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Smithfield Foods, Inc. seeks Senior IT Data Solution Architects in Smithfield, VA.
Job Duties: Assist in leading data platform design and deployment including data ingestion, data storage, computing, pipeline orchestration, source code control, CI/CD, and access control. Partner with data engineers and analysts to develop reusable data pipeline design patterns. Design and develop physical data models including data lakes and data warehouses utilizing dimensional modeling concepts. Work with IT teams, business analysts, and data analytics teams to understand needs of data consumers and design solutions. Serve as a principal advisor for domain technology architecture and strategy. Create and maintain enterprise analytics data architecture documentation. Collaborate with the IT Data Governance team in defining and managing standards, guidelines, and processes. Participate in the selection of emerging technologies for data management, storage, and analytics. Present project designs and architectural roadmaps to the relevant governance committees and implementation teams. Responsible for continuous improvement of existing data architecture, delivering reusable services and cost saving opportunities in line with the policies and standards of the groups.
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Electronic Engineering or a related field and five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or related occupation: working with Kimball Dimensional Modeling, including identifying type 2 slowly changing dimensions; working with data related Python programming, including numpy and pandas library; utilizing SQL programming skills including cleansing and transforming raw data using SQL as a part of a data pipeline; performing ETL pipeline development, including source to landing development in Azure data Factory; and working in agile software development environment and utilizing Azure devops to track tasks and code changes. Telecommuting and/or working from home may be permissible pursuant to company policies. 25% travel required nationally.
Please email resume to [email protected] and indicate job code: VK092424WEB. Drug testing. EEO minorities/women/disabled/veterans; VERAA Federal Contractor.
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Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.
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Headquartered in Smithfield, Va. since 1936, Smithfield Foods, Inc. is an American food company with agricultural roots and a global reach. With more than 60,000 jobs globally, we are dedicated to producing "Good food. Responsibly®" and serve as one of the world's leading vertically integrated protein companies.
We have pioneered sustainability standards for more than two decades, including our industry-leading commitments to become carbon negative in U.S. company-owned operations and reduce GHG emissions 30 percent across our entire U.S. value chain by 2030. We believe in the power of protein to end food insecurity and have donated hundreds of millions of food servings to our communities. Smithfield boasts a portfolio of high-quality iconic brands, such as Smithfield®, Eckrich® and Nathan's Famous®, among many others.