Principal Data Architect

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Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions: Medtronic technologies transform the lives of two people every second, every hour, every day. And counting. Our engineers and scientists work in relentless pursuit of solutions that improve lives, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence, data insights and robotic-assisted surgery. We may not know what the future holds, but we are boldly attacking the most challenging health problems facing humanity, searching out and finding solutions.

A Day in the Life

You enjoy being part of a global team that is designing and building data pipelines that combine and transform raw data into valuable action based data products. You are proud, enthusiastic on the work you do and are always looking for opportunities to improve the data products our team makes. We do our work in sprints. Everyone is encouraged to bring in their topics and expertise. You provide technical leadership to this team of data-engineers. You are confident in your skills and like to coach your colleagues. At Medtronic we work with state-of-the-art technologies like Snowflake, Python, AWS, Coalesce. You like to experiment together with the team on tools and technologies to improve the work and create every time a cool new data product. You are not only thinking about your current project but you also have ideas on how to improve our way of working for the future. You share your ideas and accomplishments in inspiring presentations and demos.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

· Ensure all Data Architecture aspects of the solution design work with the global D&A architecture definition

· Coordinate the data development activities in your team

· Partner with business analysts, data engineers and subject matter experts in refinement sessions on the requirements to ensure alignment to desired business outcomes

· Consult with your global architect colleagues

· Mentor the team members on adopting ways of working, new technologies and subject matter expertise

· Foster a positive, engaging and challenging team-focused global work environment

· Gather, review, assess and partner to drive new ideas, initiatives and projects

· Ensure adherence to the defined IT governance activities

Must Have: Minimum Requirements

· You love to work with data! And transform raw data to actionable insights for the business

· You are an expert in SQL, SAP CRM, BW

· You have proficiency in at least one other programming language, preferable Python

· You have knowledge of data modelling

· You like to experiment with new technologies

· You like to share your knowledge with others in inspiring presentations

· You have experience in coaching others

· You are proactive and keep a constant communication with the team members and the business partners.

· You have no trouble in translating a business requirement into a technical design

· Working in an Agile team makes you happy

· You have an easy to work with attitude

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

· 8+ Years of work experience as a Data Architect or similar

· Experience with large enterprise systems & solutions (SAP is a pre-req)

· Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management abilities, including the ability to present technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

· Snowflake cloud platform experience is a plus

· You have experience with CI/CD tooling: Azure DevOps, Git

· You have Experience with Test Automation

· Excellent English communication skills (verbal & written)

About Medtronic
Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.
We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.