Lead Data Domain Architect

Job duties include contact with other employees and access confidential and proprietary information and/or other items of value, and such access may be supervised or unsupervised. The Company therefore has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and is necessary to protect the safety of the Company’s staff, employees, and business relationships.

• Integrate and refine architecture designs that are aligned to the organization’s business goals (e.g., speed, reliability, scalability) 
• Leverage expertise in domain-driven design principals to improve upon conceptual and logical models and advocate for their organization-wide adoption in adherence to  architectural principles, policies, standards, and frameworks
• Create detailed execution plans to implement recommendations for solution designs and ensure consistency and compliance with architecture principles, policies, standards, and frameworks 
• Influence business strategies and execution models by providing insights on how updated end to end delivery capabilities can drive business goals
• Foster collaboration among  various stakeholders across the business, ensuring seamless communication and alignment of architectural principles, policies, standards, and frameworks in a unified manner
• Provide technical expertise and training opportunities to empower technical teams in support of the implementation of solution design
• Drive strategic communication regarding technical considerations and impacts to stakeholders helping them understand implications in detail
• Maintain and leverage strong business networks to ensure ongoing alignment between business operations and IT strategy 
• Contribute to and influence the development of the overall IT strategy and roadmap, proposing innovative solutions that drive business goals
• Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to help the organization maintain a competitive advantage, driving innovation within the organization

Education

• Required
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or in lieu of a degree, at least 13 years of experience in IT
• Preferred
  • TOGAF Certification  
     

Knowledge & Experience

• 10-12 years of experience in the specific domain and designing solutions
• Proven track record in designing and architecting complex systems at the functional or enterprise level 
• Expertise in technology integration and the design of interfaces between systems 
• Expertise in Software Development Lifecycle Methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, etc.) 
• Proven track record in working with enterprise application integration and service-oriented architecture
• Extensive knowledge of existing and emerging enterprise architecture principles, policies, standards, and frameworks 
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills 

 

Technical Skills 

• Virtualization Technologies
• Enterprise Storage Architecture
• Cloud Technologies & Platforms
• Web Services, APIs, Microservices, and SOA
• Application Architecture
• Data Architecture
• Project Management Methodology
• Architecture Governance & Standards
• Solution Architecture Patterns
• Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Methodology
• Emerging Technologies and Automation Tools
• Technology Cost Optimization
• Domain Knowledge
• Change Management

 

Preferred

• 10+ years of experience architecting solutions for creating, storing, managing and accessing data assets.
• 10+ years of experience creating and optimizing data models to enforce business rules, assist solution architects, and connect data throughout an enterprise.
• 10+ years of experience data management including database design, data integration, operational data stores, data lakes and data warehouses.
• Proven experience with data governance and quality frameworks including data standards, data catalogs, and master data management.