Plus Power is a leading energy storage developer, owner, and operator seeking a Principal Data Architect to develop a coherent, trusted, and easy-to-use analytical ecosystem. The successful candidate will set the strategic north star for how the company defines, organizes, and uses data across the organization.
Requirements
- Define and evolve data architecture standards for analytics and reporting, including data modeling, naming conventions, schema design, and documentation practices across the organization
- Own the data catalog and metadata strategy, partnering with stakeholders to define, name, and organize data assets across multiple domains and source systems
- Collaborate closely with Principal Data Engineering leadership and application engineering teams to align on ELT patterns, Snowflake usage, schema evolution, and analytical data modeling practices
- Contribute hands-on through SQL and Python, developing reference data models, prototypes, templates, and example implementations that demonstrate architectural intent
- Support and enable data analysts by establishing consistent data usage, modeling standards, and shared definitions across a wide range of technical skill levels
- Partner with application engineers on schema design to support rapid application development and reliable integration between operational and analytical data systems
- Support PostgreSQL (including AWS Aurora) and Snowflake data modeling and analytical access patterns in collaboration with platform and database stakeholders
- Establish and promote data governance practices covering data quality, ownership, lifecycle management, and schema change management
- Drive incremental delivery of data architecture improvements, aligning short-term progress with a clear long-term architectural vision
- Design high-ingestion pipelines capable of handling millions of data points per second from globally distributed battery sites
- Ensure data can be seamlessly ingested from various industrial protocols such as Modbus, CAN bus, or DNP3, and translated into standardized cloud formats
- Ensure data architectures comply with grid-specific regulations (like NERC CIP) and mandate on-site data storage for grid resilience
Benefits
- Unlimited vacation
- Flexible remote work
- Work from home stipend
- Educational assistance
- Parental leave
- Highly engaging company culture with opportunities for in-person connection and learning and growth
