Principal IT Data Architect

**Careers that Change Lives**

**You enjoy being part of a team that is designing and building data pipelines that combine and transform raw data into valuable action-based data products. You are proud, enthusiastic on the work you do and are always looking for opportunities to improve the data products our team makes. We do our work in sprints. Everyone is encouraged to bring in their topics and expertise. You are confident in your skills and like to coach your colleagues. At Medtronic we work with state-of-the-art technologies like Snowflake, Informatica Cloud, AWS, Python, Coalesce and DBT. You like to experiment together with the team on tools and technologies to improve the work and create every time a cool new project. You are not only thinking about your current project, but you also have ideas on how to improve our way of working for the next project. You share your ideas and projects in inspiring presentations and demos.**

**A Day in the Life**
**Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.**
- **Lead the design and development of cloud-based data pipelines using technologies like Snowflake, Informatica Cloud, Coalesce, DBT, Airflow, Oracle and Python.**:

- **Champion best practices for data architecture, governance, and security.**:

- **Define and implement data quality standards and processes.**:

- **Collaborate with engineering teams to develop and deploy data pipelines, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability.**:

- **Partner with data analysts and business stakeholders to understand data needs and translate them into technical requirements.**:

- **Stay up to date on the latest advancements in cloud data technologies and trends.**:

- **Mentor and guide junior data architects and engineers.**

**Must Have: Minimum Requirements**
- **Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Systems Engineering or related field.**:

- **At least 5 years of proven work experience as a Data Architect.**:

- **Fluent in English level.**:

- **You love to work with data and transform raw data to actionable insights for the business.**:

- **You have proven experience in data modeling and data architecture design, with a strong focus on cloud-based platforms.**:

- **You have proven experience implementing data warehousing solutions (cloud preferred)**:

- **You are extremely comfortable with SQL language and with designing ETL and ELT data pipelines.**:

- **Strong understanding of data governance, security, and compliance.**:

- **Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.**:

- **Proven ability to lead and mentor junior-level data architects and data engineers.**:

- **Experience with large enterprise systems & solutions.**:

- **Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python preferred)**:

- **You like to experiment with new technologies and share your knowledge with others in inspiring presentations.**:

- **You are proactive and keep a constant communication with the team members and the business partners.**:

- **You have no trouble in translating a business requirement into a technical data architecture design.**:

- **Working in an Agile team makes you happy.**:

- **You have experience with CI/CD tooling: Azure DevOps, Git**:

- **You have Experience with Test Automation.**

**Nice to Have**
- **Experience in Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Azure, Kafka, Hadoop and Spark.**:

- **Experience in Informatica Cloud or Informatica Power Center.**:

- **Experience in DBT or Coalesce.**

**About Medtronic**

**Together, we can change healthcare worldwide. At Medtronic, we push the limits of what technology, therapies and services can do to help alleviate pain, restore health and extend life. We challenge ourselves and each other to make tomorrow better than yesterday. It is what makes this an exciting and rewarding place to be.**

**We want to accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. Let’s work together to address universal healthcare needs and improve patients’ lives. Help us shape the future.**

**Physical Job Requirements**

**The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role. (ADA-United States of America)