Senior Lead Data Architect

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Jersey City, NJ

4h•$171,000 - $260,000

About The Position

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is seeking a Senior Lead Data Architect to join their Commercial & Investment Bank. This role involves working with product owners and business SMEs to understand and translate functional and data requirements into Logical Data Models. The architect will be responsible for expanding and maturing the content of Business Information Models, ensuring adherence to best practices, and proposing information architecture approaches to meet current and future needs. The position also involves identifying opportunities to improve metadata, definition consistency, and data lifecycle management, participating in governance bodies, and evaluating information architecture recommendations. The role requires executing creative information architecture solutions, designing, developing, and troubleshooting technical issues, and identifying opportunities for automation. A key aspect is facilitating evaluation sessions of data models with stakeholders to drive positive outcomes. The company emphasizes a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.

Requirements

Degree in Computing Science or related degree or relevant related experience
10 + years’ experience as an Information or Data Architect
Hands-on practical experience delivering Logical Data Models
Hands-on practical experience of Logical Data Modelling Tools
Hands-on practical experience of Business & Data Analysis techniques
CDMP Certification (Certified Data Management Professional) or any other data management related certification
Exposure to Industry Data Models
Experience in building Common Data Model’s
Advanced knowledge of architecture & Exposure to other Data management functional area
Proficiency in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
Advanced knowledge of one or more software, application, and architecture disciplines
Ability to evaluate current and emerging technologies to recommend the best information architecture solutions for the future state architecture

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of MagicDraw and Erwin or other data modelling tools
Knowledge of UML & ER modelling methods
Knowledge of Wholesale Payments business
Knowledge of Domain Driven Design

Responsibilities

Work with product owners and business SMEs to understand functional and data requirements for implementations in order to build Logical Data Models that reflect requirements and can be used by technologists to build solutions that are fit for purpose
Actively looks to expand and mature the content of the Business Information Models by leveraging analysis and modelling done on implementations
Works with the Information Architecture leadership to ensure best practice data modelling standards & guidelines are followed by BIMs and implementation LDMs
Engages technical teams and business stakeholders to discuss and propose information architecture approaches to meet current and future needs
Identify opportunities to intersect with other Data Management functions to improve meta data, consistency of definitions & end to end data lifecycle management
Participates in information architecture governance bodies
Evaluates information architecture recommendations and provides feedback to stakeholders
Executes creative information architecture solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions and break down technical problems
Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues
Facilitates evaluation sessions of data models with relevant stakeholders to drive positive outcomes through probing of functional & data requirements, definitions and validation rules
Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect