Manager, Data Architecture

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Royal Caribbean Group's Revenue Planning & Analysis Team has an exciting career opportunity for a full time Manager Data Architecture reporting to the Senior Manager Revenue Management Development & Systems

This position is located in Miami

Position Summary

The Database Migration manager will oversee the end-to-end migration of our new reservation system's database to a new platform ensuring data integrity performance optimization and minimal business disruption This role involves leading cross-functional teams including DBAs developers infrastructure and QA to plan execute and validate all phases of the migration The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in database architecture data transformation and cloud or hybrid environments with proven experience managing large-scale transactional systems Responsibilities include defining migration strategy database development coordinating testing and validation implementing security and compliance standards and managing risk and rollback plans The role requires strong communication stakeholder management and the ability to translate technical execution into business outcomes

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Define and own the data architecture strategy and roadmaps that align with business goals for data platforms (data lake data warehouse

• data marts) across cloud and on-prem environments
  Establish and enforce data governance data quality metadata management data lineage and data stewardship with clear standards policies- and control mechanisms
  Design and oversee scalable secure data models schemas data pipelines and integration patterns; optimize for performance reliability- and cost
  Lead data security and privacy practices including access controls encryption masking audit logging and compliance with regulations (GDPR CCPA etc- )
  Manage data migration and modernization programs: planning prioritization risk management budgeting resource allocation- and stakeholder coordination
  Collaborate with business analytics- and IT stakeholders to translate requirements into architectural designs and communicate decisions to executives
  Govern data cataloging and discovery promoting data literacy with clear ownership lineage- and stewardship practices
  Drive platform standardization and technology evaluation including tool selection cloud services- and cost models to optimize total cost of ownership
  Lead mentor and develop the data architecture team; manage performance career growth- and recruitment
  Establish and maintain architecture governance artifacts (reference architectures decision records- architectural reviews) and thorough documentation
  Ensure disaster recovery backup- and resilience planning for data platforms and maintain proactive observability and incident response readiness

Qualifications Knowledge and Skills

Master's degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems

• Business or related field preferred
  Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university required (in Computer Science Information Systems Data Analytics- or related field)
• 6-8 years of work experience in related field preferred
  Proficiency with different database technologies (Oracle Databricks) knowledge of RDBMS (Oracle MySQL SQL Server) and NOSQL- and experience with Cloud databases
• Ability to code in SQL and Python to manipulate data
  Ability to create conceptual logical and physical data models including normalization/denormalization OLTP OLAP- Star schemas
  Experience with tools to design and implement ETL processes and workflows- implementing Python/Spark-based pipelines that are scalable and optimized for performance
  Understanding of data warehouse concepts structures and best practices- and ability to design and deploy data solutions in a cloud environment
  Experience establishing data security privacy and compliance frameworks and guidelines implementing data encryption masking- and auditing techniques
  Experience implementing frameworks for data quality management ensuring data accuracy proper testing validation- and data availability
  Ability to align company goals with data architecture and management strategies to build data acquisition storage- and usage capabilities to support business objectives
  Experience planning phases of new development migration and system building- including cut-over and roll back strategies
  Ability to provide clear and comprehensive documentation related to data architectures systems- and processes
• Experience communicating complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders and effectively collaborating with various departments to align data strategies with organizational needs
  Experience leading projects and teams towards achieving data-related objectives- delivering multiple projects simultaneously and ensuring timely delivery
  Experience mentoring engineers and analysts on architecture data development performance tuning- and cloud design

We know there's a lot to consider As you go through the application process our recruiters will be glad to provide guidance and more relevant details to answer any additional questions Thank you again for your interest in Royal Caribbean Group We'll hope to see you onboard soon

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Nearest Major Market: Miami