IT Senior Data Architect

IT Senior Data Architect

• Location: Berlin, CT
• Duration: 6 months
• GBaMS ReqID: 10940990

Position Summary

• Design and implement enterprise data architecture solutions supporting business objectives and strategic initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership for data platforms, integration, governance, and analytics solutions.
• Ensure scalable, secure, and high-quality data capabilities across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and deliver enterprise data architecture strategies, roadmaps, and standards.
• Design and maintain data solutions, including:
  • Databases
  • Data warehouses
  • Data lakes
  • Analytics platforms
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data architectures.
• Lead the design of data integration, ingestion, transformation, and data management solutions.
• Establish and enforce standards for:
  • Data governance
  • Metadata
  • Data lineage
  • Data quality
  • Data security
• Define data models and architecture patterns supporting reporting, analytics, and operational requirements.
• Evaluate and recommend data technologies, tools, and platforms.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, compliance, and operational standards.
• Lead architecture reviews and provide technical guidance to project and engineering teams.
• Drive data modernization initiatives using reusable, cost-effective, and scalable data services.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• Significant experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, or Enterprise Architecture.
• Strong expertise in:
  • Data modeling
  • Data governance
  • Data integration
  • Cloud-based data platforms
• Experience with Databricks and Azure Data Factory (ADF).
• Experience with data warehousing and data lake technologies.
• Familiarity with metadata and governance tools such as Collibra and Unity Catalog.
• Knowledge of Change Data Capture (CDC).
• Knowledge of data security, RBAC, privacy controls, and data quality frameworks.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Experience with tools such as Jira.