Senior Data Architect

About the role

Kraft Heinz is hiring a Senior Data Architect in Toronto (Queen's Quay, headquarters) on a hybrid basis of 3 days per week. The role implements and maintains domain-specific data architecture, keeping data assets organized, structured and secure, and works with teams to make data accessible while meeting functional domain goals.

Key responsibilities

• Work with product owners, business stewards, BI engineers, data scientists and end users to understand data needs and deliver data products and solutions within the assigned domain.
• Assess feasibility requirements and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Partner with application owners to evaluate data sources against architectural standards and extraction requirements.
• Design data models for source and master data products, including schema, tables and columns, and implement semantic models for BI reporting, AI and conversational analytics.
• Support Data Engineering and BI Engineering teams during builds, review data models and approve deployments.
• Document data architecture artifacts, run peer reviews and contribute to standards, guidelines and best practices.
• Work with data stewards and governance to improve data quality and reliability.
• Design data products and solutions for the Global Operations function, drawing on internal and external data sources.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, engineering or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience designing and implementing scalable, high-performance, reusable data models.
• Strong background in data warehouse implementation.
• Experience designing logical, physical and conceptual ERDs with tools such as ERWIN or ER/Studio.
• Knowledge of Agile, with experience using Jira and Confluence.
• CPG experience is beneficial.

Required skills

• Data modelling certifications in data management, data modelling and cloud services preferred.
• Enterprise-scale data engineering orchestration and ELT tools, and Python libraries such as dbt, pandas and Great Expectations.
• Experience designing semantic models for BI and AI data needs.

What we offer

• New hire base salary range of $96,200 to $120,200, with eligibility for a performance-based bonus.
• Healthcare, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage and paid time off.
• Wellbeing programs, savings/pension options and life insurance.