Data Architect

June 9, 2026

Job Overview:Informatics at Fortrea is a high profile, high impact team that focuses on creating innovative data-driven solutions to improve the speed, cost, and quality of drug development.Summary of Responsibilities:<ul><li>Contribute to architectural vision for Fortrea’s data architecture, data integration and master data management strategies.</li><li>Design and implement core ETL workflows for Fortrea’s information integration and reporting infrastructure.</li><li>Participate in the design and development of high-performing, scalable and maintainable data repositories for analytic purposes.</li><li>Participate in the full development cycle from product inception, research and prototyping to release in production.</li><li>Measurably impact company performance by delivering high quality, scalable data products.</li><li>Supervise external resources.</li><li>All other duties as needed or assigned.</li></ul>Qualifications (Minimum Required):<ul><li>BSc/MSc in computer science, information systems, life sciences, or similar.</li><li>Fortrea may consider relevant and equivalent experience in lieu of educational requirements</li></ul>Competencies:<ul><li>A passion for innovating with data sciences at scale; applying modern technologies to large data sets and creating measurable business value.</li><li>Obsessive attention to detail, passion for the end-user experience.</li><li>General problem-solving skills, versatility.</li><li>Collaborative mindset, team spirit.</li></ul>Experience (Minimum Required):<ul><li>8+ years of designing ETL processes, designing data transfer and synchronization schemes, and implementing complex ETL workflows.</li><li>Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Azure, Databricks is highly preferred</li><li>Solid understanding of operational and dimensional database models, including logical and physical design using SQL Server, Oracle, or similar.</li><li>Experience delivering data to staging environments, data warehouses and data marts.</li><li>Experience with master data management approaches, tools, and design patterns.</li><li>Proficiency in database programming using T-SQL, PL/SQL, or similar.</li><li>Proficiency in query performance tuning.</li><li>Proven ability to take ownership and lead a project with minimal supervision.</li><li>Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with strong written and verbal presentation.</li></ul>Preferred:<ul><li>Experience in pharmaceutical R and D, clinical development and/or healthcare IT, and working knowledge of standard medical terminologies, coding systems and data standards.</li><li>Familiarity with NoSQL databases, including Solr, MongoDB, CouchDB, or similar.</li><li>Familiarity with Hadoop or other distributed data stores and NoSQL databases.</li><li>Familiarity with semantic web, OWL, RDF.</li><li>Programming skills in C#.</li></ul>Physical Demands / Work Environment: <ul><li>N/A</li></ul>Learn more about our <a href="https://careers.fortrea.com/us/en/eeo-and-accommodations" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EEO & Accommodations request here</a>.

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