Information data architect

job summary:
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location: Worcester, Massachusetts
job type: Contract to Perm
salary: $60 - 64 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors


responsibilities:
· Accountable for data architecture delivery at the project and domain level; consults with and collaborates with business stakeholders, solution architects, and engineering teams.

· Gather, analyze, and validate business and technical data requirements; translate requirements into conceptual, logical, and physical data models with ownership and authority.

· Design and maintain enterprise data models, database schemas, and message models supporting transactional systems, ODS, data warehouses, and analytics platforms.

· Ensure data architecture and designs conform to enterprise reference architecture, data standards, naming conventions, and compliance rules.

· Define and maintain data integration architectures, patterns, and roadmaps aligned to enterprise data and integration strategy.

· Provide technical leadership for ETL and data integration design and development across Azure Data Factory, Synapse, and Informatica.

· Author and maintain source‑to‑target mappings, transformation logic, business rules, and data integration documentation.

· Partner with business and product owners to define KPIs, metric logic, and shared metric catalogs; ensure consistent interpretation and use across analytics and reporting.

· Create and maintain curated analytics datasets and semantic models (SQL views, tables, BI models) to support dashboards and self‑service reporting.

· Perform data profiling, reconciliation, and validation using SQL and Python to ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across systems.

· Define data validation rules and test scenarios; support QA, UAT, and production readiness activities.

· Participate in data governance processes, including metadata management, lineage documentation, certified datasets, and reduction of redundant data assets.

· Develop and maintain processes for capturing and managing metadata across operational, integration, and analytical platforms.

· Collaborate with application, infrastructure, and integration teams to ensure end‑to‑end information flow across systems and platforms.

· Lead or participate in architecture design sessions and architecture reviews; identify risks and recommend mitigation strategies.

· Provide technical coaching and mentoring to data engineers, data analysts, and junior architects; promote modeling and integration best practices.

· Support project planning, estimation, and delivery activities; contribute to technical designs and implementation approaches.

· Proactively research and apply modern data architecture patterns, cloud best practices, and emerging technologies to improve scalability and performance.

qualifications:
REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE

· Property and Casualty Insurance Industry Experience.

· Strong experience in data architecture, data modeling, and database design across transactional and analytical systems.

· Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure data services (ADF, Synapse, ADLS, Azure SQL).

· Advanced SQL skills; working knowledge of Python for data validation, automation, and data processing.

· Experience designing and supporting ETL/data integration architectures, including legacy platforms such as Informatica.

· Understanding of enterprise data governance, metadata, lineage, and data quality concepts.

· Ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable, governed data solutions.

· Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to communicate architectural concepts to both technical and business audiences.

NICE TO HAVE

· Experience with Power BI semantic models, Microsoft Fabric, or Purview / metadata tools.

· Familiarity with Delta Lake, Parquet, Spark/PySpark, and lakehouse architectures.

· CI/CD experience using Azure DevOps.

· Knowledge of event streaming, API integrations, or data quality automation frameworks.

Experience:

· Degree in business management, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, system analysis or a related field of study

· 6-8 years of overall Information systems, services / consulting experience of which the recent 5+ years in data architecture and data related fields.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact [email protected].


Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.