Data Architect

Job Title: Data Architect

Job Type:

Full-Time

Job Location:

Tallahassee FL

Job Summary:

Genesis Consulting has an opportunity for an experienced forward-thinking Data Architect with a passion for growth and business transformation for a statewide government client. Join our team and work on challenging complex solutions that are driving innovation and technological advancement in the public sector. This role will be responsible for outlining the data requirements creating data architecture and creating data documentation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Develop and implement an overarching data strategy aligned with organizational goals.

Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into data architecture solutions.

Design and implement logical and physical data models to support application development and business intelligence needs.

Ensure data models are optimized for performance scalability and maintainability.

Establish and enforce data governance policies standards and procedures.

Ensure data quality integrity and security are maintained throughout the data lifecycle.

Design data integration processes to facilitate the seamless flow of data between systems.

Identify security measures to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with data privacy regulations.

Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for data architecture and database designs.

Communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Provide knowledge transfer to client and team members.

Defining how systems should be maintained including tools to be used for monitoring thresholds and runbooks and actively working on refining on-call practices.

Leading multi-functional teams made up of analysts developers data scientists and other roles that are needed to support business needs.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications/Experience:

Proven experience as a Data Architect Database Administrator or in a similar role.

In-depth knowledge of data modeling tools and techniques.

Expertise in relational and non-relational databases (e.g. SQL NoSQL).

Familiarity with big data technologies and data warehousing.

Shall have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in enterprise data architecture and management the Information Technology field

Strong understanding of data architecture principles methodologies and best practices with practical experience in data modeling schema design and data warehouse architecture.

Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g. AWS Azure GCP) and cloud-based data services (e.g. AWS Redshift Azure Synapse Analytics) is highly desirable.

Familiarity with data security privacy and compliance standards and regulations such as GDPR HIPAA and PCI DSS.

Excellent analytical problem-solving and communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear actionable recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.

Shall have experience leading and architecting enterprise-wide initiatives specifically system integration data warehouse build data mart build data lakes etc. for a large enterprise.

Minimum Education:

Bachelors degree in data science engineering statistics or similar

Required Certifications:

Technical software development platform or solution certifications are a plus.

Other:

Local to Tallahassee FL candidates preferred; Remote candidates will be considered with regular travel to FL.

US Citizens Preferred but Green Card candidates considered.