Senior Data Architect

Senior Data Architect

Location: Remote with travel required to Pittsburgh location

Travel Requirements

• Light travel required; approximately 4–6 days/month to Pittsburgh location
• Architects will meet with bank teams in person every 2–3 weeks, typically for 2–3 days per visit
• Travel is billable and expensed per the bank's travel policy (preferred hotels, flights, etc.)

Architect Roles

1. Data Architect

Focus

Payments Data Architecture aligned with ISO 20022 standards.

Responsibilities

• Assess and design data architecture across the payments ecosystem
• Recommend appropriate data storage solutions (data lake, warehouse, etc.)
• Guide transformation from operational to analytical data
• Collaborate with the bank's data architecture team
• Make technology recommendations aligned with bank-approved tools
• Ensure transaction integrity and system resilience

Preferred Background

• Financial services experience, ideally in payments (e.g., Banking, PayPal, VISA, Client)
• Strong understanding of data architecture principles and trade-offs

Qualifications

• Experience: 7+ years of progressive experience in data architecture, data modeling, and database design
• Data Architecture:
  • Expertise in various database architectures and technologies, including Relational (SQL) and Non-Relational (NoSQL) databases
  • Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale data platforms such as

• Data Warehouses
• Data Lakes
• ODS
• Data Lakehouses

• Model Design: Demonstrated ability to translate complex business requirements into robust, scalable, and efficient data model designs