Data Architect

Functions: Technical expert in IT organization; coaches and mentors more junior technical staff; provides input into highly complex and high impacting decision as it relates to area of expertise.

General Characteristics
· Responsible for enterprise-wide data design, balancing optimization of data access with batch loading and resource utilization factors.
· Knowledgeable in most aspects of designing and constructing data architectures, operational data stores, and data marts.
· Focuses on enterprise-wide data modeling and database design.
· Defines data architecture standards, policies and procedures for the organization, structure, attributes and nomenclature of data elements, and applies accepted data content standards to technology projects.
· Responsible for business analysis, data acquisition and access analysis and design, Database Management Systems optimization, recovery strategy and load strategy design and implementation.

Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience