DevOps Data Architect - Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Sphera Solutions

Description

Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability.

Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.

Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more.

Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.

We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around the globe.

It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.

Key Responsibilities- Establish and maintain database architecture standards and best practices Participate in the evaluation of emerging technology and tools. Provide database architecture leadership and mentor projects. Work with development teams in migrating on-premise database to various Azure data stores. The DevOps Data Architect will be required to analyze an array of product offerings and business requirements within the organization. Participate in the development of Database Architecture and Roadmaps in support of business strategies. Determine how the enterprise's data will be stored and utilized to best provide actionable data to the end user. Analyze existing data design and suggest improvements that promote performance, stability and interoperability. Work with internal and external resources to develop robust Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) processes for disparate data sources.- Skills and Experience- Minimum of 7 years of IT/DevOps experience with large-scale data and analytics solutions Experience in turning business use cases and requirements into technical solutions Experience in business processing mapping of data and analytics solutions Experience in technology solutions, practice development, architecture, consulting, and/or cloud/infrastructure technologies Experience in managing teams, being a technical coach Experience driving knowledge transfer and/or training programs Experience with agile delivery methodologies, proof of concepts and prototyping Experience with Azure ARM templates, PowerShell and CI/CD using Azure DevOps Experience with preparing data for Data Science and Machine Learning purposes Ability to conduct data profiling, cataloguing, and mapping for technical design and construction of technical data flows Experience with different database technologies (e.g., SQL database(s), NoSQL such as Hadoop, MongoDB, Redis, etc. Experience with exposing data to end-users via Power BI, Azure API Apps. Knowledge of Azure Data & Analytics PaaS Services: Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Spark, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Stream Analytics and Azure SQL DB Bachelor's degree or equivalent in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or related fieldPreferred experience- Cloud-based networking (VNETs, NSGs, Route Tables, Hub/Spoke based architecture etc) Strong understanding of CI/CD (YAML and Classic Pipelines) PaaS (Web Apps, Function Apps, ASE, Storage Accounts, Azure Redis Cache, Logic Apps, API Management) Some experience with Containers/Docker/Kubernetes either for a microservice based architecture or Service Orientated etc Git, ARM, Terraform, Ansible, Azure CLI or similar. JavaScript, React, C#, Java, PowerShell, Bash or similar.
Sphera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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