Director, Enterprise Data Architecture

Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including consumer, industrial, institutional, food and beverage, and pool and spa water markets. Owned by Platinum Equity, the company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, and cleaners and disinfectants, as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments.  

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 69 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over 16,100 professionals in 130 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2024 US Best Managed Company, recognized fouryears in a row. For more information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com. 

Perks of working with us!

• Competitive health + wellness benefit plan

• Continuous professional development with many opportunities for growth!

• Recharge with 15 days of paid time off

• Competitive Salary and Bonuses

• 401k Plan

• Flexible working hours

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Architect with a strong focus on data warehousing to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining robust data warehouse solutions that support our business intelligence and analytics needs. As Director of Data Architecture, you will be responsible for designing and developing scalable data warehouse architectures to support business intelligence and analytics requirements. You will collaborate with business stakeholders to understand data requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive data architecture through expertise and influence over a matrixed organization

• Implement data integration solutions to consolidate data from various sources into the data warehouse.

• Optimize data warehouse performance through indexing, partitioning, and other techniques.

• Ensure data quality, consistency, and security across the data warehouse.

• Develop and maintain ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) architecture to load data into the data warehouse.

• Develop and maintain BI reporting architecture to present data from the data warehouse into BI tools.

• Monitor and troubleshoot data warehouse issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.

• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in data warehousing and recommend improvements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• Proven experience as a Data Architect with a focus on data warehousing.

• Strong knowledge of data warehousing concepts, methodologies, and best practices.

• Proficiency in SQL and experience with database management systems (e.g., MS SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle).

• Experience with ETL tools and processes (e.g., Informatica, Talend, Apache Nifi).

• Experience with BI tools and processes (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI etc).

• Familiarity with data modeling techniques and tools (e.g., ERwin, PowerDesigner).

• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud-based data warehousing solutions (e.g., Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Snowflake, DataBricks , Microsoft Fabric).

• Knowledge of big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark).

• Knowledge of large scale data processing technologies including advanced performance optimization techniques

• Certification in data warehousing or related fields.

We understand that candidates will not meet every single desired qualification.  If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

At Solenis, we understand that our greatest asset is our people. That is why we offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits which include medical, dental, vision & 401K, and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. So, if you are interested in working for a world-class company and enjoy solving complex challenges, whether in the lab or the field, consider joining our team.

Solenis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer, including Minorities / Women/ Veterans / Disabled.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Should you require assistance in applying to this opportunity, please reach out to Solenis Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@solenis.com