JOB DESCRIPTION:

Job Title: Information Architect/Data Modeler

Duration: 6 Months+ High extension possibility

Working Location: Toronto, ON (3 days onsite)

Job Description:

• Understand and translate business needs into data models supporting long-term solutions.

• Closely interact with business partners, stakeholders, functional experts, business analysts, contractors, and developers to understand the system requirements and architect and design the data model and database schema based on the requirements.

• Work with the Application Development team to implement data strategies, build data flows and develop conceptual data models.

• Create logical and physical data models using standard methodologies to ensure high data quality and reduced redundancy.

• Optimize and update logical and physical data models to support new and existing projects.

• Maintain conceptual, logical and physical data models along with corresponding metadata.

• Develop standard methodologies for standard naming conventions and coding practices to ensure consistency of data models.

• Communicate effectively with no ambiguity during project execution on data model

• Understand and articulate interdependencies, constraints of the data model to Data Engineers, project teams and business teams

• Recommend opportunities for reuse of data models in new environments.

• Perform reverse engineering of physical data models from databases and SQL scripts.

• Evaluate data models and physical databases for variances and discrepancies.

• Understanding and experience in OLAP, reporting and analytics principles.

• Own the data definitions for all data tables and maintain data lineage

• Validate business data objects for accuracy and completeness.

• Analyze data-related system integration challenges and propose appropriate solutions.

• Develop data models according to company standards.

• Guide System Analysts, Engineers, Programmers and others on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.

Candidate Requirements/Must Have Skills:

1. Solid experience with business intelligence and data warehousing development technologies, RDBMS, Hadoop and Analytics Environments.

2. Minimum 5 to 8 years of experience in IT with a minimum of 4+ years in Data Model design.

3. Expertise with Big data technologies and data bricks as well as BI and data warehousing development technologies.

4. Strong Data Analysis skills

5. Strong Data Modeling skills. Take ownership and do data modelling work themselves and do hands on work.

6. Experience with Azure Solutions and SQL

7. Expertise with Power Designer/Erwin Data Modeling tool

8. Familiarity with Capital Markets data

Nice-To-Have Skills:

1. Wealth management/capital markets industry

2. Hortonworks/Cloudera HADOOP platform

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or related.

Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority-owned staffing company in the U.S., Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian's platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game-changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.

Dexian's brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/ to learn more.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Dexian will on request provide accommodation for disabilities to support your participation in all aspects of Recruitment, Assessment and selection process.