Data Architect III

ICW Group•San Diego, CA

2d•$139,874 - $250,377•Hybrid

About The Position

The Data Architect III develops deliverables that guide the target-state evolution of enterprise data infrastructure through standards, guidelines, and reference implementations. The role provides leadership, facilitation, analysis, and design for enterprise data architecture to support business strategy, knowledge-worker productivity, customer experience, decision-making, and targeted business outcomes. The position sets and advances data architecture direction aligned with business goals, maintains current- and target-state architecture assets and blueprints, and ensures data solutions conform to architecture principles and target-state guidance. It works with architects, senior stakeholders, subject matter experts, business leaders, and IT leaders to shape data management standards, policies, strategy, and governance. The role also evaluates emerging data technologies; leads architecture, roadmap, portfolio, and innovation efforts; and communicates architecture guidance across the organization. This position has no supervisory responsibility. It operates in an office environment, with frequent use of a computer, telephone, copier, and other standard office equipment. No specific or unusual physical or environmental demands are identified; employees are regularly required to sit, walk, stand, talk, and hear. ICW Group is not offering employment sponsorship for this opportunity.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, Economics, Sociology, or a related field.
At least 12 years of experience in IT or data management and analytics.
At least 8 years of architecture experience across multiple domains, such as business, information, application, integration, technology, and security.
Experience working in the insurance or financial services industry.
TOGAF, IASA, or another architecture-related certification.
Ability to establish credibility through visualizations and tell a compelling story to a broad audience.
Working knowledge of IT and/or business services and participation in information gathering to support at least one service.
Ability to present clearly and effectively to diverse audiences, orally and in writing.
Ability to identify and communicate the implications and impacts of tactical and strategic architecture decisions on the broader enterprise.
Ability to make technology strategy decisions and recommendations while considering options and business needs.
Awareness of the insurance or financial services industries.
Working knowledge of infrastructure technologies and participation in information gathering to support technical architecture.
Working knowledge of integration techniques and technologies and participation in information gathering to support integration architecture.
Working knowledge of business architecture and participation in information gathering to support the practice.
Ability to persuade peers within areas of responsibility by leveraging existing relationships with peers and managers.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience working with cross-functional teams, and experience presenting to leadership.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Visio, Excel, Project, and PowerPoint.
Ability to apply principles of logic to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree.
Insurance- or financial services-related certification is strongly desired.

Responsibilities

Lead development and maintenance of data-domain architecture assets, including current- and target-state data architectures.
Set data architecture direction aligned with business goals and present that direction to the organization.
Create and maintain blueprints showing how data is stored, processed, and accessed.
Ensure data solutions align with data architecture principles and target-state architecture.
Oversee end-to-end data asset lifecycle management and foster collaboration to achieve established goals.
Facilitate delivery of business outcomes through architectural decisions; lead creation of models, architecture design work products, and technology innovation initiatives.
Lead design, documentation, and analysis of business architecture in areas of responsibility and recommend integrated, holistic solutions.
Collaborate with enterprise, solution, and domain architects to understand architecture impacts and maximize the value of organizational information.
Work with senior stakeholders and subject matter experts to develop data management standards and policies.
Recommend business information that should be consistently available and shared across the organization, identifying how information assets support strategies and business outcomes.
Assist data and analytics leaders and business and IT leadership in developing data strategy, governance processes, and governance structures.
Lead creation of models, technical standards, and architecture design work products; lead technology portfolio prioritization and manage the portfolio within areas of responsibility.
Expand the use and successful delivery of enterprise information to improve decision-making.
Provide strategic recommendations to maximize enterprise data asset value, including the external data ecosystem, data exploitation, data-enabled strategies, analytics, data and analytics governance, and enterprise information policy.
Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies for data management, storage, and analytics.
Explain relationships between data and business objectives, applications, technology, principles, and standards.
Represent enterprise architecture, advocate for it, share knowledge, build credibility for initiatives, and include affected individuals in the process from the outset.
Participate in architectural review boards to support architecture quality and compliance.
Lead short- and long-term initiatives and roadmaps, establish goals and strategic vision, lead others' work, and build support for proposed solutions.
Contribute to data architecture design, documentation, and analysis so the data portfolio operates more simply and reliably.
Work with the Head of Architecture to influence enterprise direction and approach and the strategic planning process; coach and mentor others and assist with problem resolution.
Set current- and future-state information architectures, seek a range of views, refine options, and communicate them to key stakeholders.
Educate business and IT partners on information architecture and recommend improvements to make work-product processes more efficient and effective.
Research, propose, and champion technology innovation initiatives; create and advance data architecture vision and strategy.
Lead design, documentation, and analysis of technical and integration architecture practices to support efficient and effective infrastructure.
Lead project-level architectural reviews and ensure alignment with architecture deliverables, principles, strategies, and standards.