Cloud Data Architect I

Duquesne Light Company, headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is a leader in providing electric energy and has been in the forefront of the electric energy market, with a history rooted in technological innovation and superior customer service. Today, the company continues its role as a leader in the transmission and distribution of electric energy, providing a secure supply of reliable power to more than half a million customers in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Duquesne Light Company is committed to creating a culture of inclusion. We value and respect the unique differences and experiences of our employees. We believe that our differences lead to better collaboration, innovation and outcomes. We want you to join our team!

The role of Cloud Data Architect I is to expand the company’s use of data as a strategic enabler of corporate goals and objectives. The Cloud Data Architect will achieve this by strategically designing, developing, and implementing data models for data stored in enterprise systems/platforms or curated from 3rd parties and provide accessible, availability for business consumers to analyze and gain valuable insights. This individual will act as the primary advocate of data modeling best practices and lead innovation in adopting and leveraging cloud data technologies to accelerate adoption. Overtime & on-call availability as required.

Location: Hybrid (two days per week in office), downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Job Responsibilities:

Strategy & Planning

- Develop and deliver long-term strategic goals for data architecture vision and standards with data users, department managers, business partners, and other key stakeholders.

- Create short-term tactical solutions to achieve long-term objectives and an overall data management roadmap.

- Collaborate with third parties and business subject matter experts to enable company strategic imperatives that require secure and accessible data cloud capabilities or assist in curating data required to enrich models.

- Collaborate with IT Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Platforms, Business Intelligence, Data Engineering, Data Quality and Data Governance stakeholders to:

- Develop processes for governing the identification, collection, and use of corporate metadata;

- Take steps to assure metadata accuracy and validity.

- Track data quality, completeness, redundancy, and improvement.

- Conduct cloud consumption cost forecasting, usage requirements, proof of concepts, proof of business value, feasibility studies, and other tasks.

- Create strategies and plans for data security, backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, and archiving.

- Ensure that data strategies and architectures are in regulatory compliance.

Acquisition & Deployment

- Liaise with vendors, cloud providers and service providers to select the solutions or services that best meet company goals.

Operational Management

- Develop and promote data management methodologies and standards.

- Select and implement the appropriate tools, software, applications, and systems to support data technology goals.

- Oversee the mapping of data sources, data movement, interfaces, and analytics, with the goal of ensuring data quality.

- Collaborate with scrum masters, project managers, and business unit leaders for all projects involving enterprise data.

- Address data-related problems in regard to systems integration, compatibility, and multiple-platform integration.

- Act as a leader and advocate of data management, including coaching, training, and career development to staff.

- Develop and implement key components as needed to create testing criteria to guarantee data architecture's fidelity and performance.

- Document the data architecture and environment to maintain a current and accurate view of the larger data picture.

- Identify and develop opportunities for data reuse, migration, or retirement.

- Act as a technical leader to the organization for Data Architecture and Data Engineering best practices.

Education/Experience:

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, computer engineering, or relevant discipline

- Twelve (12) or more years of experience is required.

- Advanced degrees in a related field preferred.

- Relevant professional certifications preferred.

Knowledge & Experience

- Utilities experience (oil, gas, and/or electric) strongly preferred.

- Five (5) or more-years' work experience as a data or information architect.

- Hands-on experience with data architecting, data mining, large-scale data modeling, cloud data storage and analytics platforms.

- Experience with Azure, AWS or Google data capabilities.

- Experience with Databricks, Synapse, Foundry, Power BI, and/or Snowflake preferred.

- Experience with Enterprise platforms such as Oracle, Maximo etc preferred

- Direct experience in implementing data solutions in the cloud.

- Strong understanding of relational data structures, theories, principles, and practices.

- Strong familiarity with metadata management and associated processes.

- Hands-on knowledge of enterprise repository tools, data modeling tools, data mapping tools, and data profiling tools.

- Demonstrated expertise with repository creation, and data and information system life cycle methodologies.

- Experience with business requirements analysis, entity relationship planning, database design, reporting structures, and so on.

- Ability to manage data and metadata migration.

- Experience with database platforms, including Oracle RDBMS.

- Experience with GIS Geo-Spatial Data, time-phased PI Historian or collector data preferred.

- Understanding of Web services (SOAP, XML, UDDI, WSDL).

- Object-oriented programming experience (e.g. using Java, J2EE, EJB, .NET, WebSphere, etc.).

- Excellent client/user interaction skills to determine requirements.

- Proven project management experience.

- Good knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.

Personal Attributes

- Strong written and oral communication skills.

- Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.

- Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language.

Scope:

Primary focus is on daily deliverables, outputs and reporting, along with the proactive improvement of process and workflows for the larger group. Confidently manages one's own time and workflow and prioritizes work effectively. Responsibilities are operational and strategic. Daily work is typically complex in nature requiring the incumbent to draw on previous knowledge to perform role. Has well established capabilities, acts as a resource to less experienced staff and peers on complex issues which require subject matter expertise.

Decision Impact:

Problems and issues faced are vague and require reasoning of a broader set of variables to identify root cause. Expert in their field, makes sound decisions regularly. Other employees typically seek advice and decisioning support from this role on a regular basis.

Hybrid Work

Position follows our hybrid work model, with at least two days working in the office and the remaining days working remotely. Reporting location and frequency may be subject to change based on job role and department needs.

Storm Roles

All Non-Union Employees will serve in storm roles as appropriate to their role and skillset. Please be sure to discuss storm roles with the hiring manager for this position, as duties can vary across the Company. Examples of storm roles could include but aren't limited to duties such as: working with operations for service center support or with the communications, customer service or government affairs teams to respond to public and customer requests for information, etc.

Data Governance

Utilize data to make business decisions as appropriate for the position, support data stewardship activities and partner with IT on underlying data needs.

Disclaimer:

The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

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Duquesne Light Holdings is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful.

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