Data Architect (DBA + Data Modeling)

Synechron; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 115,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Opportunity to work abroad

Generous paid leave

Maternity & paternity leave

Comprehensive insurance plan

Retirement savings plans

Tuition assistance / higher education

Udemy for Business access

Extensive training opportunities

Mentoring & development programs

Job summary

Synechron is seeking a senior Data Architect to design scalable data models and robust data architectures for high-volume financial services environments. You will collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into conceptual, logical, and physical models and drive data integration and ETL strategies.

The role emphasizes SQL tuning, performance optimization, and governance across Transactions, Fees, and Settlement data, with opportunities to work on cutting-edge FinTech

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Data Modeling, and Database Design.
• Experience designing greenfield enterprise applications.
• Data Warehouse / Reporting Layer Design required.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with business stakeholders to understand requirements and business processes.
• Identify domains, sub-domains, entities, relationships, and business rules.
• Convert business requirements into conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Design scalable OLTP database schemas for high-volume transaction systems.
• Design reporting and analytics data models.
• Define data architecture for Transactions, Fees, Expenses, Merchant Onboarding, Settlement, and Funding.
• Design data integration and ETL strategies.
• Optimize databases for millions of records and high-volume data processing.
• Design partitioning, indexing, archival, and data retention strategies.
• Support reporting, batch jobs, scheduled jobs, and downstream consumers.
• Collaborate with architects, developers, product owners, and business teams.
• Provide DBA guidance for performance tuning, query optimization, backup, recovery, and capacity planning.

Skills

Data Architecture

Data Modeling

Database Design

SQL Performance Tuning

Query Optimization

Indexing Strategies

Data Governance

Data Quality

ETL/ELT Design

High Volume OLTP

Tools

Oracle

ETL Tools

CDC (Change Data Capture)

Job description

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 17,000+, and has 58 offices in 22 countries within key global markets.

We are looking for someone who can talk to business users, understand the domain, identify entities and relationships, design scalable data models, optimize databases handling millions of data, and build reporting‑ready architectures while providing strong DBA expertise.

Additional Information*

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors. In accordance with law, the base salary for this role if filled within Pittsburgh PA/Dallas TX is $115k - $120k/year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with business stakeholders to understand requirements and business processes
• Identify domains, sub-domains, entities, relationships, and business rules
• Convert business requirements into conceptual, logical, and physical data models
• Design scalable OLTP database schemas for high-volume transaction systems
• Design reporting and analytics data models.
• Define data architecture for Transactions, Fees, Expenses, Merchant Onboarding, Settlement, and Funding.
• Design data integration and ETL strategies.
• Optimize databases for millions of records and high-volume data processing.
• Design partitioning, indexing, archival, and data retention strategies
• Support reporting, batch jobs, scheduled jobs, and downstream consumers
• Collaborate with architects, developers, product owners, and business teams
• Provide DBA guidance for performance tuning, query optimization, backup, recovery, and capacity planning

Requirements:

• 12+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Data Modeling, and Database Design
• Experience designing greenfield enterprise applications
• Financial Services / Payments / Banking domain preferred
• Conceptual, Logical, and Physical Data Modeling
• Database Design and Normalization
• Data Warehouse / Reporting Layer Design
• SQL Performance Tuning
• Query Optimization
• Indexing Strategies
• Data Governance and Data Quality
• ETL / ELT Design
• High Volume Transaction Systems
• Database Technologies: Oracle
• Reporting & Analytics: Materialized Views; Reporting Views
• Data Integration: ETL Tools; CDC (Change Data Capture); Batch Processing; Data Migration

Preferred, but not required:

• Payments / Banking / FinTech experience
• Transaction Processing Platforms
• Fee Management Systems
• Settlement and Funding Systems

We offer:

• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
• A multinational organization with 58 offices in 22 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
• 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays).
• Maternity & paternity leave plans.
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region).
• Retirement savings plans.
• A higher education certification policy.
• Commuter benefits (varies by region).
• Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
• Cutting edge projects at the world’s leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms.
• A flat and approachable organization.
• A truly diverse, fun-loving, and global work culture.

S YNECHRON’S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.