Job Description:The OpportunityWe are looking for an experienced Data Architect to join a well-established, collaborative team of Architects focused on developing a world class data platform, acting as a subject matter expert, leveraging your extensive knowledge and experience to be a technical thought leader for Data, database systems and how information is collected, collated and consumed through the company. You’ll have the freedom to come up with innovative solutions to unique challenges and help us use data to make work more human. The results you deliver are directly linked to our company's strategic objectives.What we can offer you:An opportunity to act as a subject matter expert for Data, database systems and how information is collected, collated and consumed through the company.An opportunity to lead and influence the data strategy and influence the approach we take to data platform/ architecture vision for Workhuman.An opportunity to develop design patterns & architecture blueprints for data ingression, processing and transforming dataAn opportunity to lead in building multi-year data platform architecture/ technology roadmap for the expansion of the Workhuman SaaS productAn opportunity to lead architectural tasks and decisions across the current and future Workhuman data platform softwareAn opportunity to perform design reviews of solutions to ensure the design aligns and supports the specified architectureAn opportunity to create, document, and communicate the integration approach of all the components of the data platform architectureAn opportunity to be the Technical Product Owner in partnership with Business Partners, Product Strategist, Product Owners, Principal Engineer, Architects, Cloud Team and DBA to define the technical data platform strategy for our data driven products and applications.An opportunity to define data architecture patterns for the requirements of the Product, IQ, Finance, Operations, Sales, Security & Audit business areas.An opportunity to work with IQ teams to build advanced capabilities like customer profiling thereby enabling customer retention & providing personalised services.An opportunity to provide leadership and guidance to the engineering teams for successful product feature implementation on the data platform. Involve in influencing the direction of our strategy, designing solutions that will support Workhuman data platform.An opportunity to partner with AWS to bring in the best external knowledge to complement our internal expertise.An opportunity to proactively identify and help to refocus the team's efforts when projects are off-course or are not technically feasible and results are not moving the needle for our business/ team goals or serving the needs of customers in a meaningful way.An opportunity to foster a culture of Innovation and curiosity in your team, empowering everyone to contribute.The skills you bring:Business technology strategy – ability to develop and deliver business strategy through technology.Relationship building – ability to establish trust at all levels of the business. Ability to negotiate with and influence stakeholders including engineers from other teams, Product Managers, business users.Communication – strong written and verbal communication needed. Ability to change the message to suit different audiences.Strategic Thinking - Ability to think holistically, design and deliver Configurable Components that serve multiple purposes throughout the organization.Analysis – the ability to analyse and document complex multi layered technology and business processes and architectures.Delivery/Execution – Ability to deliver a quality product/service on time and in a product architecture.Achievements:You have experience in architecting, designing and developing large scale data solutions.You have experience in leading teams resulting in the successful deployment of applications built on data platforms.You have experience in leading teams resulting in the successful deployment of applications built on data platforms.You communicate easily with others across the business domain to influence, collaborate and align on key topics and business strategy, and to ensure our teams are always working toward shared goals.You listen attentively and actively, building on others' opinions, avoiding early judgements, and using radical candor when expressing your opinion.You have expertise in AWS Data technology Stack in building Data Lake solutions (AWS EC2, S3, Glue, Data Pipeline, DMS, EMR, Step, Lambda, Redshift, RDS, Quicksight, etc…)You have expertise in Relational/Non-Relational Database systems (Oracle, SQL Server, HDFS, MongoDB)Benefits25 days annual leave, increasing with years of serviceCompany plan VHI Health Care & Dental cover for employee and dependenciesA Pension commencing after probation periodParticipation in Workhuman’s employee recognition programsDiscounted gift certificatesDiscounted TaxSaver Travel cards/free car parking (subject to availability)Income ProtectionLife AssuranceAccess to our Tuition Reimbursement SchemeAccess to Workhuman UniversityAdditional ‘perks’ - Free grab and go breakfast and lunch options, fruit, tea/coffee, fantastic catered events and wellness activities throughout the year throughout the year etc#HybridThe Company:At Workhuman® our mission is to bring more humanity to the workplace. We recognise and embrace individuals’ differences and believe that workforce diversity and inclusion are essential to our long-term growth and success. Even if you don’t think you “check every single box” above, please still consider applying. We’re looking for a human who is collaborative, innovative with a growth mindsetWe love what we do because we’re shaping the future of work through our people and our technology. Our human cloud-based applications are helping some of the world’s leading global brands connect culture to shared purpose. The Workhuman Cloud empowers employees to thank, talk and celebrate each other, creating an environment that sparks gratitude and human connection while increasing employee engagement and productivity.Did you know we have an award-winning culture across EMEA and North America:We were named as #5 Best Workplace in the Great Place to Work Awards in Ireland in 2022 in the large-sized workplace category. We were also recognised as the Best Workplace for Women and the Best Workplace in Technology in 2020, 2021, and 2022.In 2021 we were named as #2 Best Workplace in Europe in the medium-sized workplace category.We were also recognised as #2 Best Large Places to Work in Boston by Built In for 2023 as well as the Best Place to Work in Boston, U.S. Best Large Places to Work, and U.S. Best Places to Work.There are currently over 7.5 million users on the Workhuman® cloud across 180 countries.Our core values are Respect, Determination, Innovation, and Imagination.Workhuman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees. We proudly provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions at Workhuman are based solely on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Workhuman believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
