Enterprise Data Architect: Strategy, Modernization & AI

Kforce Inc; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA

FSA

401(k)

Job summary

Kforce Inc. in Kansas City, MO is seeking a Data Architect to define and drive enterprise data strategy and architecture across governance, quality, and modernization programs. You will shape future-state data platforms, including data warehousing, Power BI reporting, and AI-enabled analytics.

The role requires leading data standards, profiles, and integration efforts while collaborating with security, PMO, and business teams to deliver scalable, value-driven solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in information systems or related field.
• 8+ years in data architecture, data management, or data engineering.
• Proven ability to define enterprise data strategy and governance.
• Experience with data migration, normalization, and acquisition-integration projects.
• Ability to translate business needs into actionable architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise data strategy, standards, and a multiyear modernization roadmap.
• Establish governance for data ownership, stewardship, quality, lineage, access, and usage.
• Define canonical models, business definitions, systems of record, and normalization standards for critical data domains.
• Lead architecture for the future data warehouse and Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, reporting, analytics, and AI capabilities.
• Define standards for data models, ETL/ELT, APIs, pipelines, metadata, master/reference data, and integrations.
• Establish measurable data-quality controls and resolve conflicting definitions with business owners.
• Maintain data flow, lineage, integration, and architecture documentation.
• Partner with architecture, Azure, DBA, Security, PMO, application, and business teams on conversions, integrations, and modernization.
• Identify data risks, technical debt, privacy, regulatory, audit, retention, and access-control requirements.
• Recommend scalable, maintainable solutions based on business value, risk, and cost.

Skills

Enterprise data strategy

Data governance

Data modeling

Cloud data platforms

Data integration

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Management, or related field

8+ years in data architecture/data management/engineering

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Power BI

Azure

ETL/ELT

Job description

Kforce Inc. in Kansas City, MO is seeking a Data Architect to define and drive enterprise data strategy and architecture across governance, quality, and modernization programs. You will shape future-state data platforms, including data warehousing, Power BI reporting, and AI-enabled analytics.

The role requires leading data standards, profiles, and integration efforts while collaborating with security, PMO, and business teams to deliver scalable, value-driven solutions.