Employment Type : Full-Time
Job Posting: May 26, 2021Job Posting End Date: Jul 30, 2021 Location: US-WA-Seattle Starbucks - Architecture Lead Enterprise Architect - Data and Analytics Location: Remote available; occasional travel From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection. We are known for developing extraordinary leaders who share this passion and are guided by their service to others. We are seeking a lead Enterprise Architect with focus on developing strategies, patterns and roadmaps for data lakes and artificial intelligence platforms that operate at petabyte scale using cloud technologies. In this critical role, you will… Work closely with technology teams to develop architecture blueprints, roadmaps, and position papers for the cloud data lake, supporting use cases spanning across Starbucks’ lines of business, including Marketing, Retail, Supply Chain, and Customer Analytics. Design and set the future state for master data systems, including those responsible for collecting and syndicating information about stores and equipment. Develop and evangelize patterns, principles, and best practices for infusing analytics and artificial intelligence into new solutions being developed or planned. Assist in the identification and evaluation of new technologies or software to enhance the data and analytics platforms at Starbucks. An ideal person for this job… Enjoys collaboration with a wide group of stakeholders across various technology and business teams. Is comfortable with ambiguity and can lead through behavioral and structural transformation. Has entrepreneurial mindset in innovating, finding breakthroughs and has a growth mindset. Enjoys learning about new technologies and solutions with a lens to finding ways to apply new ideas to business problems. Can synthesize information about complex, technical topics, to build a compelling narrative for leaders and business teams about the data and analytics systems and landscape. Tool kits you’ll need to lead in this role… Ability to craft effective presentations and deliverables for non-technical audiences. Strong background in systems design as well as ability to formulate business strategy People-first leadership style, strong executive communications, ability to thrive in a diverse global environment with high emotional intelligence Experience with cloud native solutions architecture and design along with technical acumen with one or more of the major cloud providers. Deep knowledge of the state of the art in artificial intelligence and machine learning; both from systems design and as a practitioner. Ability to craft effective presentations and deliverables for non-technical audiences. If this sounds like you, we’d like to have coffee with you! Let’s immerse on a journey that shape’s the future of coffee, transforming one cup, one person, one community at a time. Primary Responsibilities: Document current state architecture for reporting and analytics systems by developing integration blueprints and capability models Develop or utilize information models to build a logical level inventory of the data lake to drive conversations with technology and analytics leaders about future investment and gaps Provide solution design for analytics use cases across lines of business, including consulting with other teams about best practices for utilizing the data lake, or appropriate solution design for implementing analytics in new products or solutions Track industry and technology trends to identify new approaches or paradigms in data and analytics and use this information to influence leaders and develop future states and roadmaps Work with project teams to develop best practices for instrumenting solutions to capture ground truth information and designing integration approaches to data systems Support teams developing and maintaining master data repositories with systems design and architecture points of view to establish appropriate bounded contexts for systems and interfaces Ideate and scope new projects or solutions in collaboration with leaders in technology and analytics to unlock new capabilities or support new business initiatives Education and Training and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study, or equivalent experience. Ten or more years of experience in Information Technology or a data architecture role 5 years’ working experience in system design 5 years’ working experience in data modeling, design, or analysis Required Knowledge and Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills in areas such as teamwork, facilitation and negotiation Strong written, verbal communication skills along with strong “story telling” and presentation skills Ability to understand the long-term ("big picture") and short-term perspectives of situations Ability to estimate the impact of individual solution architecture alternatives Ability to define multiple solution options to business problems Understanding and use of Human Centered Design principles & methodologies Experience working with at least one of the major cloud providers (GCP, Azure, AWS) Experience designing cloud data lakes and enterprise data warehouses Deep understanding of the machine learning development lifecycle Experience with machine learning frameworks and algorithm development Familiarity with architecture principles and frameworks like TOGAF
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