Posted on Wed 15th May, 2024 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)
Clickatell is a cutting edge technology company and global leader in mobile messaging that enables effortless, personalized, and contextual digital interactions between businesses and their customers. We specialize in helping brands delight their customers with innovative, customer-centric solutions, giving them more time for what really matters.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Data Architect / Modeler
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Purpose
Clickatell is looking for a change champion to drive Clickatell’s Data Vision to the next level of Data Ecosystem.
We are currently transforming our business model, and Data is pivotal in this transformation.
We are looking for obsession and passion, we are looking for an enabler and a trainer, an innovator and a team player.
The right person will have a practical knowledge of Cloud data platforms and a very good knowledge of next generation Data concepts and technologies - think Data Meshing and Economy of Data.
Together with the Data Engineering Lead, and DBA Lead this role is essential to continue advancing our modern data foundation that will simplify and catapult the use of Gen-AI on behave of both external and internal business cases.
Responsibilities
Accountable for accelerating the adoption of Clickatell’s Reference Data Architecture while providing data architecture direction and delivering required architectural artifacts – Conceptual, Logical & Physical Data Models.
Provide data architecture and 3-level modelling direction for ongoing and new development projects in alignment with Clickatell’s Data Strategy and Business Value preposition.
Responsible for the design of highly scalable and reusable patterns of data ingestion and processing that will transform and enrich a variety of datasets into reusable and scalable assets.
Assess current AWS based solutions (performance and cost) and design and rollout new Data
Services in favour of Clickatell’s Data Domain Architecture.o Provide subject matter expertise and technical leadership on the data architecture disciplines while ensuring all solutions are documented and communicated effectively to both, Data and Application Development teams.
Work closely with the Database Management, Engineering and BI and Analytics teams in the adoption of latest AI trends to optimize their functions and data products.
Contribute to the continuous upskilling and coaching of the DATA team members while embracing cutting edge technology trends, and champion their rollout and adoption
Perform problem resolution and root cause analysis along with recommending and implementing preventative techniques.
Protect Clickatell’s information, intellectual property and corporate data systems in accordance with prescribed guidelines
Requirements of the Role
B-Tech or Bachelor's Degrees in Engineering, Computer Science, Informatics or Mathematics.
Work Experience:
Experience and knowledge of AWS Big Data services. Athena, Redshift, Kinesis, Kafka, Glue, S3, Lake Formation
A strong understanding of various database technologies, such as SQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra), is essential.
Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Java, or Scala is often required for developing custom data solutions and automation scripts.
Knowledge of big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and related ecosystem components is valuable for handling and processing large volumes of data.
Understanding data visualization tools - Power BI an asset
Experience with incremental delivery - Agile and Scrum framework.
Hands on experience leading large-scale global data warehousing and analytics projects.
Experience with complicated account hierarchy, security groups, VPCs, AWS managed services, S3, ELB, EC2 Auto Scaling, Lambda
A background working in a high-volume payment transaction environment, or mobile technology platforms and systems integration would be advantageous and be able to demonstrate a sustained track record of delivering high-quality outputs, on-time and to product or business specifications.
Knowledge and Abilities:
Results oriented and hands-on
Assertiveness: ability to communicate effectively and explain a point of view convincingly.
Clear thinker: simplify data strategy into clear actions to team, set priorities for self and makes clear decisions.
Communication: excellent verbal and written communication skills. The candidate must have great inter- and intra-personal skills.
Customer Focus: identify and effectively respond to the diverse needs of development department’s customers.o Teamwork: ability to work reliably and responsibly with internal and external colleagues to achieve departmental and organisational goals.
Relevant knowledge in different development, database and business intelligence tools, techniques and environments to develop and deliver quality applications and documentation.
Complete familiarity with Agile and traditional methods, particularly Waterfall, Scrum and Kanban
Have problem solving skills, logical thinking and analytical abilities.
Display foresight be systematic and provide orderly planning and have attention to detail.