Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Sr. Data Warhouse Architect in Rochester, NY

Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Ajilon Consulting has been a premier provider of information technology (IT) business solutions since 1969. With over 50 offices in North America and 10,000 employees worldwide, Ajilon Consulting is a company full of opportunities and exciting new challenges.

We currently have a consulting opportunity for a Senior level Data Warehousing specialist that possesses a strong background in SQL Server 2000/2005.

The DW architect will assist our client in defining an approach to the design and development of a large Data Warehousing solution.

The ideal candidates experience will have prepared you to provide:
. Architectural Analysis
. Assess viability of architectural proof-of-concept
. Construct architectural proof-of-concept
. Describe the run-time architecture
. Develop design guidelines
. Develop programming guidelines
. Identify design elements
. Identify design mechanisms
. Incorporate existing design elements
. Prioritize use cases
. Structure the implementation model

The DW architect will provide guidance, domain expertise, and leadership to our client's program manager and help him lead his teams through the following steps:

1. Confirm and refine stakeholder goals and objectives
2. Select or confirm a life cycle framework (TTM, Rational Unified Process, or other)
3. Define an appropriate organizational structure of teams covering all impacted areas
4. Confirm the scope
5. Redefine the requirements for the Reporting Systems (customer perspective)
6. Manage the collection of design artifacts defining the current system (requirements, business models, use cases, E-R diagrams, activity diagrams, logical and physical data models, schemas, deployment diagrams)
7. Refine current state, desired state design diagrams
8. Develop high level design
9. Create high level project plan
10. Estimate costs and benefits
11. Assess risks
12. Develop business case
13. Seek approval to proceed to the next step




Experience: * BS/MS degree
* 5+ years of experience in the creation of very large data warehouses
* 5+ years of experience supporting global initiatives
* 10+ years of overall experience in database development, administration, support and architecture.
* 5+ years of experience in Project Management
* 5+ years of experience working with Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005 database technologies. Experience designing data warehouses of this scale, type, complexity, and technology
* Knowledge of how to orchestrate design, development, and operations teams to successfully tackle similar projects
* Planning and estimating skills
* Communication and presentation skills
* Credibility
* Ability to gain respect of diverse group of experts
* Polished verbal communication skills
* Exceptional organizational skills
* Methodical approach to analyzing large environments, making suggestions, crafting solutions, developing project timelines, leading delivery teams, implementation and post-implementation support
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