<p><strong>Technical Specialist - Data Modeller / Architect</strong></p> <p><strong><span><span>Responsibility & Accountability</span></span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span><span>Function in a project team setting</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Is responsible to provide realistic estimates for his and his team tasks and achieve On-time Delivery.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Strong and effective inter-personal and communication skills and the ability to interact with prompt and professionalism to the teams across different time zones.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Efficient communication of issues/risks/concerns to leads or managers.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Should serve as the Architect’s delegate within the team to propagate design/architectural consistency.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Ensure that code artifacts produced are of the highest quality, conforming to set or agreed upon standard. Should advocate such consistency to all members of the team.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Able to work with maintenance teams and contribute gathered knowledge when requested to do so.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Follows the Pearson processes, agile practices and motivates his/her team members to do so.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Makes optimum utilization of engineering tools and technologies to maintain a high productivity level in the team.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Able to drive technology-based task forces/initiatives for the organization.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Participation in regular performance review cycles.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Align self to organisational goals</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Is able to accept project delivery responsibilities and demonstrate accountability to leadership.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Is able to build competencies in product and technology domain to set expectations.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Be a professional in work aspects as well as conduct with other individuals.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Maintain a sense of individuality in thinking and decision making.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Delivering products that meet business goals and financial objectives.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Working in a global team environment.</span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong><span>Key Technical Competencies</span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span><span>Great attention to detail</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Great knowledge of JSON</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Ability to think of data efficient structures to represent semi-structured data</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Data modeling on NoSQL data stores: Cassandra, ElasticSearch, MongoDB</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Data analysis, ability to find patterns and common structures in high volumes of data, sampling and statistics</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Data cleansing - getting data from raw sources to high data quality</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Understanding of BI / Analytics principles at a high level at least (aggregations, cubes, dimensions, etc.)</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Good understanding of Software solutions designing</span></span></li> <li><span><span>knowledge in Java, Python or any other programming language.</span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong><span><span>Education, Experience and Qualifications</span></span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span><span>B.Sc. in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent professional qualification.</span></span></li> <li><span><span>Minimum four (4) years of experience in software engineering and design and preferably some experience in a leadership role. Should have held some authority over the design and architecture of enterprise software products.</span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong><span><span>Please click the link to apply - </span></span>https://tas-pearson.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=1601597</strong></p>