Senior Data Architect

Texas City, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Job Title :: Senior Data Architect Commercial Banking (Payments & Merchant Services)

Location :: Dallas TX Cleveland OH Pittsburgh PA (3-4 days onsite)

Job Type :: Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Data Architect to lead the design governance and evolution of data platforms supporting Commercial Banking with a strong focus on Payments Treasury Services and Merchant Services. This individual will define enterprisegrade data architectures modernize legacy platforms and ensure our data strategy aligns with key business outcomesrisk reduction operational efficiency innovation in payment rails and world-class customer experiences.

This role requires a blend of deep domain expertise strong data engineering and architecture skills and the ability to collaborate with business stakeholders across products operations risk and technology.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Data Architecture

Develop and maintain target-state data architecture for Commercial Banking Payments and Merchant Services.

Architect scalable secure and highperformance data models spanning payment processing merchant acquiring settlement chargebacks fraud and dispute management.

Define canonical data models and standards for ACH RTP Wires card transactions and merchant transaction lifecycle.

Data Platform & Engineering Leadership

Lead architecture for on-premise and cloud-based data platforms supporting real-time and batch processing.

Partner with engineering teams to design robust data pipelines streaming solutions (Kafka/Kinesis/EventHub) and data APIs.

Oversee data ingestion from core systems: payment hubs card networks merchant gateways core banking transaction monitoring and risk decision engines.

Payments & Merchant Services Expertise

Provide subject-matter expertise on:

oACH Wires RTP etc.

oMerchant onboarding and KYC

oSettlement reconciliation interchange and fee structures

oFraud AML/BSA risk monitoring

Translate payment and merchant services business requirements into scalable data solutions.

Data Governance & Quality

Establish and enforce data governance metadata standards lineage tracking and data quality frameworks.

Work closely with compliance and risk teams to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.

Strategic & CrossFunctional Collaboration

Advise executives product leaders and technology partners on data strategies that unlock business value.

Drive architectural decisions for new product offerings modernization initiatives and digital payment innovations.

Conduct architecture reviews proof-of-concepts and assessments of vendor or fintech solutions.

Required Qualifications

12 years of experience in data architecture data engineering or enterprise architecture.

Proven experience in Commercial Banking specifically within Payments or Merchant Services domains.

Deep knowledge of payment instruments and rails: ACH Wires RTP SWIFT card networks tokenization.

Hands-on experience with:

oData modeling (relational dimensional NoSQL)

oSQL Python Spark PySpark

oETL/ELT tools (Informatica DBT Talend ADF Glue etc.)

oStreaming technologies (Kafka Event Hub Kinesis)

oMDM metadata management data lineage tools

Solid understanding of data security and compliance frameworks.

Preferred Skills

Experience with payment hubs merchant gateways issuing/acquiring platforms.

Knowledge of advanced analytics machine learning and real-time decisioning.

Familiarity with modern architecture: microservices event-driven and API-first design.

Prior experience leading data modernization or cloud migration programs.

Strong communication skills with the ability to interact with senior leadership.

Shubhi Srivastava

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DescriptionJob Title :: Senior Data Architect Commercial Banking (Payments & Merchant Services)Location :: Dallas TX Cleveland OH Pittsburgh PA (3-4 days onsite)Job Type :: Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly experienced Senior Data Architect to lead the design governance and evolution o...