Data Architect: Alliance Internal
Data Architect: Alliance Internal
Data Architect
Nissan is a pioneer in Innovation and Technology. With a focus on Mobility, Operational Excellence, Value
to our Customers and Electrification of vehicles, you can expect to be part of a very exciting journey here
at Nissan.
Nissan is going after a massive Digital Transformation backed by leading technologies across the
organization globally. We are committed to building a diverse, entrepreneurial organization, and our
current team is a strong evidence of that. Our people are what drive the business forward. At Nissan
Digital, you will be part of a dynamic team with ample opportunities to grow and make a difference.
The Role:
We are looking for passionate and seasoned data architects to build next generation data warehouses /
data lakes and business intelligence solutions for our business stakeholders. The candidate would be
required to understand and gather the data warehouse / data lake requirements, architect, design / model
and implement timely solutions for the business needs. The candidate should be able to own and be
responsible for the complete architecture of the solution.
Data architect will own, optimize and maintain conceptual, logical and physical data models. Exposure to
Sales / Finance, Manufacturing, Quality, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, After-sales / Credit and
Digital workplace Domain would be preferred.
Responsibilities:
Data Architect need to architect, design / model and implement data lake / data warehouse and business
intelligence solutions using various technologies. The primary responsibilities include:
Own and drive the architecture for a project / product
Choose the right architecture that would solve the business problems
Lead a team of technical people, mentor and guide them during the solution
Communicate and translate the technical solution to the team and other stakeholders
Drive re-use initiatives and promote re-use culture within the team
Design and implement various components of data pipeline that include data integration,
storage, processing and analysis of business data
Analyze business requirements and derive conceptual model by identifying entities and the
relationship between them. Identify attributes and create logical and physical models
Proficient in business process modelling, process flow modeling, data flow modeling
Proficient in creating flowcharts, process flows and data flow diagrams
Collaborate with application development and support teams on various IT projects
Develop complex modules and proof of concepts
Lead and drive performance optimization efforts
Define standards and guidelines for the project and ensure team is following those
Assist in setting strategic direction for database, infrastructure and technology through necessary
research and development activities
Automation should be a key driver and the development & testing should be automated through
frameoworks / tools
Monitoring performance and advising any necessary infrastructure changes through capacity
planning & sizing exercises
Work with various vendors like cloud providers and consultants to deliver the project
Define non functional requirements and make sure that the solution adhere to the requirements
Define best practices of agile & DevOps while implementing solutions
The ideal candidate should have worked on end-to-end data warehousing / data lake and / or business
intelligence solutions in the past. The candidate should have the following skills sets:
Excellent understanding of distributed computing paradigm
Should have excellent knowledge in data warehouse / data lake technology and business
intelligence concepts
Should have good knowledge in Relational, No-SQL, Big Data Databases and should be able to
write queries
Should have strong implementation experience in all the below technology areas (breadth) and
deep technical expertise in some of the below technologies:
Data integration – ETL tools like Talend and Informatica. Ingestion mechanism like Flume
& Kafka
Data modelling – Dimensional & transactional modelling using RDBMS, NO-SQL and Big
Data technologies. Experience in Snowflake modelling would be an advantage
Data visualization – Tools like Tableau
Master data management (MDM) – Concepts and expertise in tools like Informatica &
Talend MDM
Big data – Hadoop eco-system, Distributions like Cloudera / Hortonworks, Pig and HIVE
Data processing frameworks – Spark & Spark streaming
Hands-on experience with multiple databases like PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Oracle, MS SQL Server,
NOSQL (HBase / Cassandra, MongoDB), is required
You should have mandatory knowledge of various data modelling techniques and should be
hands on with data modelling tools like ERWin, TOAD, PowerDesigner, etc.
Experience in cloud data eco-system, specifically with AWS. Experience in AWS data components
like S3, Redshift & RDS, managed services like Aurora & Athena are desirable
Demonstrate strong analytical and problem solving capability
Good understanding of the data eco-system, both current and future data trends
Minimum 8-12 years of experience in the data engineering space with at least few complex &
high volume data projects as an architect is mandatory
Drive your career forward and join the company leading the technology and business evolution in the
automotive industry.