Data Architect

As an employee at Thomson Reuters, you will play a role in shaping and leading the global knowledge economy. Our technology drives global markets and helps professionals around the world make decisions that matter.  Whether solving for today’s challenges or tomorrow’s aspirations, you will work with the industry’s brightest thinkers on diverse projects, creating next-generation solutions that deliver powerful results.   As the world’s leading provider of intelligent information, we want your unique perspective to create the solutions that advance our business—and your career. 

About the Role

In this opportunity as a Data Architect you will: 

Experience of 11-14 yrs

• Be a Technical Leader: Research and recommend technical standards and best practices. Work with technology teams and beyond to realise their implementation
• Be an efficient Stakeholder Manager: collaborate and engage with external and internal stakeholders such as business teams, product owners, project management in defining roadmap for products and processes. Act as point of contact in resolving stakeholder issues
• Be a Decision Maker: make quick and effective date driven decisions, with good problem solving and analytical skills to infer qualitative and quantitative data, and roll out strategy that aligns with company goals
• Be a Team Player – ability to work in a collaborative team-oriented environment, share information, value diverse ideas, partner with cross functional and remote teams
• Be Curious & Innovative – continuously update yourself with next generation technology, development tools, and contribute to process development practices 
• Be an Agile Person – with strong sense of urgency and a desire to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment to deliver solutions against strict timelines. 
• Be an Effective Communicator – ability to clearly articulate complex technical issues, and share ideas, participate in peer-reviews, and exhibit strong listening skills.   Work with the business owners to translate requirements into actionable architectures
• Be Responsible for:
  • Architecture Strategy & Roadmap – define and update solution roadmaps for Data architectures
  • Architecture design for future and existing Data and ELT/ETL Architecture Solutions, ensure that technology components used fit with the overall technology strategy. Ensure also that the architecture is communicated, understood and adhered to.
  • Architecture Governance – run the Data Design Authority, work vendor partners and participate in the Solution Review board to ensure that solutions are governed appropriately.

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Data Architect if you:

• Have a wide variety of Data and ELT/ETL Architecture experience – across multiple business contexts
• Have at least 5 years of Data and ELT/ETL Architecture or equivalent technical and assurance experience
• Have consulting experience with a strong track record at a leading IT consultancy or large corporate
• Have experience working with agile teams and methodologies and globally distributed teams.
• Have Solid experience techniques in the following areas: data architecture set up, ELT and ETL, data lineage management, data mastering and data flow mapping and modelling, migration between database vendors, governance of data models and flows.
• Have solid experience in technologies such as: Informatica PowerCentre, PostgreSQL, DocumentDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Snowflake.
• Have demonstrable experience in large-scale migrations of ETL to cloud and technology modernization initiatives.
• Have demonstrable experience in data mapping and maintenance of data models across complex systems landscape
• Have a solid track record of experience within Blue Chip clients
• Ideally have a Development/Systems background with experience across the full project lifecycle
• Have experience in developing solution architectures
• Have experience in working with diverse teams, including multi country and company teams
• Have experience managing or directing work of others to contribute to a shared goal
• Have strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Have a self-motivated, proactive mindset
• Have an organized and methodical approach
• Required degree level (BA/BSc/MSc/BEng/MEng) in a Technical/Business discipline
• Preferred – certification in TOGAF or other architecture framework

What’s in it For You

At Thomson Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Learning & Development: On-the-job coaching & learning, tuition reimbursement, exposure to leading-edge technology
• Benefits: Flexible work arrangements, comprehensive health coverage that’s effective day one
• Perks: Social events & activities, employee discount programs through corporate perks

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Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. 

Accessibility 

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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