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West Advanced Technologies (WATI)

Data Modeling

Sacramento, CA · On-site

$58.50 - $75.75/hr

Data Modeling Sacramento, CA 12 months Required Skills: Ten (10) years of experience with relational modeling of complex systems Ten (10) years of pension, health care, actuarial industry experience ...

ARM

Modeling Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$137K - $186K/yr

Functional or performance modeling experience for Hardware IP development * Strong software development skills including experience with modern C++ and Python * Strong problem solving and debugging ...

ARM

Modeling Engineer

San Jose, CA · Hybrid

$137K - $186K/yr

Functional or performance modeling experience for Hardware IP development * Strong software development skills including experience with modern C++ and Python * Strong problem solving and debugging ...

Archer

Sensor Modeling Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$140K - $180K/yr

Architect and design physics-based sensor models across varying levels of fidelity for eVTOL aircraft * Own the end-to-end development lifecycle for sensor models, encompassing architecture ...

Mythic

Architecture Modeling Engineer

Palo Alto, CA · On-site

$120K - $225K/yr

We're hiring experienced Architecture Modeling Engineers from junior to senior levels to play a key role in developing the designs that will bring our next-generation AI processors to life. About Us:

Mythic

Architecture Modeling Engineer

Palo Alto, CA

$120K - $225K/yr

We're hiring experienced Architecture Modeling Engineers from junior to senior levels to play a key role in developing the designs that will bring our next-generation AI processors to life. About Us:

Etched

Performance Modeling Engineer

Cupertino, CA · On-site

Sohu is hard-coded for individual model architectures and only supports transformers, but has an order of magnitude more throughput and lower latency than a B200. WHAT YOU'LL DO * Develop and own SoC ...

Mythic

Architecture Modeling Engineer

Palo Alto, CA · On-site

$120K - $225K/yr

We're hiring experienced Architecture Modeling Engineers from junior to senior levels to play a key role in developing the designs that will bring our next-generation AI processors to life. About Us:

Zipline

Battery Modeling Engineer

South San Francisco, CA · On-site

$130K - $165K/yr

You will own end-to-end battery modeling from cell electrochemistry through pack electro-thermal behavior and fleet software integration. Your work will guide cell selection, hardware operating ...

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Data Modeling

West Advanced Technologies (WATI)

Sacramento, CA • On-site

$58.50 - $75.75/hr

Full-time

Medical, Retirement

Re-posted 19 days ago

Job description

Data Modeling
Sacramento, CA
12 months
Required Skills:
Ten (10) years of experience with relational modeling of complex systems
Ten (10) years of pension, health care, actuarial industry experience
Seven (7) years of work experience using Erwin Data Modeling Tool.
Five (5) years of star schema modelling experience
General Software development experience
Responsibilities:
Identify requirements and provide quality assurance of analysis completed by staff such as use cases, designs and design documents, or testing deliverables
Work with application design team to design, create and enhance logical/physical data models for different functional business areas, such as retirement benefits, health benefits, and financials. Ensure changes fit in with the overall functionality of the data model and meet the Client's data modeling/database standards
Provide overview of logical and physical data models to Client's staff, including information architects, business architects, security administrators, data modelers, data administrators, data managers, data reporters and Business Intelligence (BI) staff
Work with developer teams with answering business-related and data model questions and evaluate SQL to ensure correctness
Validate daily Database Change Requests for data model structure and Client's standards
Validate Client's business information flow and business rules against dimensional/conceptual/logical/physical models utilizing existing documentation such as use cases and business requirements
Work with Client's BI and Data Modeling teams to develop/design dimensional models to address different functional business areas reporting needs, such as retirement and health benefits.
Administer changes to data models using Allfusion's Erwin modeling tool; including developing and maintaining data dictionaries used to describe the data models and their support of the system and making structural changes to the data model
Attend project, staff, and management meetings as requested
Provide monthly accomplishment/status report to management every month
Educate and provide knowledge transfer to Client data modelers on best practices and data modeling tools including AllFusion's Erwin and Model Manager.
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Naresh Damagalla
West Advanced Technologies, Inc
E: naresh.d@wati.com

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