Data Architect

Cloud Analytics Technologies LLC is seeking a Data Architect in Green Bay, WI, for a contract position. The role requires 5-7 years of experience in data architecture, focusing on data strategy and governance. Responsibilities include creating artifacts, data modeling, project governance, and ensuring alignment with enterprise data management strategies. Local candidates are preferred, and non-local candidates must cover their own travel and relocation expenses.
Preferred Employment:
Corp-To-Corp Contract, 1099/ Contract, Contract-To-Hire

US citizens (USC) and Permanent Residents (GC) are encouraged to apply. We are unable to offer any sort of Visa sponsorship for this position.
Local Candidates Preferred. Non-local candidates must be willing to pay for your own interview travel expenses and relocation costs.

Job Description

Required:
5-7 years of Data Architect/Information Architect experience.
Excellent Communication

Our Client is looking for an Information Architect in Green Bay, WI.

The Information Architect will provide data strategy and governance oversight for a focused portion of the Ameriprise information architecture, ensuring that projects and programs within the portfolio are supported by the appropriate data deliverables.
Responsible for developing information architecture solutions that are aligned with the objectives and standards of the enterprise data management strategy and enable optimal performance, stability, and extensibility.

Responsibilities
Major areas of accountability:
• Creation of Artifacts
• Data Modeling
• Project Governance
• Manage Strategy
• Project Planning
• Architecture Practice

Create the high-level architecture and data solution design for projects (conceptual model, integration model, sourcing) in alignment with the portfolio and enterprise data strategy.
Translate enterprise or business needs into long-term information architecture solutions.
Apply enterprise vision to all portfolio, technical and application projects understanding and communicating different architectural models/strategies that are consistent with business strategies.
Analyze business processes, operational applications and source data to understand dependencies, anomalies and implicit business rules that impact the ability to manage the master data.
Design, develop and maintain logical and physical data models.
Perform data profiling and analysis, and develop data models that correspond to the business and technical requirements.
Review and sign-off on all project data models.
Provide governance oversight to ensure project adherence to information architecture strategy, principles, standards, policies and procedures throughout all project phases.
Partner with other architects to ensure alignment and integration across portfolio boundaries and promote an enterprise focus on data management.
Review information architecture deliverables throughout development process to ensure quality traceability to requirements and adherence to all plans standards.
Develop and maintain the portfolio information architecture strategy including data models, data strategy (e.g. management, integration and optimization), and apply to ongoing projects and initiatives, acting as the subject matter expert in key data areas (e.g. data integration, data quality, master data governance, security).
Develop and build strong relationships and use effective communication skills to influence and accomplish strategic information architecture objectives.
Work with project managers and across the architecture organization to develop the approach and cost estimates to produce information architecture deliverables for projects.
Assess and facilitate engagement of other data management services (DBA and data integration) for the projects within the portfolio.
Provide high level tracking of project progress, with respect to data architecture deliverables, to ensure timely delivery and efficient use and staffing of data architecture resources.
Contribute to the development and evolution of the Enterprise Reference Architecture and the Information Architecture.
Communicate, educate and ensure adherence to sound data management principles and where possible, the re-use of data as well creating and managing meta-data and business rules for the use of data.
Establish guiding principles and a reusable methodology for managing information architecture deliverables.

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field; or equivalent work experience.
5-7 years of relevant experience.
Deep logical and physical data modeling experience using the Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)…