Database Architect

Overview

Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 33 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced Database Architect to be a key resource on a technical services team.

Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.

Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check

Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.

Responsibilities

• A strong data integration background, with knowledge of Investment business operations (Front, Middle and Back-Office)
• Familiar with all aspects of the Eagle PACE warehouse, including scheduling, report writing, data stewardship, portal, and data model/schemas
• Familiar with Eagle v2017 Modules (Portfolio Data Center, Message Center, Automation Center, Scheduler, Workflow Manager, Reference Data Center, Recon Center, etc.)
• Builds complex SQL queries against base and aggregate tables
• Participates in the design, development, and integration of Investment databases
• Design, implement and deploy the data pipelines to transform (structure and map) vendor data into Investments systems.
• Stay current with data vendor product offerings and how they may be used by Investments and assisting with tool selection.
• Manage and enhance investment data infrastructure through initiatives such as improving data integrity and quality with every release
• Work in a fast-paced environment collaborating with business users, engineers, architects, and analysts.
• Maintain data management standards to ensure that new data entities get implemented in the data model using schemas that are appropriate for their use, facilitating good performance and analytics needs
• Perform Eagle maintenance release including pre and post data and software validation
• Provide input to our framework team for enhancing the tools we utilize
• Develops technical designs and specifications for complex file data pipelines/data flows and document file data migrations
• Leverage creativity to solve complex data and business problems
• Documents data dictionary and data mapping/transformation rules
• Works extensively with business analysts and investment professionals to analyze business problems
• Supports daily activity of the investment control systems areas by creating and maintaining custom reports and programs and by providing technical support for system and software issues
• Assists customer in creating and running test scripts for data loads and report development

**Location of job: Onsite**

Qualifications

Minimum (Required):

Years

Skills/Experience

Financial knowledge in investment banking and accounting

Understanding of data mart structures, ETL processes, and data warehousing concepts.

Desire to work in an Agile environment and use DevOps/ DataOps practice such as continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment.

Hands on and extensive experience with many of the following technologies: Crystal Reports, .NET (VB or C#), MS SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access/ Excel, FIX, SWIFT, and XML, IWS/Eagle ML.

Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills

Proficient ability to explain technical information to a non-technical audience

Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software independently and quickly

Willingness to take initiative, seeing problems, through to final completion.

The ability handles diverse situations and rapidly changing priorities with deadlines.

Demonstrated experience with implementation of Eagle STAR/PACE software upgrades

Strong aptitude for troubleshooting and problem solving.

Preferred (Optional):

Years

Skills/Experience

Experience in general accounting, investment accounting, account reconciliation, and writing procedures.