JX- Director - Data Architecture

About the job JX - Director - Data Architecture

10 Years

Contract (6 Months)

Pay Rate USD 123 hourly

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Architect to join our team and play a crucial role in designing and optimizing data solutions for our cryptocurrency and blockchain-based applications.

As a Director of Data Architecture, you collaborate and build strong relationships with our business partners and technical product teams to drive our data architectures and implement leading cloud-based database technologies as enablers for key investment management business capabilities.

At Client architects are leaders in technology, playing an impactful role in driving all aspects of business architecture, technology planning and execution, providing direction to our business partners and technology product teams, along with participating in hands‑on technical work.

We are looking for dynamic individuals to lead us in driving innovative data architectures and exploring data technologies to support our next generation of investment products and offerings.

• Expert knowledge and hands‑on experience in architecting and implementing blockchain and cryptocurrency applications.
• Passion for working with leading cloud‑based data technologies, providing innovative and well architected solutions.
• Business and technical curiosity, working with others to foster ideas and produce creative solutions to difficult problems while making smart choices balancing design and delivery.
• Proficiency at understanding enterprise data architecture concepts, master data management, data modeling and design techniques.
• Significant experience working in complex data environments in an engineering, design, and architecture capacity; including enterprise warehouses, marts, operational stores and data lakes.
• Experience in collaborating with data engineering & database administrators and is a plus.
• Experienced with cloud deployment practices and patterns, building data applications that leverage cloud native technologies.
• Well‑grounded knowledge of engineering and continuous delivery practices.
• Proven leadership skills, demonstrated ability to mentor, influence and partnering with engineering, and product teams to deliver scalable robust data solutions.
• Hands‑on experience Snowflake, Dynamo
  
  DB, Postgre
  
  SQL No
  
  SQL platforms is a plus. Solid experience in driving Automation, Data Quality Security and Governance practices.
• Current on event processing, Data API and recent emerging data technologies. Exposure to Python, Data Science and Machine Learning methodologies desired.
• A strong influencer who can integrate effectively into the culture, combining facilitation skills with a results orientation to deliver excellence and execution. Demonstrated organizational savvy and maturity, for working effectively across different organizational units and business groups. Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Undergraduate degree in computer science or a related field ideally combined with an advanced technical degree.
• Proven experience as a Data Architect, with a focus on blockchain and cryptocurrency applications.
• Strong understanding of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and distributed ledger systems.
• Proficiency in data modeling and database design, including knowledge of SQL and No
  
  SQL databases.
• Knowledge of data privacy and security best practices, especially in the context of blockchain.
• Depth of knowledge in architecture and an ability to translate business objectives into technology solutions. Experience in a wide array of architecture patterns including architecting highly performant systems, event‑driven architectures, APIs, data architecture and security architectures.
• Knowledge of cloud architecture patterns, and the cloud platforms, especially AWS is desired.
• Strong technical foundation: including an undergraduate degree in computer science or a related field, ideally combined with sophisticated technical degree. Knowledge of the financial industry and portfolio management concepts is a plus.
• Passionate about technology and its application to solve intricate problems in areas such as investment…