Data Architect

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Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.  

United As One for Patients, our purpose in Healthcare is to help create, improve and prolong lives. We develop medicines, intelligent devices and innovative technologies in therapeutic areas such as Oncology, Neurology and Fertility. Our teams work together across 6 continents with passion and relentless curiosity in order to help patients at every stage of life. Joining our Healthcare team is becoming part of a diverse, inclusive and flexible working culture, presenting great opportunities for personal development and career advancement across the globe.

This role does not offer sponsorship for work authorization. External applicants must be eligible to work in the US. 

This role is part of the Life Science ACE (Analytics Center of Excellence) Data Services Team that is responsible for the design, implementation and operations of data ingestion pipelines and strategic data assets. The Data Architect formalize the business needs into an implementable, reliable and future proven data architecture based on proper pipeline architecture guidance. 
 

Your role:

• Design data assets to support Life Science business applications and data modelling according to project requirements for data acquisition and security as well as customer-defined deliverables.  
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including system architects, software engineers, administrators, design analysts and business stakeholders to determine project requirements and capabilities, and strategize development and implementation timelines.  
• Develop architectural strategies for data modelling, design and implementation to meet stated requirements for metadata management, operational data stores and Extract Transform Load environments.  
• Create and test physical data models for a variety of business data, applications, database structures and metadata tables to meet operational goals for performance and efficiency.  
• Review existing data architectures to determine overall effectiveness and compliance with original objectives, develop comprehensive strategies for improving or replacing underperforming areas and present these plans to managers and executives.  
• Research new technologies, data modelling methods and information management systems to determine which ones should be incorporated into Life Science data architectures and develop implementation timelines and milestones.  
• Define pipeline designs and formalize design best practices.   
• Develop key performance measures for data integration and quality.
   

Who you are:

Minimum requirement:

• B.Sc. (or higher) in related discipline (including data science, data engineering, MIS, analytics or others)

Preferred requirement:

• At least 3 years of experience working on data integration, data analytics, and/or data science projects
• Hands-on experience with big data application development and/or with cloud data warehousing (e.g. Foundry, Snowflake, AWS,….)
• Experience in data integration, with ability to design integrated data model based on business requirements and ensuring data integrity
• Ability to design logical and physical data models
• Strong communication skills (fluent in English) and a working knowledge of agile development
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and teamwork abilities

Location

***This role can be based in either Darmstadt, Germany or Burlington, MA***

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and believe that it drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!
 
Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!

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