Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Data Engineer

• Responsible for the data architecture and database design of the Enterprise Data Warehouse, collaborating with other Data platform architects on the overall architecture of the data warehouse ecosystem.
• Create logical and physical data models to support analytical needs of the organization, guide and oversee data modeling activities executed at a project or program level
• Define data standards, naming conventions, and data architecture best practices.
• Ensure data architecture supports all Data Sets (types), and maintains integrity across systems.
• Optimize data storage, indexing, and query performance for analytical workloads.
• Collaborate with Data Governance team to Implement data policies, including metadata management and data lineage tracking.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA depending on industry).
• Work closely with business analysts, data engineers, data scientists, and leadership to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Communicate architectural decisions and provide guidance to development teams.
• Collaborate in the evaluation, testing, and recommendation of new tools, platforms, and technologies (cloud data warehouses, BI tools, ETL & MLL frameworks, etc.)
• Stay current with trends in data architecture, cloud platforms, and big data technologies.
• Monitor data warehouse performance and resolve bottlenecks and/or data quality issues.
• Ensure Data design reflects high availability, reliability, and scalability of the data warehouse environment.

Senior Data Warehouse Architect