VLink Inc · 1 day ago
Data Architect
Houston, TX
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expVLink Inc is a leading global provider of software engineering services with a focus on next-gen technologies. They are seeking a Data Architect to own and drive technical architecture and design for software products in Commodities Trading, while collaborating with business and IT stakeholders for strategic decisions.
Information ServicesInformation Technology
Hiring Manager
shipra gupta
Responsibilities
Own and drive technical architecture, design, and standards for software products in Commodities Trading
Confidently lead architecture decisions across portfolios, managing divergent opinions
Create pragmatic, implementable technical designs balancing risk, complexity, cost, and value
Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders for strategic and day-to-day technical decisions
Listen to and interpret needs of technical and business stakeholders, manage expectations, and facilitate discussions
Be an active participant in the wider Tech Lead and engineering communities
Hands-on experience in architecting applications into the Azure platform, including migrations/re-platforming of legacy on-premise systems
Engineering and architecture experience in designing and building containers, Microservices, Cloud Native applications, and federated Data platforms (Data Mesh)
Strong knowledge of data management: engineering, pipeline development, warehousing, storage, lifecycle management, privacy, security
Experience with diverse data types: big data, high velocity streaming, IoT, low latency event triggers, longitudinal time series
Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases
Significant experience with Azure Functions, Web Apps, distributed/event-driven architecture (event hub, event bus, Kafka), ELK
Intermediate to advanced exposure to Azure Active Directory, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service, CosmosDB, Azure SQL
Integration experience with Confluent/Kafka, API Management, Logic Apps
5+ years in CI/CD delivery using Git/GitHub, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible
Qualification
Required
10+ years in software and architecture delivery
Own and drive technical architecture, design, and standards for software products in Commodities Trading
Confidently lead architecture decisions across portfolios, managing divergent opinions
Create pragmatic, implementable technical designs balancing risk, complexity, cost, and value
TOGAF (or similar framework) experience and Enterprise Architecture tooling
Strong communication and collaboration skills with 5+ years' experience in trading environments
Listen to and interpret needs of technical and business stakeholders, manage expectations, and facilitate discussions
Be an active participant in the wider Tech Lead and engineering communities
Expert in one or more of the programming languages (Node.js, .Net, .Net Core, Python etc) with Cloud Native Platform Development (Azure/AWS)
Expert in one or more of the front-end development technologies (specifically React and Micro frontend)
Expert in one or more of Data Development (SQL Databases, No SQL, Cloud Datastores etc) technologies
Hands-on experience in architecting applications into the Azure platform, including migrations/re-platforming of legacy on-premise systems
Engineering and architecture experience in designing and building containers, Microservices, Cloud Native applications, and federated Data platforms (Data Mesh)
3+ Years experience in Data Architecture including Logical data models and designing solutions using data platforms and medallion architecture
Strong knowledge of data management: engineering, pipeline development, warehousing, storage, lifecycle management, privacy, security
Experience with diverse data types: big data, high velocity streaming, IoT, low latency event triggers, longitudinal time series
Proficient in SQL and NoSQL databases
Significant experience with Azure Functions, Web Apps, distributed/event-driven architecture (event hub, event bus, Kafka), ELK
Intermediate to advanced exposure to Azure Active Directory, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Storage, Azure Kubernetes Service, CosmosDB, Azure SQL
Integration experience with Confluent/Kafka, API Management, Logic Apps
5+ years in CI/CD delivery using Git/GitHub, VSTS/Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible
Company
VLink Inc
VLink Inc.
501-1000 employees
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