Supervisor, Data Warehouse Data Architect
Seattle, WA

Job Description

Supervisor, Data Warehouse Data Architect

Seattle, WA

We welcome your interest in joining the Holland America Group - a division of Carnival Corp. The Holland America Group includes Holland America Line and Seabourn (both headquartered in Seattle, Washington), Princess Cruise Lines (headquartered in Santa Clarita, California), and P&O Australia (headquartered in Sydney). The Holland America Group operates a combined total of 41 cruise ships with over 50,000 employees worldwide. This position will be located in our Seattle offices.

Job Detail

The Data Architect supervises and establishes alignment among the enterprise architecture, the strategic IT plan and the strategic priorities of the business. Data is a key business asset and the Data Architect plays a leadership role in defining and driving the HAG data architecture strategy and roadmap. The Data Architect leads the definition and implementation of strategies, principles and standards for data modeling, data quality and metadata management including how data will be organized, stored, accessed and moved.

Responsibilities:

* Work as a hands on Supervisor for the Data Warehouse Architecture team, providing oversight, guidance, and mentoring of team members.
* Provide input and suggestions to Management including Development of long and short range plans, including Application Development Plans and Resource Development Plans, to achieve corporate systems development objectives in a timely and cost effective manner.
* Ensure supervision and monitoring of all Data Warehouse Architecture activity.
* Translate enterprise or business requirements into long-term information/data architecture solutions including conceptual, logical and physical models.
* Implements and promotes governance processes for information and metadata to ensure establishment of a common language and the ongoing accuracy, validity and reuse of metadata.
* Serves as point of escalation, review and approval of key issues, significant projects and decisions.
* Direct and hands on involvement in the following areas: assessments of data layer design for new projects, relational & dimensional data modeling, logical data modeling, data flow mapping and data modeling tools.
* Help establish and maintain systems development standards, procedures, and methodologies consistent with corporate and departmental objectives and policies. Includes SDM, IS Department Policies and SOX requirements. Ensure adherence to policies.

Requirements:

* Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience and ten or more years on the job experience using relevant technology and software


* Ability to provide leadership, clear direction, and mentoring to Architecture Team Members.


* Ability to delegate effectively.


* Ability to manage project scope and expectations effectively.


* Detailed understanding of information/data architecture.


* Experience in implementing data warehouses, operational data stores and data integration projects.


* Working knowledge of data architecture principles, terminology and data modeling techniques.


* Demonstrated ability to produce conceptual, logical and physical data models.


* Strong knowledge of data warehousing disciplines such as data access, ETL, data management, data modeling, metadata, performance management, data quality, schema development, data marts, data dictionary and business intelligence (BI) tools


* Strong knowledge of Oracle Database Technologies (v. 10g, 11i)


* Excellent meeting facilitation, organizational and communication skills


* Ability to interact well with all levels with the organization


* Excellent problem solving/analytical skills with a high level of accuracy


* Ability to work flexible hours as needed to complete projects



Benefits...

* Flexible Work Schedule! - 9/80 alternative workweek schedule option providing each employee with one (1) weekday off every two weeks.
* Time off benefits - 8 paid holidays, paid vacation and paid sick time
* Travel - Generous Cruise and Travel Privileges for you and your family
* Health - Complete benefit plans including medical, dental, vision and flexible spending accounts
* Wellness - Health and wellness programs include discounted health benefits and memberships
* Tuition Reimbursement - Up to 80% with a maximum of $3,000 per fiscal year
* 401(k) - Company match of 33% on employees first 6% contribution with 100% vesting after 4 years of service
* Profit Sharing Plan - Eligible after 1 year of service
* Employee Stock Purchase Plan - Discount on Carnival Corporation stock
* Training - In-house Discover University courses on professional development
* Rewards & Incentives - Employee Recognition and Reward Programs; rideshare, financial commuter incentives; special employee discounts for local venues, banking services and retail stores

Next Steps…

For more than 140 years, Holland America Line has been a recognized leader in cruising, taking our guests to exotic destinations around the world. Apply today and set sail on an exciting new career course! Our application process is quick and easy, be sure to login to our Talent Center and create a profile and then apply directly to your specific job. Holland America Line is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, disability or protected veteran status.