Alert Innovation is looking for a Principal Data Architect to join our rapidly growing organization. The ideal candidate is able to wear multiple hats, with a primary focus on defining and building the architecture to support data analysis for a newly-formed Data Engineering team, while also providing input and guidance to product engineering teams on data infrastructure and security. The Data Engineering team is responsible for the ingest, structure, and model of our product data to support critical decision making through analytic services. As an initial member of this team, you will play a key role in defining and developing this solution, as well as shaping the team itself!

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

• Research, recommend, design and develop our Data Architecture to support Alert’s need for advanced analytics and product metrics.
• Ensure system, technical and product architectures are aligned with business objectives.
• Stay informed on initiatives across the industry and the enterprise to help product and engineering leadership effectively prioritize.
• Communicate effectively and convey complex ideas to a diverse set of audiences.
• Work with Product teams to ensure effective data pipelines.
• Provide guidance and direction on architecture standards and technologies for enabling systems performance qualities for service reliability, availability, scalability, security, and supportability.
• Evaluate current data infrastructure and recommend migrations, architectural optimizations, and new solutions to support present and future product.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• 10+ years demonstrating a high degree of proficiency in designing and engineering complex, high-quality data architectures and detailed designs, with most recent activities utilizing Cloud infrastructure.
• Proven success in a Data Architecture role architecting data warehouses and/or data lakes with big data technologies such as Hadoop, MapReduce, RedShift, Spark and ETLs.
• Direct experience establishing Data Architecture best practices, deliverables and frameworks, with a proven track record of designing highly scalable and secure data systems.
• Experience incrementally transitioning legacy data systems to modern architectures.
• Experience with one or more cloud-based platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud for data systems; Azure experience is a big plus.
• Experience migrating data from on-premises to cloud.
• Expertise in a variety of database technologies, both SQL and NoSQL systems. Cassandra experience a plus.
• Experience in defining and documenting new architectures and proven ability to gain consensus across teams from an architectural standpoint.
• BS in Computer Science or similar; advanced degrees a plus

VALUES

All members of Alert Innovation practice the following values as part of their daily responsibilities and model these values as she/he leads or supports their teams.

• The Golden Rule: Extraordinarily powerful in its simplicity and depth: “Treat others as you would want to be treated”
• The Power of Person: The contribution of every single person in a company is important, and the performance of the entire company can only be maximized when every person strives to achieve his/her full potential and to contribute to the best of his/her ability
• The Power of Team: The Power of Person becomes amplified exponentially when a group of people working effectively as a team create “performance synergy”, whereby the capacity to perform as a team is much greater than the sum of the individual members’ capacities
• The Power of Truth: We strive to see the world as it is, not as we want or imagine it to be, because only then can we make it better. This core value manifests itself through questioning, probing, testing, measuring, validating, verifying, proving, listening with an open mind, and making fact-based decisions. It also fosters transparency and honesty with others, as well as self-examination and self-honesty

Alert Innovation offers a highly competitive salary for each job family and level within the Boston-area market in which we are based. As part of our Power of Truth value we practice salary transparency, so you know you are being compensated fairly relative to other team members performing similar roles in our organization.

Every employee is granted stock options which vest over four years. We have 31 issued or pending patents on our groundbreaking technology. A leading retail equity analyst at Jefferies recently published that “we view Alert Innovation’s fulfillment technology as the most diverse and comprehensive. In addition, its developing the Novastore concept could be a winning long-term format.”

We offer full time employees a generous benefits package starting with your date of hire.

PAID TIME OFF

• No fixed limits on the number of workdays that you can take off for personal reasons, including vacations. You take what you need keeping in mind the demands of your team’s workload.

• 9 Paid Holidays.

MEDICAL/DENTAL/VISION

• Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO and PPO options.
• Health Reimbursement plan where Alert Innovation reimburses you for deductible related expenses ($1,000 for individuals, $2,500 for families).
• Dental insurance thru Delta Dental of MA.
• Vision Plan thru VSP.
• Flexible Spending Account to enable you to pay health care and dependent care costs on a pre-tax basis.

INSURANCE

• Group Term Life Insurance at no cost to you, equal to three times your annual salary.
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance at no cost to you, equal to three times your annual salary.
• Short Term Disability Income Protection at no cost to you, equal to 70% of your weekly salary for up to 13 weeks.
• Long Term Disability Income Protection at no cost to you, equal to 66.67% of your monthly earnings.

RETIREMENT

• 401k Plan + company match, administered by Fidelity

PERSONAL/CAREER DEVELOPMENT

• 100% of cost of training for your current or near-term work needs including conferences and technical events.
• 50% reimbursement of tuition for programs aligned with career development goals including MBA and master’s from top schools (online via Coursera).
• 50% reimbursement of Nano Degrees (online via Udacity).
• Earn a Bachelor’s or Associates college degree from a fully accredited undergraduate program for only $5,000/year through our College For America benefit with Southern New Hampshire University.

OTHER

• Employee Assistance Program to assist with emotional health, parenting, eldercare, nutrition, legal and financial consultation needs.

The above list is only a summary of some of our benefits and is not meant to be a comprehensive explanation.

Alert Innovation is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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