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About the Role

Serves as a key contributor to the strategy, design, implementation, and support for the data architecture, reporting platform, and product catalog that underpin the Xtime fixed-ops portfolio. Works closely with business and technology leadership to establish an architectural framework and facilitate the definition of data strategy, standards, policies, and roadmaps. Provides cross-cutting data, reporting, and catalog architecture coverage across the Xtime portfolio and its net-new delivery teams, partnering with the portfolio’s Principal Architect and Integrations Architect to maintain a coherent architectural direction. Role focus includes data architecture and the reporting platform across the Xtime portfolio, as well as the product catalog (parts, services, and ops menus). Drives data strategy across Xtime teams as a horizontal, pattern-setting authority.

Responsibilities

Collaborates with business, engineering, and product stakeholders to drive holistic architectural design across data, reporting, and catalog areas.
Monitors industry and competition for solution-focused technical and process changes.
Translates business requirements into technical specifications, including data streams, integrations, transformations, databases, and data warehouses.
Defines the data architectural framework, standards, and principles, including modeling, metadata, security, and reference data.
Defines reference architecture and patterns for creating and improving data systems across Xtime teams.
Collaborates with data users, software, and other technical stakeholders to structure effective data flows.
Architects the product catalog domain, including its data model, sourcing, and governance.
Owns the architecture of the reporting platform that powers dealer, dealer-group, and OEM reporting.
Defines patterns for OEM and dealer-group data feeds and report requests.
Evaluates performance, security, reliability, operations, technology, and interoperability requirements, producing high-level design deliverables.
Creates proofs of concept to determine the viability of new or different data and reporting technologies.
Provides systems architecture advice and support for data, reporting, and catalog domains across the Xtime product portfolio.
Works with portfolio stakeholders and customers to align the architectural direction of the solution intent.
Drives structuring of the product vision, roadmap, priorities, enabler capabilities, non-functional requirements, and solution demo activities for the data and reporting platform.
Engages with cross-functional partners on PI planning, Architecture Sync, solution capability demonstrations, release management, and alignment of technologies across initiatives.
Consults with architecture, development, infrastructure, and operational teams to address issues relating to systems/application architecture.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, or a related discipline and 10 years' experience in a related field, or a Master's degree and 8 years' experience, or a Ph.D. and 5 years' experience, or 22 years' experience in a related field.
10+ years of experience in full development life cycle, architecture design, and platform implementations.
Comes from a data architecture discipline/background with demonstrated experience delivering enterprise-scale ETL and reporting solutions.
Experience designing cloud architectures (preferably AWS, also GCP/Azure).
Experience with Snowflake, MicroStrategy, Logi, or similar enterprise data and reporting platforms.
Strong problem-solving, analytical, and strategic thinking skills.
5+ years architecture delivery and storytelling with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
5+ years in creating and communicating strategies, capabilities, and solutions using architecture models, reference architectures, frameworks, diagrams, and viewpoints.
Automotive industry background or interest.
Must clear a pre-employment drug test (marijuana testing may not be administered, but company is drug-free).

Skills

Data architecture
Reporting platform
Product catalog
Data strategy
ETL
Cloud architectures (AWS, GCP/Azure)
Snowflake
MicroStrategy
Logi
Problem-solving
Analytical thinking
Strategic thinking
Architecture delivery
Storytelling
Communication of complex technical concepts

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Principal
Director

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
Ph.D.

Salary/Compensations

$179,700.00 - $299,500.00

Benefits

Flexible vacation with pay
Seven paid holidays
Up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually
Bereavement leave
Time off to vote
Jury duty leave
Volunteer time off
Military leave
Parental leave
Health care insurance (medical, dental, vision)
Retirement planning (401(k))
Paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO)

About the Company

Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers.
Employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim.
Cox brings together the world’s greatest minds to help breathe life into new possibilities and drive innovation for a better future.
Cox looks for individuals who share a pioneering spirit, have imaginative ideas, and are fearless when it comes to tackling the world’s biggest challenges.
People love technology and making a difference, with a passion for finding new solutions and working with brilliant colleagues on exciting projects.
The company is involved in engineering new sustainability solutions and creating infrastructure for smart cities.
Cox strives to support employees in their career aspirations and promote the freedom to explore new horizons in dynamic, collaborative, and creative environments.

Equal Opportunity

Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.
EOE, including disability/vets.