Downstream Architect

Areas of Study: Cloud/infrastructure tech, Google Cloud,Information Technology, and/or equivalent, Colibra, DataLake, Google Cloud, Google cloud BigQuery, Looker

Languages: English

Education Level: Bachelor

Job Location: Singapore

Job Purpose

• Owns the technology relationships up to CxO level & supports technology thought leadership.
• Being a member of the Architecture Committee in ONE to facilitate AC meetings with internal and external technical stakeholders and SMEs.
• Continuously improve the architecture of Data Analytics Platform for a global ocean shipping company.
• Drives research, case studies, and prototypes on leading-edge technologies and how they can be leveraged.
• Develops proof of concepts (POC’s) to evaluate new technologies and makes recommendations.
• Develops, enhances and enforces ONE system standards, best practices and guidelines.
• Designs and/or Proposes enhancements to improve the performance, availability and reliability of the cloud computing environment for Data Analytics Platform.
• Continuously monitor and improve Data Governance Process.
• Also improve the quality of the Data Analytics service from business users’ perspective.

Primary Job Description (Describe the major duties of this position)

• Accountable for the system architecture of the enterprise-wide Data Analytics Platform.
• Work with internal and external system architects and technicians to keep the architecture of the Data Analytics Platform healthy and elastic.
• Manage the lifecycle of the Data Analytics Platform and maintain plans for the next 5 years.
• Proactively understand the demand from business users and factor them into the architecture enhancement plans.
• Monitor the system performance of the Data Analytics Platform to always meet the service levels.
• Keep the Data Analytics Platform stable and maximize the availability.
• Manage the Processes and Guidelines on Data Governance.

Position Qualifications and Experiences

• Experience Requirements:
  • Experience to design and implement a modern Data Analytics Platform in Google Cloud and similar BI experiences.
• Technical Skills:
  • Architect level technical knowledge of relational databases, DataLake and Google Cloud BigQuery
  • Architect level technical knowledge of Looker and other BI Tools
  • Administrator level knowledge of Collibra or other Data Governance Tool
• Soft Skills:
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.