Kemin Looking for Global IT Business Intelligence Data Architect Specialist at Chennai, Tamil Nadu Full Time

Overview:
Join the Kemin team as a Data Architect! This full-time position will work within our global team to monitor and maintain a portion of our global business intelligence (BI) platform. The primary responsibility will be supporting one or more of our BI applications, which could potentially include Power BI, SSASSRS, our data warehouse, any of our SQL servers,both on premises and on-cloud, or Power Query through Excel. In this role, you will be expected to take ownership of one or more of these systems from a Tier 3 perspective, and assist with tracking issues, coordinating training, updating documentation, assisting the development team in coordination of new features and bug fixing(if applicable), and communicating with business on status of open items. They will be responsible for understanding the future roadmap of the entire BI platform and being able to implement new features and upgrades in order to take advantage of the full functionality of the system. They will need to be able to work with a global team coordinating tasks and projects in order to keep existing systems running well and implement new technologies to move the company forward.

Responsibilities:
Main responsibilities as technical expert

Serves as the primary assigned technical expert on cloud data warehouse by working to resolve assigned issues within that system

Takes ownership of the system by ensuring they understand the platform fully and can be the main point of contact and primary responsible with very little or no supervision or internal assistance

Acts as the cloud data warehouse architect, overseeing all work done to the system by any team members or agents, and is solely responsible for ensuring the day-to-day operation of the system

Builds and maintains the roadmap strategies and also plans and executes all future improvement or expansion projects for the cloud data warehouse

Potentially works with external partners and consultants on the design and planning of the implementation of new features and upgrades to take advantage of the full functionality of the system

Acts as the primary point of contact and central coordinator for any additional team members who may also be working with the same platform

Acts as the cloud data warehouse platform architect, overseeing all work done to any of the system by any team members or agents, and is solely responsible for ensuring the day-to-day operation of the platform

Troubleshooting and resolution of complicated cloud data warehouse platform problems

Comprehensive expertise in data structures, data relationships, and data modeling practices and standards

Technical expertise responsibilities

Develops and maintains training programs and documentation for IT users

Acts as the primary technical resource for IT projects in their BI platform system of expertise

Ensures system security, Kemin IT policies, and application best practices are followed and in place

Performs periodic audits of BI platform systems to ensure compliance to policies and standards

Assesses performance issues of current systems or products and ability to provide solutions to the issues

Generates future roadmap of BI platform solutions and integrations

Responsible for the planning, development, and execution of projects to expand or improve the cloud data warehouse platform or any systems within the platform

Other responsibilities as IT technical expert

Understanding of how information technology systems work together and integrate within the BI platform infrastructure

Assists IT management in guiding the organization’s use of technology in the BI platform

Finds, obtains, and uses resources effectively to resolve problems

Assist with the setup and installation of BI platform

General awareness of latest technology trends and technologies/methodologies

Performs their responsibilities under general supervision and guidance from the WW IT Enterprise Data Management Team Manager

Other Functions

Work with other Kemin departments such as, but not limited to,

other IT support personnel

members of IT projects team

members of IT Enterprise Software Development team

members of the IT infrastructure team

all Kemin employees

software vendors, consultants and/or contractors

Ability to fulfill different roles within a team while participating in multiple teams simultaneously

Ability to retain and keep secret any confidential or privileged information obtained during the course of work within the global IT department

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in IT – BE. BTech, BCA, BSc etc.,

5+ years’ experience working on a BI platform system

Demonstrated experience working with PowerBI, Power Query, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory

Azure DP203 certification is a plus

Advanced knowledge of data structures, data relationships, and data modeling practices and standards

Candidate must be a customer oriented, team player, have strong communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Research, understand, participate, and contribute to the goals and mission of the IT Department and the company as a whole

Perform all responsibilities of this position while continually presenting a positive and professional example for the rest of the team and the company

Ability to train users at different skill levels

Experience with help desk ticketing software

Experience with incident troubleshooting and escalation

Possess effective prioritizing and project management skills

Essential Skills and Experiences

Candidate must be a customer oriented, team player, have strong communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Research, understand, participate and contribute to the goals and mission of the IT Department and the company as a whole

Perform all responsibilities of this position while continually presenting a positive and professional example for the rest of the team and the company

Ability to train users at different skill levels

Experience with help desk ticketing software

Experience with incident troubleshooting and escalation

Possess effective prioritization and project management skills

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