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Senior Data Platform Architect and Technical Lead Consultant

Location: New York, NY, USA

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Requisition Number: 201510

External Description:

The Senior Data Platform Consultant will perform in the roles of Architect and Technical Lead Consultant, responsible for leading Teradata projects. These projects will include the architecture, design, development, testing, and deployment of an analytics platform solution based on the Teradata reference architecture and in support of the clients business needs. This individual must have the skills necessary to not only architect and design the solution but lead the development, implementation and testing of the proposed Teradata solution being delivered by the Think Big Analytics consulting organization.  They must be able to lead the technical resources assigned to the project including DBAs, modelers, ETL developers, BI developers and testing resources for the duration of the project.  They should have an understanding of working in a project environment to provide leadership, mentoring and maintain ultimate responsibility for the technical deliveries as described in the project Statement of Work (SOW). In addition, they may be responsible for the creation and maintenance of technical documentation for the solution, and interact with senior client counterparts while working in a team environment. The role may also include some project management responsibilities.

Technical Skills:

·         Broad exposure to all of Teradata offerings (Analytics Platform, Hadoop, QueryGrid, Data Mover, Unity, Listener, etc.)

·         Deep understanding of our core Teradata technology

·         Experience with Big Data and analytics solutions in the cloud, including public, private, managed, and hybrid variants

·         Have a minimum of 10 years of experience in Data Warehousing, Big Data, and Data Integration

·         Have at least 8 - 10 years with the Teradata Platform and 3 years with Hadoop. A knowledge of competing technologies like Oracle or RedShift is a plus

·         Successfully lead development work on multiple end-to-end Teradata data analytics projects

·         Should have acted in the role of Architect or Technical Lead on at least 3 projects with 3 or more years of project lead experience

·          Expertise with Logical, Physical, and Semantic Data Modeling

·         Thorough understanding of Teradata’s performance logging facilities including ResUsage, DBQL, TDWM and so forth

·         Working knowledge of Teradata administration on projects and ability to perform DBA tasks when needed

·         Very clear understanding of the architecture and implementation of an optimally performing solution

·          Ability to performance tune new and existing solutions

·         Should be able to both work independently and manage a small to medium sized project team

·         Should be able to create technical documentation and manage the maintenance process of this document throughout the project

·         Ability to create ETL design documents and mapping specification documents

·         Ability to understand complex data models and make modifications as necessary

·         Should have experience with unit testing and basic competency in other testing phases like SIT and UAT

·         Experience with creating reusable templates and modular components for faster implementation

·         Sufficient experience working with Linux & shell scripting

·         Strong SQL programming and tuning skills

·         Delivery experience using blended on-site/off-shore engagement models

Consultative Skills

·         Good communication skills (English: Written and Verbal)

·         Good Executive presence

·         Good presentation and overall “front-of-room” skills

·         Flexibility in terms of work location and hours

·         Proactive and results oriented; conveys a sense of urgency and drives issues to closure

·         Should be a team player and leader who is flexible, hardworking, self-motivated and has a positive outlook with the ability to take on difficult initiatives and challenges

·         Ability to work in a dynamic and collaborative team environment

·         Ability to gather requirements and scope opportunities in support of hardware, software, and services sales motions

Basic Qualifications:

·                     B.S. / M.S. in Computer Sciences, I.T, Engineering or equivalent.

 

Additional Plus Qualifications

·         DevOps automation experience

·         Big Data and Hadoop certification

·         Teradata Certifications (particularly Teradata Certified master) a big plus

·         Cloud certification

·         Advanced architecture experience including disaster recovery, high availability, analytic ecosystem, and cloud domains

Other:

·         Must be willing to travel 80% to 100% Monday through Friday

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City: New York

State: New York

Community / Marketing Title: Senior Data Platform Architect and Technical Lead Consultant

Job Category: Services

Company Profile:

Our Company

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. That’s why we built the most complete cloud analytics and data platform for AI. By delivering harmonized data, trusted AI, and faster innovation, we uplift and empower our customers—and our customers’ customers—to make better, more confident decisions. The world’s top companies across every major industry trust Teradata to improve business performance, enrich customer experiences, and fully integrate data across the enterprise.

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