Data Model Architect

About the role

The Data Model Architect assists with the design and implementation of company databases. You will work closely with platform architects, product owners and data analysts to implement data modeling solutions that streamline and support enterprise information management.

Essential Functions

• Analyzing and translating business needs into supporting, conceptual data models
• Working with development teams to create physical data models and implementation road maps
• Developing best practices for data model development to ensure consistency
• Ensuring data models adhere to data classification and governance objectives
• Reviewing data models in data systems for variances, efficiency, and interoperability
• Evangelizing data models and aligning their use to support a variety of business needs
• Troubleshooting and optimizing data models

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Required Qualifications

• Five (5) years of hands-on experience with relational and dimensional data modeling
• Expert knowledge of metadata management and related tools
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Advanced troubleshooting skills
• Detail oriented, capable of envisioning edge-cases that are likely to happen in the real data sets
• Aware of software engineering / DevOps best practices (Source control & branching patterns, automated testing, automated deployments)
• Ideally capable of writing data transformations in code, but in some organizations may utilize a GUI tool
• Understanding of modern CI / CD practices and principles, with experience in Jenkins development preferred
• Strong understanding of DataOps principles
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio, etc.); Web proficiency
• Ability to travel 10% of the time
• Ability to clear required background check

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in information systems, computer science, engineering or other relevant discipline
• Familiarity with Dbt, Snowflake, Alation, Power BI

Compensation & Benefits

Stride, Inc. considers a person's education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee's salary level. We anticipate the salary range to be $70,202.25 - $111,000.00. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

Work Environment

This is a home based position. This position is open to residents of, and may be performed remotely from Washington, D.C.