We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Architect with demonstrable experience to join our consulting team and lead a strategic data modernization engagement for a major financial services client. As a Senior Data Architect with Resource Data, you’ll help design and develop data and integration solutions that elevate enterprise systems efficiency, performance, and value. You will join a team of technical consultants to help provide solutions to our clients’ most challenging enterprise IT problems.
The ideal candidate has deep domain expertise in financial services, strong technical skills designing system architectures in cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and excels at stakeholder collaboration, requirements gathering, and solution delivery. You’ll be responsible for bridging business and IT teams, translating complex integration challenges into clear, actionable architectural plans. Your vision will shape the deliverables for project managers, designers, and junior data engineers throughout different stages of this multifaceted initiative.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architectural design and technical implementation of BNY Data Vault on Snowflake, including the planning of data pipeline architectures, data system integrations, and visualizations
- Integrate and rationalize data from a variety of siloed, legacy systems across financial business domains
- Design scalable data models and schemas for structured and unstructured financial data
- Work closely with stakeholders, including business analysts, compliance officers, risk managers, and technology teams to gather and document requirements and create project goals and task backlogs
- Mentor client team members and support knowledge transfer for long-term platform sustainability
- Participate in client workshops and executive briefings to present architectural roadmaps and status updates
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in cloud data architecture, data engineering, data modeling, data integration, pipeline development, etc. on Snowflake or comparable cloud data platform
- Experience leading the technical delivery of end-to-end projects from ideation, to system design, to task planning and implementation
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks such as SEC, FINRA, MiFID II, or BCBS 239
- Excellent soft skills: stakeholder communication, documentation, facilitation, and negotiation
- A true leader: experience with inspiring and motivating project teammates, providing support, guidance and feedback
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience integrating financial data systems using BNY Data Vault
- Certification in Snowflake, AWS, or Azure (e.g., SnowPro, AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect Expert)
- Hands-on experience with tools like dbt, Talend, Informatica, Matillion, or Airflow
- Knowledge of capital markets, wealth management, or risk & compliance data domains
- Experience in consulting or professional services environments is a strong plus
- Experience as a technical leader or manager overseeing 5-8 cross discipline direct reports
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What We Do
Since 1986, Resource Data, Inc. has been dedicated to providing custom IT solutions and IT consulting.
We provide custom database, application, web, and GIS programming services from offices in Anchorage, Boise, Houston, Portland, and Juneau. Our excellent local reputation has led to the successful completion of projects for hundreds of clients, ranging from small firms to some of the world's largest corporations.
People, technology, results: That's what Resource Data was built on, and that's what we're all about.
