Data Architect

POSITION TITLE: DATA ARCHITECT

LOCATION: SACRAMENTO, CA 94203

WORK TYPE: W-2, CORP TO CORP, 1099

CONTRACT DURATION: 1-3 YEARS

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Provide a description of the overall project or initiative that this role is a part of:

The purpose of this RFO is to select one (1) experienced Data Architect with detailed knowledge and experience of technical, application, data and interface architectures, system design models, and implementation approaches to participate in a new project position on the client's Core Technical Team assigned to the Pension Solution Implementation Project.

Skills and Experience

*List the absolute required skills (and any acceptable tradeoffs):

a) At least ten (10) years of working experiences in the Information Technology or Information System (IT/IS) fields with extensive experiences in the positions of enterprise data architect, database architect/developer/administrator, database lead, or database designer/modeler, etc.;

b) At least five (5) years of experience incorporating an industry's open and non-proprietary Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology to lead and/or create data architectures, logical and physical models for software development projects, while collaborating closely with an organization's enterprise database unit and following all applicable enterprise IT standards, policies, processes, procedures, and best practices, etc.;

c) At least five (5) years of experience participating in data conversion and migration, data testing, developing data strategies and associated polices and best practices to promote data security, integrity, quality and consistency;

d) At least five (5) years of experience, as a Data Architect, with large organizations leading or participating in the technical implementation of software/systems/applications automating complex business processes; and

e) At least three (3) years of experience designing and implementing highly available and fault tolerant databases including complex multi-node clustering and disaster recovery;

f) A Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields from an accredited or government sanctioned college/university as evidenced by a copy of the diploma;

*List the desired skills and background for this consultant:

a) Provided five (5) years or more of enterprise level data architecture and/or data modelling services at a State or Federal agency;

b) Experience as a Data Architect leading or participating in the technical implementation of pension/retirement related software develop projects; and

c) Experience in the areas of data warehousing, enterprise data integration, metadata registry, etc.;

d) Three (3) years of experience working with MS.NET technologies and/or products;

e) Experience in understanding regulations and compliance in support of the data architecture and data models.

*What level of experience is required for this position? (# of years, entry, mid-level, expert, etc.)

See required skills.