or senior Data Engineering Lead with demonstrable ownership of architecture.

• Proficient hands-on experience with Teradata in an on-premises EDW environment.

• Advanced skills in Teradata SQL querying, data investigation, issue analysis, and technical validation.

• Practical experience with the Teradata Financial Services Data Model or a comparable financial services data model.

• Strong comprehension of EDW design, data marts, data integration patterns, and large-scale data platform delivery.

• Experience within banking, financial services, or regulatory data environments.

• Knowledge of BCBS 239, RDARR, regulatory reporting, data traceability, auditability, and evidence-based control design.

• Excellent skills in data analysis and data modeling.

• Proven capability to produce governance-ready High-Level Designs (HLDs) and Architecture Design Decisions (ADDs) and present to Architecture Boards.

• Strong stakeholder management skills, independent ownership, the ability to provide constructive challenges, and drive decisions.

• Mandatory: Teradata on-prem EDW and advanced SQL proficiency.

• Mandatory: Teradata FSDM or a comparable financial services data model.

• Mandatory: Inmon-style integrated EDW architecture experience.

• Familiarity with ETL delivery processes and tools, preferably Informatica and/or DataStage.

• Experience with metadata-driven ingestion, transformation, control, and reconciliation frameworks.

• Knowledge of Control-M or similar batch scheduling and orchestration tools.

• Nice to have: Familiarity with the Teradata Global Control Framework or a similar control framework.

• Nice to have: Experience with Cloudera or comparable big data platforms.

• Nice to have: Knowledge of modern hybrid warehouse/lake architecture patterns.

• Nice to have: Experience in data observability, operational resilience, and production support.

• Nice to have: A broader hands-on background in data engineering.

🏝️ Benefits

• Long-term contract-based position.

• Contract duration through December 2026 with the potential for extension into 2027.

• Remote-first work arrangement.

• Occasional on-site participation in client workshops.