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As part of our diverse tech team, you can architect, code and ship software that makes us an essential part of our customers’ digital lives.  Here, you can work alongside talented engineers in an open, supportive, inclusive environment where your voice is valued, and you make your own decisions on what tech to use to solve challenging problems.  American Express offers a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies and encourages you to back the broader engineering community through open source.  And because we understand the importance of keeping your skills fresh and relevant, we give you dedicated time to invest in your professional development.  Find your place in technology on #TeamAmex.

This role within American Express Technology (AET) will report into the NGDM Engineering Director.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business, product, engineering and data science teams to unlock the power of leveraging data across Amex.
• Partner with development teams in the data design of complex solutions and ensure that they are in alignment with the data architecture principles, standards, strategies, and target states.
• Drive data vision, strategy, and execution that meets the technology and business' needs including creating a highly scalable Core Data Element architecture comprising of operational and product data to build a Data fabric foundation for the enterprise.
• Enforcing data architecture standards, procedures and policies to ensure consistency across different program and project implementations.
• Adopting industry leading technologies to support best-in-class business capabilities for high performance computing and data storage solutions
• Be a thought leader around all things Data, reviewing current and future needs

• Core job function is to design highly performing data containers with minimal risk adjusted total ownership cost over system lifetime by:

• Conducting session to understand business requirements and concept and defining logical organization of data
• Selecting appropriate physical environment and technical framework based on requirements and company standards.
• Model physical organization of data to cover all requirements and performance SLAs
• Extend, optimize and tune data structures, load and access methods on on-going basis to ensure reduced cost and increased longevity of a data solution.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Math or related STEM fields. Advanced degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience of technology platform implementation in a technical and analytical role
• 6+ years of Data Architecture experience in a large complex data ecosystem, domain expertise with complex high-tech environments.
• 6+ years of building both traditional and cloud native architectures and big data platforms in support of digital transformation.
• 6+ years of experience in Industry 4.0 initiatives and/or other aspects of corporate data management; e.g. Data Governance, Data Security, AI/ML, Data DevOps.
• 6+ years of experience in designing solutions for multiple large data warehouses with a good understanding of cluster and parallel architecture as well as high-scale or distributed RDBMS and/or knowledge on NoSQL platforms (e.g. PostgreSQL, BigQuery, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra, Couchbase, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with industry leading data management tools that support the data lifecycle, and capable of setting and driving long term data architecture roadmaps in alignment with corporate strategic objectives.
• Have cursory knowledge of enterprise architecture to be able to work with Applications, Infrastructure and Security architect(s) to develop comprehensive solutions
• Experience with any of the following Data Modeling tools (or similar tools):
  
  • ER/Studio
  • Erwin Data Modeler
  • Oracle SQL Developer Data Modeler
  • PowerDesigner
• Experience and knowledge with data security and privacy concerns
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
• Strong analytical skills and algorithmic problem-solving skills.

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back our colleagues and their loved ones with benefits and programs that support their holistic well-being. That means we prioritize their physical, financial, and mental health through each stage of life. Benefits include:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

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We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will work in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days).

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