Data Structures Analyst
- Employer
- Allstate Insurance Company
- Location
- Charlotte, North Carolina
- Salary
- Not Specified
- Closing date
- Sep 23, 2019
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- Category
- IT
- Job Type
- Not Specified
- Career Level
- Not Specified
Job Details
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Job Description
The Data Structures team is driving innovation in the enterprise data modeling space, creating the data structures underlying our newly emerging product development platform, and leveraging cutting edge proprietary tooling to achieve large-scale adoption. The team is responsible for designing all intra-domain messages and publishing the designed structures in the enterprise metadata portal.
In this role you will model and design canonical data structures for various products in the Enterprise Data Strategy. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate basic schema modeling skills and ability to work under the guidance/tutelage of more experienced data modelers on the team within condensed timelines to deliver on critical requirements. Strong communication and collaboration skills needed for effective partnership with fellow team members and internal application areas.
Key Responsibilities
- Participating in JAD sessions with Business Units to identify the data requirements
- Implement the identified requirements in the Allstate logical model and schemas
- Create mapping documents showing data movement, in partnership with the sourcing system or consuming system developers
Job Qualifications
- Knowledge with logical modeling principles
- Experience with logical modeling tools (e.g. Erwin)
- Creative thinking skills to overcome challenges
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong Excel and analytic skills
Preferred Competencies
- Experience with XML or JSON data (preferred)
- Insurance or Financial Services experience
- Experience with XML Schemas (XSDs)
- Experience with XML modeling tools like XMLSpy
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
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- Website
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