Data Architect

Requisition ID : 184058

Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.

Key Accountabilities

Data Architecture Services (DAS) manages the collective data asset for the Canadian Bank. DAS team members help design and implement the most appropriate data storage, data movement and data integration solutions to meet immediate project requirements while supporting the long term direction of the enterprise.

This is done by supporting the following overall objectives :

• Develop and promote strategies, roadmaps, architectural guidelines, standards and best practices for the evolving enterprise information management practice
• Data governance, standards, criteria and practices
• Work with business users to obtain data requirements and analyze source systems data.
• Analysis of source systems data (structured and un-structured) and business requirements
• Ensure compliance to Enterprise Data Office guidelines, best practices, Enterprise Security guidelines, policies
• Design and develop conceptual, logical and physical data models for the operational and analytical databases
• Work closely with the technical and application architects, and developers to implement the solution architecture
• Communicate physical database designs to, and work with, database administrator to implement databases
• Document data flows, identify appropriate data sources, entities, relationships and redundancies
• Manage data integrity and data quality.
• Maintain technical & business metadata. Generate metadata for Hadoop ingestion for different frameworks.
• Design data structures and document data meanings, definitions and intended use, work with various departments / leaders and data stewards to make the "metadata" available
• Define and document the data architecture for operational databases, reporting and provisioning platforms, including the physical components and their functionality
• Support data strategies, standards, guidelines data quality process and governance across the enterprise
• Provide leadership in researching and architecting emerging technology solutions to meet business objectives

Functional Competencies :

• Relational and dimensional data modeling and database design, Erwin (Data modeling) skills.
• Strong knowledge & experience of data architectural approaches, patterns and emerging technologies (RDBMS, Hadoop and Cloud)
• Strong SQL and and Hive (Hadoop) experience.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions. Strong Analytical skills.
• Experience creating architecture and strategy artifacts
• Experience of XML, JSON, Copybook, CSV files ingestion
• Domain Knowledge in financial Services and enterprise functions
• Knowledge of database administration, database performance tuning, source & target data structures, ETL processes & products
• Strong communication skills
• Experience working in Agile environment
• Knowledge of Data Governance process for metadata and lineage management

Educational Requirements :

Bachelor's Degree, or diploma in computer engineering or information science

Work Environment - Hybrid #LI-Hybrid

Location(s) : Canada : Ontario : Toronto

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose : "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.

At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone.

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