Data Solutions Architect

Position : Data Solutions Architect

Location : Charlotte, NC (3 days minimum onsite)

Duration : 18 month contract

Project : Data Architecture and Design Solutions

Compensation : $65-76.38 / hour

Desired Experience

• 6+ years exp in understanding and working with Data Platforms and Data Applications.
• (1 opening needed only) Proficient in GenAI frameworks such as Langchain, LamaIndex, OpenAI's Assistants API, FAISS, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Cognitive Search, and vector databases like Pinecone, VectorDB, AstraDB, and Azure Cosmos DB for MongoDB vCore.
• Proficient in data modeling methodologies including dimensional modeling (Star and Snowflake schemas), Data Vault, 3NF, Kimball and Inmon approaches, and designing slowly changing dimensions (SCDs) for tracking historical data changes.
• Expertise in Big Data tools including Hive for SQL-like queries on Hadoop, Pig for data flow scripting, Flink for stateful computations, Storm for real-time stream processing, MapReduce programming paradigm, Kafka for distributed event streaming, and PySpark for Python-based Spark programming, enabling efficient processing of large-scale datasets.
• Experience designing and building big data architectures and data platforms.
• Strong proficiency in Python for data processing and scripting.
• Practical experience with Apache Spark for large-scale data transformation.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Under the GRM DSM Executive’s leadership, the Data Support Manager will evaluate the existing GRM data architecture and design solutions to simplify and optimize the data environment, and be accountable for contributing to the architecture for Risk Data and Reporting Platform which will enable Data Management and Reporting capabilities for risk line of businesses. Additionally, the architect will also evaluate data tools and conduct Proof of Concepts to arrive at recommended solutions and develop remediation plans to implement those solutions.