Data Architect

Job Title: Data Architect

Location: Renton, WA

Duration: 12 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $78/hour

Job Type: W-2 Contract

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization: US-Citizen, H-1B, OPT-EAD, GC-EAD

Key Responsibilities

• • Design and architect scalable data ingestion pipelines to process service and repair data from multiple sources, including external dealer data streams.
  • Ingest real time data using Confluent Kafka and ensure reliable, high throughput data flow.
  • Utilize Google Dataflow to perform data cleansing, normalization, and transformation operations.
  • Model and optimize data storage in Snowflake to support efficient querying and reporting.
  • Develop and maintain interactive and insightful dashboards using Tableau to enable business users to monitor Aftersales service performance.
  • Implement real time reporting capabilities by pushing transformed data through APIs to dashboards.
  • Collaborate closely with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver optimal solutions.
  • Establish and enforce data governance, quality, and security standards.
  • Continuously improve data architecture to support scalability, performance, and evolving business needs.

Required Qualifications

• • Proven experience as a Data Architect or similar role in data intensive environments.
  • Strong expertise in data ingestion technologies, especially Confluent Kafka.
  • Hands on experience with Google Dataflow (Apache Beam) for data processing and transformation.
  • Deep knowledge of cloud data warehousing concepts, with proficiency in Snowflake.
  • Experience creating reports and dashboards using Tableau.
  • Solid understanding of data modeling techniques (star schema, snowflake schema, normalized forms).
  • Familiarity with API integration for real time data delivery.
  • Strong problem solving skills and attention to data quality and reliability.
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts for business stakeholders.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law