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. Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it's no wonder we're consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Seramount, Fair360 and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate meaningful organizational change by researching data and integration technologies and defining technical strategies across portfolios.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Proven ability to successfully implement Data and Integration Architectures into a complex organization including connecting on-premises and cloud-based applications globally.
• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package including 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.