Data Architect

Company Overview

Asset Marketing Services, LLC (AMS) is a leading direct-to-consumer collector platform, focused on high-end collectibles and bullion. Our company vision is to bring the obsession with beauty, scarcity, and value to life for our collectors. Our collector's passion fuels our purpose as a company and aligns everything we do with focus, energy, and commitment to supporting them. AMS is a collection of brands that serve collectors with GovMint, ModernCoinMart and LPM. Each of these brands plays a unique role in connecting amazing products with new and long-time collectors of bullion and coins. Our long and rich history as a direct marketing company, coupled with a renewed focus to utilize advanced technology and innovation, create a unique and vibrant opportunity for your career.

For more information about AMS, please visit our company website www.amsi-corp.com.

AMS is a forward-thinking organization dedicated to leveraging data-driven insights to drive business success. We pride ourselves on our innovative approach to data management and analytics, empowering our users with robust data solutions. We are seeking an experienced hands-on Data Architect to join our team and lead the design and implementation of scalable data architectures. As a Data Architect, you will play a critical and hands on role in designing, creating, implementing and managing our data architecture, movement, transformation, and infrastructure across various platforms. This position is pivotal in ensuring the reliability, scalability, integrity, and security of data while collaborating closely with data scientists, analysts, and other key stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into data solutions that ensure high data quality, performance, and availability. Your experience is crucial in defining how and where data is stored, consumed, integrated, and managed across different data management technologies as well as in building robust data pipelines and solutions that support our business objectives. If you are passionate about architecting and managing data solutions that drive business value and innovation, we invite you to join our team as a Data Architect.

Essential Functions, Duties & Accountabilities

• Design and implement effective data models and database solutions to store and retrieve company data.
• Define and manage data architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Develop and maintain an enterprise data model that represents the data needs of the organization.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data scientists, and analysts to understand data requirements and business goals.
• Ensure data integrity and security across the organization's data assets.
• Design and implement data integration and ETL processes.
• Evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality and performance of data systems.
• Document data architecture and maintain data catalog and data lineage.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in data architecture and data management.
• Design and develop data solutions using Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Analytics, and other Azure services.
• Create and manage data pipelines to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into Azure data storage solutions.
• Ensure data quality and integrity by implementing data validation, cleansing, and monitoring processes.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data systems to ensure reliability and performance.
• Optimize and maintain data architecture to support efficient cost-effective data retrieval and analysis.

Additional Functions, Duties & Accountabilities

• Serve as a member of the Technology team and support others as necessary.
• Maintain flexibility in work schedule to meet business needs.
• Actively and positively contribute to the overall success of the company through regular contributions to the general management of the company.
• Participate and provide leadership in inter-departmental meetings, projects and informal activities.
• Support the company and other departments wherever and whenever your skills and experience would be beneficial.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or related field; alternately, equivalent experience in a relevant role

Experience and Skills

• 2-4 years of experience in a Data Architect role.
• Strong knowledge in data modeling, data warehousing, and ETL processes.
• Strong knowledge of database management systems (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL).
• Proficiency in programming languages such as SQL, Python, and Spark.
• Experience with Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL Database, Azure Synapse Analytics, and other Azure data services.
• Familiarity with data governance, data quality, and data security best practices.
• Experience with DevOps practices, agile methodologies, and collaboration tools.
• Certifications in relevant technologies such as Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer or other industry-standard certifications would be beneficial.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and adapt to evolving requirements.
• Passion for technology innovation, continuous learning, and driving business success through technological excellence.

Benefits:

AMS believes that investing in our employees is critical to having a successful company. We offer competitive compensation and benefit programs. Our Benefit programs include: Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA & FSA Plans, Accidental & Critical Illness, Life Insurance, Disability, AD&D, 401(k) Employer Match, Quarterly Profit Distribution, Paid Holidays and 16 Paid days of Personal Time Off.

Closing:

AMS is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to hiring practices and a workplace environment that provides equal opportunities for all without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, or any other characteristics protected by federal and state law.

Asset Marketing Services, LLC participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify's official poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf