Data Architect

$115,000 - $120,000/Yr

Consultnet - Des Moines, IA

Full-time

Des Moines, IA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Enterprise Data Architect plays a crucial role in enhancing the company's data utilization as a strategic asset to meet corporate goals. This position involves the strategic design, development, and implementation of data models for enterprise-level applications and systems, ensuring that data architecture aligns with business objectives and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Develops and delivers long-term strategic goals for data architecture vision and standards in conjunction with data users, department managers, business units, and other key stakeholders.
• Creates short-term tactical solutions to achieve long-term objectives and an overall data management roadmap in alignment to the Bank's data governance program.
• Establishes processes for governing the identification, collection, and use of corporate metadata; takes steps to assure metadata accuracy and validity.
• Establishes methods and procedures for tracking data quality, completeness, redundancy, and improvement.
• Creates strategies and plans for data security, backup, disaster recovery, business continuity, and archiving.
• Conducts data capacity planning, lifecycle, duration, usage requirements, feasibility studies, and other tasks.
• Ensures data strategies and architectures are in regulatory compliance.
• Determines governance, stewardship, and frameworks for managing data across the organization.
• Selects and implements the appropriate tools, software, applications, and systems to support data technology goals.
• Oversees the mapping of data sources, data movement, interfaces, and analytics, with the goal of ensuring data quality.
• Collaborates with Data Governance Manager, project managers, and business unit leaders for all projects involving enterprise data.
• Addresses data-related problems in regard to systems integration, compatibility, and multiple platform integration.
• Identifies and develops opportunities for data reuse, migration, or retirement.
• Develops, implements, and maintains policies, procedures, and development plans for enterprise architecture and infrastructure operations.
• Documents the data architecture and environment to maintain a current and accurate view of the larger data picture at the bank.

Requirements

• Four-year college degree in a related field preferred OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, computer engineering or relevant field preferred.
• At least 8 years of experience as technology, systems, data, or information architect.
• At least 6 years of robust knowledge of enterprise architecture principles, best practices, and industry standards.
• Experience with Azure or Snowflake.
• Experience with NetApp, SAN, or Dell EMC storage.
• Experience in designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure enterprise solutions aligned with TOGAF standards.
• Experience deploying and leveraging an EA Architecture Modeling Language (ArchiMate).
• Direct experience in implementing enterprise data management processes, procedures, and decision support.
• Experience with business requirements analysis, entity relationship planning, database design, and reporting structures.
• Experience with data processing flowcharting technique.

Nice-to-haves

• Financial services experience.
• Experience building data architecture from the ground up and being a 'pioneer'.
• Data governance experience.