Data Architect
New York, NY

Job Description

We're redefining what's possible in public education.

We set out to tackle this education crisis with a groundbreaking school design that delivers a rigorous, whole-child education to students from all backgrounds. Today, as the fastest growing, highest-performing charter school network in New York, our network of 47 K-12 schools outperforms every district in the state, proving irrefutably that all children are capable of excellence.

Reporting to the Director of Data Management & Analytics, the Data Architect will help to enhance the learning experience for thousands of children across the five boroughs of NYC by defining critical architecture and ETL design patterns used to drive academic performance and increase operational efficiency. Imagine working for a company that has the iterative, constant improvement practices of a startup applied at scale to curriculum and schooling operations. Our data team is at the heart of how this organization operates.

In this role you will:

* Model and architect data of both relational, columnar, and noSQL databases;
* Use standard methodologies and design patterns to build highly scalable and secure data products;
* Contribute to performance metric definitions that drive our business;
* Reverse engineer data models and document standards, metadata, and entity and domain relationships;
* Define the strategy and principles for data quality management, data governance (security and access), and data archival and retention;
* Partner with internal and external constituents to learn about their processes and department specific KPIs to design solutions that solve real problems;
* Partner with Business Analysts, Data Engineers, and Data Analysts to build the full lifecycle of data products end-to-end.

We'd be excited to hear from you if:

* You are experienced in using Open source technologies (Apache Spark, Hadoop, hbase, CouchDB, Hive, Pig, RabbitMQ, Kafka, etc.);
* You have experience designing and building a data warehouse, streaming architecture, and machine learning pipelines;
* You are proficient in common programming languages including Python and R;
* You are familiar with reporting packages and data visualization platforms including Sisense, Looker and Tableau;
* You are experienced in ETL/ELT and workflow scheduling with Matillion, Talend ESB, Airflow, AWS Data Pipelines, Lambda, SQS, etc.;
* Architecture and security certification preferred;
* You can articulate data findings with concise charts and graphs in visualization tools;
* You seek a fast paced, collaborative environment with capacity to work with multiple stakeholders to complete a variety of projects;
* You demonstrate patience when working with poor quality data and lack of existing documentation;
* You can mentor and educate teammates in best practices and new patterns;
* You have 5-7 years of experience on a data science team;
* You hold a strong interest in education reform and working for a mission driven organization.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We actively seek applications from people of all backgrounds to strengthen our community and the perspectives needed to flourish in a multicultural world. Success Academy offers a full benefits program and opportunities for professional growth.

Learn more about our philosophy, benefits, and team at https://jobs.successacademies.org/working-here/.