Data Architect Specialist

Job Title:  Data Architect Specialist

Reports to: Corporate IT Director – eBusiness and Architecture

Department: Information Technology

Job Status: Exempt

Job Title Supervised Directly: None

 

JOB SUMMARY

 

The Data Architect Specialist is responsible for developing and implementing strategic and tactical data technology direction in support of the business environment, across the enterprise.  As the most senior data professional within the Company, the Data Architect Specialist will provide a vision for leveraging data information and technologies to enable realization of established revenue and productivity goals.  This includes providing data architecture direction, creating a plan for phased migration to the future state, supporting implementation initiatives to clearly define data architecture, and leveraging best practices.  The Data Architect Specialist is accountable for the architectural integrity, quality and value derived from all data capabilities within the corporation.

 

QUALIFICATIONS



·  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field.

·  Minimum of 10+ years of professional technology experience with a concentration in data.

·  Experience in insurance will set a candidate apart from others.

·  Strong understanding of data from an enterprise perspective with expertise in developing strategic and tactical data technology direction.

·  Ability to envision and balance strategic, long-term data needs for the enterprise while coordinating and aligning multiple short-term tactical priorities with the ability to implement change in a complex dynamic environment.

·  Excellent verbal and written communication and facilitator skills.

·  Demonstrated strong leadership and mentoring skills with a broad technology background combined with the ability to build relationships with business and technology stakeholders.

·  Ability to create various levels of data architecture and data architecture constructs such as transactional, operational and analytical data stores to facilitate the integration of a diverse set of applications built upon disparate technologies – DB2, VSAM, SQL Server.

·  Superior knowledge with ability to manage and coordinate enterprise information use, corporate data access design, metadata management and distributed/replicated data approach to ensure consistency, timeliness, data lineage, data quality and availability of master data throughout the enterprise.

·  Strong understanding of SDLC methodology.

·  Ability to teach, lecture, tutor, coach, formally or informally in own area of expertise.

 

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