Data Modeler

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Company: VDart

Location: Indianapolis, IN 46227

Description:

Job Title: Data Modeler

Location: Indianapolis, IN / Hybrid

Duration: / Term: Fulltime

Job Description:

Experience Desired: 8+ Years.

Years of Exp: 10 to 20 yrs

Understanding Business Requirements
  • Collaborate with the Manufacturing SME to understand business rules, processes, and data needs.
  • Facilitate discussions to identify key entities, attributes, and relationships relevant to business operations, leveraging the SME's expertise.
  • Data Modeling & Design
    • Logical Data Model: Define data elements, attributes, keys, relationships, and constraints, ensuring normalization and standardization for consistency and efficiency.
    • Physical Data Model: Convert the logical model into a database schema (tables, columns, indexes, partitions) and refine it based on input from database engineers to align with actual system design.
    • Collaborate with the SME, data engineers, and DBAs to deploy models in the target data platform (SQL, NoSQL, Data Lake, Cloud, etc.), providing ongoing inputs and clarifications as needed.
    • Continuously update and refine the model based on technical feedback and evolving business requirements.
    • Follow best practices in data modeling and design to ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability.
  • Informal Testing & Validation
    • Conduct informal testing to verify the accuracy and integrity of the data model before formal deployment.
  • Reviewing Data Models
    • Assess externally supplied data models upon request, ensuring alignment with business needs, and architectural guidelines.
    • Provide recommendations to improve efficiency, and scalability.
    • Collaborate with manufacturing SMEs, engineers, and business users to refine the model.
  • Documentation & Continuous Improvement
    • Maintain comprehensive documentation, including ER diagrams, data entity and field descriptions, data dictionaries, metadata catalogs, and data lineage information.
    • Play a key role in enhancing and maintaining the standard design principles document, ensuring future data models align with best practices and organizational needs.

  • Key Skills:

    Erwin, SQL, NoSQL, Data Lake, Cloud, etc

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