Data Specialist

Our client is a hugely popular retail company seeking a DATA SPECIALIST to take overall responsibility in the technical design process. This candidate will lead and participate in the application technical design process and complete estimates and work plans for design, development, implementation, and rollout tasks. The Data Specialist also communicates with the appropriate teams to ensure that assignments are delivered with the highest of quality and in accordance to standards. S/He strives to continuously improve the software delivery processes and practices.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

- Assist the Data Specialist team with canonical modelling and data mapping.
- Lead and participate in the design and implementation of large and/or architecturally significant applications.
- Champion company standards and best practices. Work to continuously improve software delivery processes and practices.
- Build partnerships across the application, business and infrastructure teams.

REQUIREMENTS:

- 2 - 3 years' experience with SOA methodology
- Working experience of canonical modelling
- Working experience with creating XSDs using Altova XMLSpy
- Working experience with creating various kinds of mappings (XSDs, DBs, EDIs, and text files) using Altova MapForce
- Working knowledge of XSLT

NICE TO HAVE:

- Data modelling experience
- Working knowledge of data modelling tools like Erwin

LOA: 6 monthS