Enterprise Data Architect

Develops and delivers long-term strategic goals for data architecture vision and standards in conjunction with data users, department managers, clients, and other key stakeholders. Creates short-term tactical solutions to achieve long-term objectives and an overall data management roadmap. Establishes processes for governing the identification, collection, and use of corporate metadata; take steps to assure metadata accuracy and validity.

What You Will Do

Conducts data capacity planning, life cycle, duration, usage requirements, feasibility studies, and other tasks. Creates strategies and plans for data security, backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, and archiving. Ensures that data strategies and architectures are in regulatory compliance.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Acts as a leader and advocate of data management, including coaching, training, and career development to staff. Develops and implement key components as needed to create testing criteria in order to guarantee the fidelity and performance of data architecture.

Requirements

• College diploma or university degree in computer science, information systems, or computer engineering
• Certifications in applicable data engineering and analytical tools
• 5 years work experience as a data or information architect
• Hands-on experience with data architecting, data mining, large-scale data modeling, and business requirements gathering/analysis
• Direct experience in implementing enterprise data management processes, procedures, and decision support
• Strong understanding of relational data structures, theories, principles, and practices
• Strong familiarity with metadata management and associated processes
• Hands-on knowledge of enterprise repository tools, data modeling tools, data mapping tools, and data profiling tools
• Demonstrated expertise with repository creation, and data and information system life cycle methodologies
• Experience with business requirements analysis, entity relationship planning, database design, reporting structures, and so on
• Ability to manage data and metadata migration
• Experience with database platforms
• Understanding of Web services (SOAP, XML, UDDI, WSDL)
• Object-oriented programming experience (e.g. using Java, J2EE, EJB, .NET, WebSphere, etc.).
• Excellent client/user interaction skills to determine requirements
• In-depth technical knowledge of network, PC, and platform operating systems, including Windows, Linux, AIX
• Working technical knowledge of current systems software, protocols, and standards, including HTTPS, FTPS
• Experience with data processing flowcharting techniques
• Proven project management experience
• Good knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills
• Ability to present ideas in user-friendly language
• Ability to lead a team in multiple projects