Enterprise Integration and Data Architect

About the position

KPMG is currently seeking an Enterprise Data and Integration Architect to join our Digital Nexus technology organization. This is a hybrid work opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate meaningful organizational change by researching data and integration technologies and defining technical strategies across portfolios; supporting an ability to reduce costs, increase efficiencies, provide more value and capabilities, reduce risks, and increase security; support the build of data and Integration reference architectures and patterns
• Conduct research and participate in the development of data and integration roadmaps, which may include product selection, versions, upgrades, projects, and milestones
• Communicate data and integration best practices by giving presentations and authoring content aimed at educating others about standards, strategies, and defined best practices
• Assist in the evaluation of business demands in the early stages of projects to determine what data and integration software, technologies, architectures and patterns should be employed to meet business objectives efficiently; conduct evaluation of technology which may require a single solution or matrixed evaluation of multiple solutions through research, proof of concept, or scoped testing
• Provide solution level technical design and architectural leadership, including documenting and diagramming logical, physical, and process views across multiple technology domains
• Collaborate with project teams to assist in delivery of solution implementation by providing guidance as needed to application, engineering, and operations teams

Requirements

• Minimum eight years of recent experience in information technology data and integration architecture supporting a SaaS and platform centric strategy and implementation cycle with the ability to integrate in support of an enterprise
• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college/university is preferred
• Strong understanding of Database Design Principles, Data Modeling and Data Warehousing including experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, Big Data technologies, industry leading Cloud Storage solutions, Business Intelligence platforms, dashboards, data mining and visualization tools (Power BI)
• Deep knowledge of commonly used Enterprise Data Lake/Lakehouse and associated Integration tools (Azure Data Lake)
• Solid knowledge of Service Oriented Architecture and Microservices best practices, Enterprise Service Bus platforms
• Deep understanding of Integration Architectures, including development and maintenance of API and Event standards, Data Architecture standards, System Integration standards and Governance Frameworks for managing a large and complex data and integration portfolio
• Proven ability to establish and manage a comprehensive Application Integration Architecture Blueprint and Roadmap for a global organization
• Proven ability to successfully implement Data and Integration Architectures into a complex organization including connecting on-premises and cloud-based applications globally (ERP, CMDB, CRM, CMS and more)
• Strong ability to guide and mentor project teams on data and integration technology, architecture, modeling and best practices
• Ability to optimize SDLC practices and influence firm-wide development standards
• Familiarity with common system integration methods and technologies including web services, micro services, SOAP, JSON, API gateways, MQ message and other messaging and streaming technologies and business process automation tools
• Fully competent in Continuous Integration and CICD pipeline technologies and tooling for automated build, delivery and regression testing
• Strong ability to work with large datasets, including high proficiency in data mining and predictive modeling
• Capability to provide meaningful business insights and align Data and Integration architectures with business goals

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package
• Medical and dental plans
• Vision coverage
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) plans
• Robust suite of personal well-being benefits to support mental health
• Personal Time Off per fiscal year
• Calendar of holidays to be observed during the year
• Two firmwide breaks each year where employees will not be required to use Personal Time Off