Staff Data Architect

Pendulum™ is on a mission to improve physical and mental health by creating a new category of products that target the microbiome. We are researching, developing, and commercializing a novel class of rationally-designed Live SynbioticsTM (probiotics + prebiotics) that have demonstrated clinical efficacy to treat conditions like metabolic syndrome, inflammation, and neurodegeneration. Pendulum™ has created proprietary pipelines to build a unique discovery platform that identifies key, novel bacterial strains and the prebiotics that feed them. 
We are a highly collaborative team of scientists, engineers, physicians, marketers, and salespeople interested in improving human health by using the latest research from diverse fields, such as microbiology, molecular biology, high-throughput genomics, distributed computing, pharmaceutical development, and nutrition. We believe strongly in an individual's transparency and strong communication to enable the most effective and efficient path to team success.If you're interested in building a new category of products that will help improve people's lives globally and you love working in a cross-functional, collaborative, inspiring environment, please continue reading!
Position OverviewWe are seeking a Staff Data Architect to join our growing Data and Analytics Team. Reporting to the VP of Software, you will be part of a dynamic environment within our data delivery function, helping internal clients solve complex business problems with data and delivering on self service dashboards, analytics products, and ad-hoc training & support. We seek someone who genuinely enjoys connecting with people and developing architectures that support them through data visualization, researching and providing actionable value within our organization, and managing multiple department-facing data access and reporting environments.

Responsibilities

• The Staff Data Architect will bridge the gap between the business analytics needs of our departments and our internally managed cloud analytics platforms.
• Architect and support our analytics platform, servicing departments through their data-driven journey and delivering measurable business value through dashboard development, ad-hoc data requests, training support in access tooling, ongoing user/content/security administration, and robust technical documentation. 
• Design and implement enterprise data architecture that includes data components needed to build and deliver business solutions to include: Data Pipelines, Real-time analytics, Cloud Computing, Streaming Data, AI & ML, APIs, and Cloud storage (i.e. Data Lake and Cloud SQL.)
• Perform (ad-hoc) data analysis tasks such as building visualizations, identifying trends, and making recommendations to customers based on findings using Tableau and SQL
• Work closely with Enterprise Architect & Marketing Strategist roles to translate business requirements into technical specifications, including data flows, integrations, transformations, databases, data warehouses, and Data Lakes.
• Develop diagrams representing key data entities and their relationships.
• Assist in the development of data structures, views, and database components in support of BI solution development.
• Assist in defining the data architecture framework, standards, and principles, including modeling, metadata, security, and master data.
• Ensure BI data, architecture, UI/UX designs meet the overall needs of the enterprise.
• Guide the development, testing and implementation of Data Warehouse/Data Lake assets to support BI reports, dashboards, and BI solutions.
• Ensure projects are executed within agile Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC.)
• Guide the implementation of data solutions for self-service analytics.
• Develop (or improve existing) client-facing dashboards and templates 
• Communicate with internal stakeholders - presenting through strong written and verbal communication that resonates with audiences
• Support requirements gathering - including new data insights requests and ongoing project check-ins
• Work with IT management in the development of 3-5-year Enterprise Data roadmap.
• Participates in the formulation of development procedures, standards, deployment/retirement and archiving as related to the data architecture, tools and applications.
• Support interactive Tableau training programs focused on reporting tool proficiency, data visualization best practices, and end-user data training and enablement
• Troubleshoot and support resolution of support tickets & data issues related to dashboard functionality and data accuracy
• Maintain multiple data delivery environments focused on best practices in user permissions, data security, and content organization

Requirements

• Proficiency & experience with designing customer cen