Senior Data Architect

A.P. Moller - Maersk is a leading integrated container logistics company, instrumental in moving 20% of global trade annually. Our team of over 100,000 dedicated employees, predominantly women, spans 130 countries. We are committed to connecting and simplifying global trade, empowering our customers to flourish and grow. At Maersk, we aim to be the global integrator of logistics, seamlessly connecting customers’ supply chains.

The Fulfilled by Maersk (FbM) division, a vital segment of Maersk's vision, spearheads the development of innovative technologies. These technologies enhance customer fulfilment and logistics through automated, end-to-end digital journeys, providing access to streamlined products and services. Our team is focused on integrating data, systems, and processes, supported by scalable digital infrastructure and APIs.

Maersk WND is actively searching for a Senior Data Architect. You will work with the data-centric product teams to design and build data architectures to support the WND business segments across the logistic platforms. We are looking for someone who enjoys working in a highly collaborative environment that values speed and quality, with a strong desire to drive change as we continue our agile transformational journey.

In this position, you will be responsible for articulating and driving aspects of the Maersk WND Data management, Data Strategy and architectural vision and strategy, as well as developing and validating the architecture and solution design aligned to critical business capabilities. You will play a Sr. Data Architect role on the Data Architecture team and act as the technical SME for assigned domains, such as the data lake, data governance, metadata management, data manufacturing, ETL, feature engineering, Machine learning, innovations, and more. You will provide technical expertise, guide, and mentor development teams on methodologies, processes, and best practices on cloud data architectures, data science platforms, event-driven architecture, and API-enabled data services.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Listed below are some of the key responsibilities our Senior Data Architects take on. However, we work in an Agile environment, making this a superb opportunity for you to carve this role for yourself:

• Work with teams for data architecture and data technical design for multiple business units across our global organization.
• Recommends emerging technological solutions to increase market share and reduce operational costs.
• Build a unified data and analytics ecosystem that drives improved business decisions supported by transformative cloud-based architecture capabilities.
• Deliver business value and improve decision-making by identifying and building data solutions, self-service data and reporting capabilities in alignment with business priorities and GRS Data Strategy
• Will work on various database technologies and be expected to provide frameworks and code in various technologies including Azure, SAS, Informatica, and others.
• Reviews and ensures architectural designs are consistent, maintainable, flexible, and cost-effective.
• Reviews and ensures data security and privacy standards are implemented including role-based security, encryption, tokenization, and obfuscation.
• Works with application teams to identify functional requirements that drive technology that enables business functionality.
• Designs and maintains database structures including tables, views, synonyms, sequences, triggers, procedures, functions, indexes, materialized views, partitioning strategies, and compression.
• Helps develop architectural strategies and direction which allows the business to deliver new customer engagement models.
• Develops the data architecture and governance models for systems of engagement and provides the framework for integrating source systems with transactional databases or data warehouses.
• Provides the framework for defining the data model of the operational database or data warehouse.
• Provides strategic guidance to senior leadership for data movement strategies, data obfuscation (data masking), record retention strategy (Deletion and Archival), data infrastructure/security, the operational data store (ODS), and the operational reporting strategy.
• Analyzes highly complex systems, technical, and product issues and helps develop solutions and drive systems direction. Develops and documents technology roadmaps.
• Analyzes data to validate data issues or provide bulk data defect fixes.
• Makes recommendations to improve process efficiency and effectiveness for core and utility services.
• Analyzes the technology industry and market trends to determine potential impact on the business.
• Availability for On-call rotation for better support model

Qualifications:

While reading the following list, please consider that we value your whole skill set and expertise more than a list of “must haves”.  If you believe you can aspire to this role, get in touch, even if you don’t currently have everything listed – let’s talk!

And of course, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a technical discipline.
• 15 years of architecture experience in application development in a complex, multi-platform distributed database environment.
• Experience in data warehousing concepts and techniques.
• Experience in Master Data Management (MDM) concepts, tools, and best practices.
• Experience in agile methodology and CI/CD principles.
• Extensive, real-world experience, in designing enterprise solutions.
• Extensive experience in layered solutions and designs, diverse technical configurations, across multiple technologies and processing environments.
• In-depth knowledge in software engineering languages and tools; proficient in new and emerging technologies.
• Extensive knowledge of all product and system components of technical architecture.
• Knowledgeable in software engineering languages and tools; proficient in new and emerging technologies.
• Strong technical skills; coaching and mentoring skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills - including negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building skills; ability to influence and persuade, without direct control.
• High degree of flexibility and ability to work with employees at all levels of the organization with diverse backgrounds.
• Strong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly.
• Strong consulting skills (relevant/technical); recognized as a thought leader within the company.
• Ability to balance the long-term "big picture" and short-term implications of decisions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with or working knowledge of:

• Azure, MySQL, NoSQL technologies
• Experience in defining, and evangelizing, the use of reference architectures and repeatable implementation patterns.
• Good understanding of multi-tenancy-based applications
• Strong understanding of database security and approaches such as secure development practices and code-level application security (e.g., identity and encryption).
• Strong understanding of Open-Source technologies
• Familiar with architectural principles and frameworks
• Strong experience in SQL Server SSIS, Python, SSRS
• Strong experience in troubleshooting performance issues and code improvements. 

As a performance-oriented company, we strive to always recruit the best person for the job - regardless of gender, age, nationality, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

We’re building a culture where everyone can feel at home. We don't just work across continents, we work across different genders, generations, cultures, sexual orientations, religions, disabilities and perspectives. Together, we succeed as one global team.

We actively work to address systemic bias and support representation. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

We therefore encourage all to apply and let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for your recruitment process.  Learn more at:  https://www.maersk.com/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion

This is a big moment for us – we have a clear vision for the future of global trade and there’s never been a more exciting time to take part.

Are you ready?