Enterprise Data Architect – W2 Only

Miracle Software Systems, Inc; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Miracle Software Systems, Inc. in Novi, Michigan, is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect to translate business capabilities into architecture visions and governance across the organization.

You will deliver artefacts, guide data platforms, and collaborate with IT and business leaders to set standards, roadmaps, and integration strategies for complex data ecosystems. The role requires 10+ years in IT with 5+ years in information/data architecture, data engineering, or advanced database

Qualifications

• Translate business capabilities into enterprise data architecture strategies.
• Develop and govern data models, standards and governance processes.
• Architectures artefacts across business, data, process and technology domains.

Responsibilities

• Provides direction and support to project teams translating business capabilities into objectives and deliverables.
• Visualizes architecture concepts and communicates strategies for programs and domains.
• Facilitates governance with cross-functional sponsors to ensure alignment with standards.
• Develops recommendations to improve IT project value and sets future state architecture roadmaps.
• Drives research to mature architecture standards, guidelines, and blueprints.
• Obtains buy-in for architecture roadmaps from business and IT leaders.

Skills

Data Architecture

Data Analysis

Data Governance

Data Management

Data Integrity

Data Model

Data Modeling

Data Warehousing

Database - Other

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Certification Program

Job description

We, (Miracle Software Systems, Inc), are actively looking for \"Enterprise Data Architect\" to work #Full-Time / Contract on W2 with our Direct Client.

Position Description

• Employees in this job function are responsible for translating desired business capabilities into o solution concepts and models and their requirements (functional and technical) o Design strategies, technology patterns and service structures.
• Accountable for architecture and information management guidance and governance processes.
• Responsible for enterprise capability integration by describing and evaluating the opportunities for integration and alignment of information and process flows, selecting appropriate implementation strategies, and defining technology mechanisms required. (Applies to: enterprise level, portfolio level.)
• Compiles, develops and aligns architectural models of current and proposed capabilities and solutions across the enterprise to support strategy and investment decisions, portfolio management, program and project management, solution and service design and development and service management. (Applies to: enterprise level, portfolio level, program/project level, technology level.)
• Drives information integration, information standards, and information management through capability and value analysis and assessment. (Applies to: enterprise level, portfolio level, program/project level.)
• Delivers architecture artefacts (business, information, data, process, solution, application, service, technology, infrastructure architectures) to solution, service and technology delivery initiatives, programs and projects.
• Sets architecture and design direction (technologies, patterns, design principles, development frameworks) in cooperation with project management and system design/development. (Applies to: program/project level.)

Key Responsibilities

• Provides direction and support to project teams by translating business capabilities into well-defined
• Projects/programs with clear objectives and deliverables.
• Visualizes and communicates architecture concepts, principles, strategies, and models for programs, initiatives, and domains.
• Facilitates architecture discussions with cross-functional business sponsors and product lines to ensure alignment.
• Participates as a member or facilitator in relevant business/IT governance processes.
• Ensures alignment between architecture projects and standards and related IT projects and plans by working with appropriate IT and business management.
• Develops recommendations which will improve the business value of IT projects and plans.
• Sets direction and approves future state architecture standards, guidelines, blueprints, and roadmaps for/across business functions.
• Drives architecture-related research to further mature architecture standards, guidelines, blueprints, and roadmaps.
• Directs and approves innovations and/or prototypes based on research and approves recommendations on architecture, tools, methodologies, and/or processes.
• Facilitates architecture governance and ensures adherence to architecture standards.
• Obtains buy-in for architecture standards, guidelines, blueprints, and roadmaps from appropriate business and IT leaders.
• Promotes benefits and value of architecture and architecture management to the business and IT senior management.
• Provides guidance on strategy and planning in support of overall prioritization and portfolio planning.

Skills Required

• Data Architecture, Data Analysis, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Integrity, Data Model, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Database - Other

Experience Required

• Specialist Exp: 10+ yrs in IT; 5+ years of Information/Data Architecture, Data Engineering, or advanced Database Design/Modeling experience in designing or implementing OLTP/RDBMS databases, Data Warehouse, Data Marts.
• 4+ years of hands‑on experience creating data models using data modeling tools (e.g. Power Designer) Knowledge of Master Data Management concepts and tools Experience in GCP technologies including Big Query, Alloy DB, PostgreSQL, Cloud Run, Mongo DB, Data Flow Experience in defining and implementing data quality initiatives.
• Knowledge of AI capabilities and experience in leveraging it for Data Engineering/Modeling

Skills Preferred

• Design and develop information data models including EDM, Conceptual, logical and physical data models. Manage and maintain the models in a Power Designer repository.
• Map Application to Conceptual Data Model, Business Process and Business Capability
• Support product team’s intake process, understanding business requirements, translating them into people, process, data and system requirements, applying data architectural principles, and providing expert guidance.
• Lead the discovery and analysis phase of Data Platform, ensure a deep understanding of our data landscape and facilitate integration of diverse sources into a unified data model
• Lead conceptual discussions to understand the organization's data landscape. Identify and evaluate candidate data sources, maintain data models and data dictionaries for all identified source systems. Develop and define Canonical Domain Models
• Profile source system data, define comprehensive data quality requirements, identify data quality dimensions and metrics. Provide guidance on data quality monitoring, measuring, reporting and addressing issues.
• Establish data architecture principles, data standards, best practices, and guidelines for the design of the data platform including data catalog, data lineage, observability, security and interoperability
• Perform proof of concepts and guide Product team members to design and develop using different GCP data engineering technologies and tools.

Experience Preferred

• Functional and Architecture Experience with one or more PLM platforms (e.g., Siemens’ Teamcenter, Dassault’s 3D Experience)
• Knowledge of TOGAF, DAMA Architecture Framework and Standards
• Ability to define data architecture principles, guidelines and standards
• Expertise in interoperability standards and methods
• Outstanding and proven leadership skills in working with senior-level management helping in decision‑making.
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong ability to self‑manage and develop work plans that employ appropriate methods to resolve ambiguity and build consensus for an architectural solution

Education Required

• Bachelor's Degree, Certification Program

About Miracle Software Systems

Miracle Software Systems, Inc. is Premier Partner of IBM and a National Implementation Partner of SAP since 1998. Been in business for the last 30 years specializing on SAP Implementations, SOA / EAI / B2B Technologies. We are also a reseller of IBM Software Products. We are a Global Systems Integrator with Presence in 6 Countries. We also have a Large Offshore Facility located in India. We specialize on BPM tools like IBM Lombardi / BPM7.5 and also have a large Sterling Commerce Practice. We also have a large E-Commerce Practice based on IBM Portals / WebSphere Commerce Server. Miracle B2B Practice has been built on WTX / Gentran / Data Power / WPG / Trading Manager / Sterling GIS and other leading Products in the Market. We are based out of Novi, Michigan.