Lead Data Architect, Data & Research Products

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The Group: Fueling the technologies that drive our products and support our company’s infrastructure, the Technology team consists of talented developers, network architects, and IT experts who help make technology one of Morningstar’s core strengths. Though our technologists represent a range of skills and knowledge bases, they all view technology as a craft and care deeply about creating positive user experiences. From Agile methodologies to mobile applications, to software as a service (SaaS) delivered from our private cloud, we push technology’s boundaries to build scalable, elegant solutions that help investors reach their financial goals.

The Role: This role is responsible for the end-to-end data architecture for all of Morningstar’s Data Collection, Calculation and production platforms

Specific responsibilities include creating conceptual, logical, and physical data models and working very closely with our project managers, business analysts, data architects, ETL developers, DBAs and other data subject matter experts to understand the flow of data from sourcing through calculation and ultimately to output.  This role ensures the requirements are well understood, and that the developed data models meet the specifications. The ideal candidate will demonstrate knowledge of the full life cycle of the data warehouse implementation process, from business requirements through logical modeling, physical database design, data sourcing and data transformation, data loading, and performance tuning. This position is based in our Chicago or Woburn, Massachusetts office.

Responsibilities:

Data Architecture

  • Develops and maintains Morningstar’s overall data strategy for , data architecture, data models, principles and standards for the enterprise
  • Responsible for the design and implementation of data storage strategies and techniques including performance, scalability, information lifecycle and security requirements.
  • Drives implementation and ongoing support of metadata, master data management and data governance.
  • Partners with enterprise and application architects, data modelers, and DBAs to ensure a clear and consistent technical vision is maintained.
  • Ensures consistency across all applications.
  • Conducts high-level design and ER diagram reviews.
  • Contributes to and enforces design and quality standards.
  • Oversee the design and implementation of enterprise data and metadata structures.
  • Provides high-level data mapping flows.

Project Activities

  • Partner with business analysts, developers, DBAs and other data subject matter experts to translate requirements into database designs and review these designs with project stakeholders.
  • Design physical database objects including fact tables, dimensions, staging, materialized views, and indexes.
  • Provide input for and feedback on planning, estimation, and implementation activities using the Agile methodology.
  • Ability to work with multiple projects that share the same data entities and to help guide the projects on overall data design
  • Provide thought leadership on data modeling best practices and provide advice and guidance around database design.

Data Governance

  • Data Usage – Oversee requests from various product areas and what data they can access.
  • Proactively inform product teams of newly available data and provide status of projects
  • Data Security – Ensure access controls are in place, monitored, and corrected if breaches are discovered.
  • Data Quality – Monitor data quality; oversee open incidents related to data quality, keep business informed of progress on data quality issue remediation.

Requirements:

  • 2+ years of experience in a Data Governance role.
  • 5+ years of experience in data modeling techniques with experience with one or more data modeling tools.
  • Experience with Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Hive and HBase
  • 5+ years of experience implementing data warehousing and business intelligence solutions, with a good understanding of a data warehousing project’s life cycle.
  • Must be able to take requirements and create conceptual, logical, and physical models and work with the DBA team to implement the physical structures.
  • Advanced SQL query writing and profiling is a must.
  • A bachelor`s degree in computer science or related field with a specialization in relational database management systems.
  • Financial or accounting industry knowledge very helpful.
  • 5+ years of experience in database programming.
  • 5+ years of experience with query optimization and database tuning.
  • 5+ years of experience using ETL and data integration technologies is preferred.
  • 5+ years of experience in architecting and oversight of Data Warehouses, Data Marts, Operational Data Stores and associated front-end technologies.
  • Proven ability to effectively partner and communicate with stakeholders
  • Experience leading an effective team
  • Ability to express complex technical concepts effectively, both verbally and in writing.

Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.

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Location

22 W. Washington , Chicago, IL 60602

An Insider's view of Morningstar

What does your typical day look like?

Every day is a little different. Our team is focused on POC (Proof of Concepts). My work involves problem-solving, development and software design. I work on the Data collections team, currently most of this involves, on a high level, automating the process currently used to collect data from raw sources through Machine Learning.

Upasna

Software Engineer, Data Collections - AI R&D

How does the company support your career growth?

We believe in promoting from within, based on previous impact to the team. Whenever possible, we will stretch our employees to take on expanded roles that aligns with the career progression they are interested in.

Jeff

Head of Technology and Product

What are Morningstar Perks + Benefits

Morningstar Benefits Overview

At Morningstar, your contributions have meaning and can drive change. Across our 27 offices worldwide, we’ve invested in fostering a community where talented, driven people can grow. Our entrepreneurial spirit and uncompromising ethics guide everything we do. It’s all in the name of empowering investors. Morningstar is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible, full-time employees in the United States who work a minimum of 30 hours per week. Our benefits are designed to invest in your -- and your family's well-being, including investments in your health and financial future.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Morningstar encourages our colleagues to become involved in their communities, by providing paid time off for volunteer activities.
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Morningstar provides employees with a flexible work schedule that includes Summer hours, Work from home, Flexible start and end times.
Remote work program
The safety of our employees is very important to us. We have been operating remotely due to COVID-19.
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Morningstar encourages unconscious bias training for all employees, especially managers and hiring personal. We believe that by raising awareness of bias we can decrease its effects.
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance + Wellness
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Morningstar offers two Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)— one for healthcare expenses and one for dependent care expenses. You may enroll in both $ determine the contribution amount.
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Our dental plan covers 100% of preventive services, 80% of basic services, and 50% of major services.
Vision insurance
With Morningstar's vision benefits you can get an annual eye exam with an in-network provider with just a $10 copay.
Health insurance
Morningstar continues to offer the choice of two medical plans—the Savings Plan and the Classic Plan. Both are administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBS).
Life insurance
Morningstar offers 4 tiers of life insurance that offer varying benefits. Basic Life insurance is equal to 1 times an employee's annual salary.
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Our insurance covers 80% on in-network mental health services. Our Employee Assistance Program provides no-cost, confidential, 24-hour counseling on a wide variety of issues.
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Take advantage of a number of Morningstar tools to help you manage your 401(k) account and your finances, including Morningstar Retirement Manager, available to you at no cost.
401(K) matching
Morningstar provides employees with a 401(k) matching plan managed. We match $0.75 for every dollar contributed, up to a maximum of 7% of employee pay contributed to the plan each pay period.
Company equity
Morningstar’s global employee equity benefit, Shared Ownership, enables you to take a portion of your bonus payout and exchange it for RSUs, with Morningstar providing an additional 50% match.
Employee stock purchase plan
Colleagues who exceed their performance goals substantially may be eligible for Impact RSU Awards as an additional reward on top of their cash bonus/commission award.
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Morningstar's Matching GIfts program will match your charitable giving up to the local currency equivalent of $500 USD per calendar year.
Child Care & Parental Leave
Childcare benefits
Morningstar offers the option of in-home child and elder care, in addition to the existing day care center back-up care benefit.
Generous parental leave
Morningstar has a global minimum of 6 weeks paid time-off to bond with new family members. This benefit applies to all individuals equally, including birth mothers, fathers, adoptive parents.
Family medical leave
Eligible employees may take up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave per year for certain specified reasons, and up to a total of 26 workweeks of leave to care for a family member.
Adoption Assistance
We reimburse up to 80% for eligible adoption expenses, up to $4,000 per adoption, in addition to a minimum of 6 weeks paid time off.
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
Morningstar sponsors family oriented events Annually.
Vacation + Time Off
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Our employees receive 2 days per year of paid volunteer time.
Sabbatical
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Recreational clubs
Fitness stipend
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications

Additional Perks + Benefits

Compensation at Morningstar is more than a salary. It’s about making positive contributions to both life and work. We give our diverse workforce the choice and flexibility they need to maintain their health, retirement plans, time, and professional growth.

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