Data Architect

Profile

The Data Architect is a member of the Enterprise Architect team within the IT Strategy and Architecture department in Statoil Fuel and Retail AS (SFR). The candidate is responsible for contributing to the secure and cost-effective management of the data assets of SFR. Corporate data is one of the most vital assets in SFR, and efficient management and maintenance of corporate data is vital to achieving strategic, operational and compliance corporate objectives. The data architect  will design, establish, and maintain policies, reference models, frameworks, tools, methods and other activities related to data management in SFR. The role will be responsible for issues and potential projects in areas such as metadata management, business semantics, big-data, data modeling and master data management.

Reports to:

Senior Director - IT Strategy and Architecture

Key Responsibilities:

• Sets Data Policy and the technical solution for the management, storage, access, navigation, movement, and transformation of data.
• Specifies recommended DBMS and ETL tools and technologies for structured and unstructured content. This includes technical watch on emerging technologies and standards, including No-Sql databases and other data repositories.
• Establishes a model for enterprise Master Data Managment and coordinates its development and usage.
• Enforces principles of good canonical data design.
• Examines and enforces opportunities to provide data reuse, balancing the issues of centralization and replication.
• Ensures the preservation of strategic data assets, as applications and technologies come and go.
• Reviews the work of the Data Base Administrators and monitors data quality processes.

Skills

Practical and design skills in a substantial part of the following technologies:

• Data dictionaries
• Data warehousing
• Enterprise application integration
• Metadata registries
• Master Data Management (MDM)
• Relational Databases
• NoSQL
• Semantics
• Data retention
• Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Procedural SQL
• Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• XML and related Internet standards including schema definitions and transformations.
• Good knowledge of Oracle Database and BI systems is a plus

Experience
8 years or more experience in database design and and development. Preferred 5 years experience in XML/Web design and application. Experience from Master Data Management projects would be a plus.

Education Requirements
Bachelor in Computer Science or higher degree.

Personality profile (SFR core behaviours)

• Customer focus: Identifies and understands customer needs and puts them first in all activities and efforts
• Commercial mindset: Goes the extra mile to drive the commercial success of the company.
• Continuous improvement: Courageously moves the company forward today and into the future of retail
• Cooperation: Shows commitment to company decisions and making us succeed together
• Personal integrity: Promotes and lives the company standard of ethics, openness and values

We welcome you to apply for the position. Any questions to details related to the position, please contact Senior Director IT Strategy and Architecture Dalip Dewan, by email Dalip.Dewan@statoilfuelretail.com or by phone: +4798210112.
 
Deadline for application: 28 April 2014.

Our values - Courageous, Open, Passionate and Caring - are at the core of our management system. They drive our performance, and guide us in how we do business, how we work together, and how we act towards external stakeholders.

We welcome your application!