Exelixis · 6 hours ago
Associate Principal Data and Analytics Platforms Architect
Alameda, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$182K/yr - $259K/yr
9+ years expExelixis is a biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing innovative therapies for cancer treatment. The Associate Principal Data and Analytics Platforms Architect will support the design and creation of cloud-based products and services, focusing on robust data architecture strategies and advanced analytics initiatives using AWS and Databricks.
BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Create and lead the implementation of robust, scalable, and secure data architecture strategies on AWS and Databricks to support advanced analytics and AI/ML initiatives
Design and implement data ingestion, processing, storage, and reporting solutions leveraging AWS services like S3, Glue, Redhsift, Lake Formation, Athena Kinesis, MSK, EC2, ECS, Data Bricks
Provide expert guidance and hands-on development on the AWS and Databricks data technologies
Develop and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models, and design data lakes and data warehouses for optimal performance
Establish and enforce data governance policies, data quality standards, security protocols, and compliance frameworks (e.g., FAIR, GxP, HIPAA, IAM, Data Mesh)
Implement and manage AWS Lake Formation and Databricks Unity Catalog to enable centralized, fine-grained data governance across all data assets
Design and develop scalable and resilient application compute infrastructure using AWS EKS and ECS
Lead the development of automated CI/CD pipelines for notebooks, jobs, and infrastructure-as-code for AWS, DBT, and Databricks environment
Utilize tools like GitHub Actions or Jenkins to automate deployments and promote consistent releases
Manage and optimize AWS, Databricks and other data platform resource utilization to maintain cost-effectiveness
Design and implement a multi-layered Medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold) using Delta Lake to ensure data quality and reliability
Develop and publish data engineering best practices and patterns
Supports the translation of overall direction and strategy and communicates across organizational levels and functions
Works toward long-range goals and objectives
Assignments are primarily self-initiated
Understands key business processes and business areas
Acts as resource and provides direction to others
Guides the successful completion of major initiatives or programs and leads large complex projects
Refine end-to-end development processes, from ideation through CI/CD, security scanning, and production monitoring
Determine and pursue courses of action necessary to obtain desired results
Work on unusually complex technical problems and provide solutions which are highly innovative and ingenious
Develops and applies complex and often long-term strategies on specific projects
Act as the technical expert to be sought for guidance on new technology direction
Translates overall direction and strategy and communicates across organizational levels, to influence executives when needed
Leads strategic initiatives and ensure successful executions
Act as organization spokesperson on advanced projects and/or programs
Acts as advisor to management and customers on advanced technical research studies and applications
Interacts with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations
Own the oversight of documentation of infrastructure and work instructions for systems and applications
Develop approaches and implement solutions to mitigate future incidents
Ensure that completed work delivers long-term value and enhances platform performance to maintain maximum functionality
Make decisions regarding access, permissions, and security controls across systems
Serve as the SME for general engineering issues and platform strategy
Mentor and coach engineers across the team, fostering technical excellence
Keep abreast of industry trends and evaluate platform needs for future growth
Qualification
Required
Proven experience architecting and implementing lake house architectures on AWS data technologies (Glue, Lake Formation, RedShift, Athena) and Databricks
Proven experience designing, developing, and managing data engineering pipelines at scale
Expertise in various data modeling techniques (conceptual, logical, and physical)
Expertise in programming languages and frameworks such as DBT, Python, SparkSQL and SQL
Deep knowledge of the AWS services, including IAM, security, data storage, data processing, compute, and analytics services
Strong understanding of modern data architecture patterns (e.g., data mesh, lakehouse)
Hands-on experience with big data technologies like Apache Spark, AWS Glue, DataBricks, Apache Iceberg, and Delta Tables
Master's degree in a relevant field and 9 years of experience; or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 11 years of related experience; or Equivalent combination of education or years of experience
At least 10 years of experience in cloud infrastructure in a highly available and production environment
Advanced level knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), especially with services related to hosting: EC2, RDS, Systems Manager, IAM, etc
Advanced level knowledge with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, especially Terraform
Intermediate level knowledge with cloud and infrastructure automation
Intermediate level knowledge of modern development and deployment practices of continuous integration and continuous deployment
Preferred
Certifications: Professional AWS and Data Bricks certifications are highly valued and relevant
Experience working in a SOX and FDA regulated environment is a plus
Benefits
401k plan with generous company contributions
Group medical, dental and vision coverage
Life and disability insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Discretionary annual bonus program
Sales-based incentive plan
Opportunity to purchase company stock
Receive long-term incentives
15 accrued vacation days in their first year
17 paid holidays including a company-wide winter shutdown in December
Up to 10 sick days throughout the calendar year
Company
Exelixis
Exelixis works is focused on discovering, developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of cancer and other serious diseases.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$514MKey Investors
Deerfield
2015-07-23Post Ipo Equity· $135M
2012-02-16Post Ipo Equity· $65M
2010-06-03Post Ipo Debt· $160M
Leadership Team
Michael Morrissey
President and CEO
Christopher Senner
Executive Vice President and CFO
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