Lead Data Architect (AWS, Azure, GCP), Illinois

Job Description

CapTech Data Architects match our clients’ business goals with available technologies when developing a strategy for a successful data delivery implementation. We improve our clients’ business value by enhancing data use, improving effectiveness of information stewardship, and streamlining data flows. After gaining in-depth understanding of our client’s business challenges, our architects apply experience-based insight and use state-of-the-art tools and techniques to identify the best solutions. We view our Data Architects as thought leaders in the data space. We task them with growing CapTech talent and expanding data and analytics delivery capabilities. 

Specific responsibilities for the Data Architect position include:  

Assessing and advocating data management technologies and practices eliminating gaps between the current state and a well-targeted future state 

Interpreting and delivering impactful strategic plans improving data integration, data quality, and data delivery in support of business initiatives and roadmaps 

Formulating and articulating architectural trade-offs across solution options before recommending an optimal solution ensuring technical requirements are met 

Leading teams of data engineers and other technical team members through design, implementation and best practices.

Providing insights to executive stakeholders and development teams to ensure data architecture recommendations maximize the value of client data across the organization

Works to ensure the solutions recommended are providing business value and alignment with client’s strategic goals

Communication with non-technical executives focusing on value of modern enterprise level data solutions

Driving innovative technology solutions through thought leadership on emerging trends 

Sharing project solutions and outcomes with colleagues to improve delivery on future projects 

Leadership within the Data & Analytics practice area focused on growing and development capabilities and talent

Partnering with CapTech business development team to demonstrate CapTech’s technical capabilities, envision a proposed solution CapTech can offer, and estimate proposed work plans.