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aKube, Inc.

Technical Solutions Architect

aKube, Inc., Culver City, California, United States, 90232


Job DescriptionCity:

Los Angeles, CA preferred

Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote:

Hybrid

Duration: 6 - 9 months extendable

Work Authorization:

GC, USC, All valid EADs except H1b

No C2C or 1099 or sub-contract

Job description:

We are looking for a skilled technical architect to design and deliver an enterprise

grade master data management (MDM) solution. The studio has several internal and external datasets

with varying degrees of master data maturity. Our business sponsors are looking to harmonize these data

sets to unlock high-quality title metadata and data interoperability to serve various consumption use

cases. The architect will be a highly skilled individual with experience profiling internal systems and

multiple 3 rd party datasets to produce a solution architecture. Expertise in building conceptual, logical and

physical data models suitable for implementation on Snowflake SaaS is required. Evaluating existing

databases and schemas in addition to collecting new requirements is key to a solution architecture.

Experience with data warehousing and data modeling principles (i.e. Inmon, Kimball) in Snowflake Cloud

Computing is key to this project. This project will require developing detailed design and technical

documentation for our development team to implement. Experience with Media / Entertainment 3rd party

dataset is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

include• Experience with profiling and working with high-volume, complex data sets spanning various subject areas for meta completeness and data integration/harmonization opportunities.• Partner with data experts to formulate, understand the solution requirements• Identify the right data sources / data completeness to build the final product• Provide design considerations for both deterministic (ID based) and probabilistic (ML) record matching• Data profiling to build the entity relationships across multiple sources• Build conceptual, logical, and physical data models• Recommend Data Quality Management methodologies for various projects• Review existing and new data assets quality and dependency analysis including connections between them

Key outputs include:• Technical architecture for master data management, title matching, for current and future enhancements• Data providers assessment for completeness, aligning to business requirements and quality• Recommend best practices to manage Data Quality and Data integrity• Solution design for data ingestion pipelines (e.g. refresh rates, error handling, etc.)• Contribution of documentation to IT knowledge database

Qualifications:• 8+ of years of Data/IT work experience and 4+ years in the similar role of Data Modeler/Architect.• Media & Entertainment experience is an added plus.• Experience with data modeling concepts (star schemas, snowflake schemas, highly normalized data models)• Data modeling experience with Erwin is preferred• Certified Snowflake SnowPro is preferred• Data Warehousing development experience - Snowflake and/or other cloud solutions• Master Data Management tool experience is an added asset• Knowledge and experience of at least one data profiling tool• Excellent SQL programming skills• Excellent problem-solving skills• Excellent communication skills with both business and technical customers• Take a proactive approach to cross-functional communication• Actively seek out feedback from management and peers