Principal Enterprise Data Architect

Come Join Our Passionate Team!  At Barracuda, we make the world a safer place. We believe every business deserves access to cloud-enabled, enterprise-grade security solutions that are easy to buy, deploy, and use. We protect email, networks, data and applications with innovative solutions that grow and adapt with our customers’ journey. More than 200,000 organizations worldwide trust Barracuda to protect them — in ways they may not even know they are at risk — so they can focus on taking their business to the next level.      We are committed to a candidate selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier free. To ensure candidates are assessed in a fair and equitable manner, accommodations will be provided to prospective employees in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code   Envision yourself at Barracuda   As an Enterprise Data Architect, you will collaborate with multiple business systems, products and services teams across the organization to ensure that enterprise data is well architected, understood and governed. You will collaborate with both data producing and consuming teams, bridging the gap between technical leadership, security, product engineering, business systems and data analysts across marketing, sales, revenue, and product. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, deploying, and managing Barracuda's data architecture. You will define and implement policies, procedures, standards, on how data is collected, stored, processed, managed and used throughout the organization.   In this role, you will be working at the intersection of business, applications, data, and technology in a highly collaborative environment.     Tech Stack:   

• Databricks  
• PySpark  
• SQL  
• AWS  

What you’ll be working on  

• Data Architecture: Collaborate across business and technology stakeholders to devise and implement a data strategy, data architecture and data governance, while adhering to industry best practices, aligned with company goals.  
• Data Integrations: Architect and implement processes, systems, tools and capabilities required to ingest, store, process, and integrate core data assets from sources such as Salesforce. Work with external tooling/platform vendors to address technical challenges as necessary.  
• Data Management: Ensure business areas treat their data as a first-class citizen in their systems and applications with strong emphasis on data quality. Identify gaps and propose solutions to enhance scalability, reliability, performance and security.  
• Business Processes: Understand and influencing company business processes, systems, functions, data management and how it relates to downstream data use cases,   
• Data Use Cases: Take ownership to engage with analytics teams to understand requirements, formulate solutions and deliver them with a sense of urgency while balancing the long-term and short-term needs.  
• Data Modeling: Design and implement logical and physical data models for data lakes and data warehouses to store, retrieve and share company data for analytics and other use cases.  
• Coaching and Mentoring: Educate team members through training and individual support.  

What you bring to the role  

• 13+ years of proven experience as a Data Architect, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Data Analyst, or similar role.  
• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or relevant field.  
• Strong understanding of the business. Excellent domain knowledge and experience with CRM and ERP systems such as Salesforce, NetSuite etc. and related business processes.
• Must have deep understanding of Salesforce and NetSuite data architecture. Salesforce and NetSuite certifications are a plus.
• Advanced SQL skills. Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.  
• Experience with data modeling, data warehousing design, and data pipelines. Experience with tools such as dbt, ERwin, PowerDesigner etc.  
• Experience with Spark, Databricks and related technologies is a plus.  
• Experience with public cloud, preferably AWS.  
• Excellent organizational and analytical abilities. Outstanding problem solver. Good written and verbal communication skills.  

What you’ll get from us  A team where you can voice your opinion, make an impact, and where you and your experience are valued. Internal mobility – there are opportunities for cross training and the ability to attain your next career step within Barracuda. In addition, you will receive equity, in the form of non-qualifying options. Individuals in Colorado, California, New York City, Washington State, and Westchester County (NY), are not eligible to apply for this position. #LI-Remote