Data Architect

Recruitment Lead @ Synechron | Capital Markets and Financial Services Synechron is a global consulting firm that combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. We believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our technologies span artificial intelligence, consulting, digital, cloud & DevOps, data, and software engineering. We serve financial services and technology firms worldwide. Base pay range CA$135,000.00/yr - CA$145,000.00/yr Job Summary We are seeking a Solutions Architect specialized in cloud data orchestration to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Airflow-based workflows on the Astronomer platform within Azure. Responsibilities Help guide a small group of technologists in their Apache Airflow journeys, including identifying new use cases and onboarding new domain teams. Review, optimize, and tune data ingestion and extraction pipelines orchestrated by Airflow. Development of frameworks to manage and engineer a large number of pipelines for the entire domain. Build architecture, data flow, and operational diagrams and documents, with detailed physical and logical layers. Provide reference implementations of various activities, including composing data pipelines in Airflow, implementing new Airflow features, or integrating Airflow with 3rd party solutions. Keep up with the latest Astro and Airflow features, in order to better advise the technologies on impactful improvements they can make. Collaborate to build reusable assets, automation tools, and documented best practices. Interact with Domain and Engineering teams to channel product feedback and requirements discussions. Work with technology team members to ensure that they are realizing value in their Airflow and Astronomer journeys. Skills Required Experience with Apache Airflow in production environments. Experience in designing and implementing ETL, Data Warehousing, and ML/AI use cases. Proficiency in Python. Knowledge of Azure cloud-native data architecture. Demonstrated technical leadership on team projects. Strong oral and written communication skills. Willingness to learn new technologies and build reference implementations. Experience in migrating workflows from legacy schedulers (Tidal) to Apache Airflow. Experience in integrating with Azure Data Factory pipelines. Snowflake and Databricks experience. Experience working with containers. SQL experience. Kubernetes experience, either on-premise or in the cloud. Enterprise data experience in regulated environments. Preferred Skills Detail-oriented, ability to turn deliverables around quickly with a high degree of accuracy. Strong analytical skills, ability to interpret business requirements and produce functional and technical design documents. Good time management skills – Ability to prioritize and multi-task, handling multiple efforts at once. Strong desire to understand and learn domain. Experience in a financial services/banking industry. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; to be flexible and learn quickly. Ability to multi-task with attention to detail/ prioritize tasks. Benefits Highly competitive compensation and benefits package. Multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and possibility to work abroad. Laptop and a mobile phone. 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays). Maternity & Paternity leave plans. Flexible hybrid policy. Comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region). Retirement savings plans. Higher education certification policy. Commuter benefits (varies by region). Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development. On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses. Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs and Center of Excellence groups. Cutting edge projects at leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms. A flat and approachable organization. Truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture. Diversity & Inclusion Statement Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative \"Same Difference\" is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more. All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Technology, Information and Internet, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting #J-18808-Ljbffr