Application Architect

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Data and Knowledge Architect - Hybrid (3 days/week) position with a Global Financial Institution located in Chandler, AZ. This is a 12 month contract opportunity.

This role is responsible for developing, architecting, governing, and improving the data and knowledge foundations that support AI and agentic capabilities across Network Services. The ideal candidate will work with both structured and unstructured data sources to ensure information is organized, governed, and prepared for trusted AI consumption, while partnering with subject matter experts to translate domain context into reusable, AI-ready assets.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, architect and maintain data and knowledge assets that support AI and agentic use-cases across Network Services, including both structured and unstructured sources
• Define, architect and apply standards for how documentation, configurations, telemetry, metadata, policies, standards, and operational knowledge should be organized and prepared for AI consumption
• Partner with product and service subject matter experts to understand network technologies, operational context, and domain-specific knowledge required to improve model grounding and decision quality
• Architect, design and implement scalable methods for storing, governing, indexing, and retrieving context assets needed for AI-enabled workflows and solutions
• Establish and improve preventative and detective controls that identify and reduce data quality, metadata quality, knowledge quality, and freshness issues before they affect downstream use
• Contribute to data quality remediation efforts by identifying upstream sources of issues, defining corrective actions, and improving the reliability of data at source
• Define and maintain expectations for data ownership, lineage, freshness, stewardship, and governance across relevant data and knowledge domains
• Architect, build and enhance pipelines, transformations, validation routines, and supporting services that improve the quality and accessibility of data and knowledge assets
• Support the architecting and creation of reusable templates, patterns, and guidance for knowledge artifacts, documentation standards, and context management practices
• Work across engineering, architecture, operations, and governance teams to ensure data and knowledge practices align with enterprise controls, delivery needs, and approved standards
• Monitor and communicate the health, readiness, and quality of AI-relevant data and knowledge assets, including issues, gaps, and remediation priorities
• Document data definitions, controls, transformations, and usage considerations so that downstream teams can reliably consume and support the resulting assets

Requirements:

• Experience engineering and managing both structured and unstructured data used for analytics, automation, search, or AI-enabled solutions
• Strong understanding of data architecture, data modeling, transformation, storage, and retrieval patterns needed to support scalable and governed data pipelines
• Ability to define, architect and apply standards for how data, documents, knowledge artifacts, metadata, and operational context should be prepared for AI consumption
• Proven experience in Architecture and Development Support
• Demonstrated expertise in Data Quality and Metadata management

Pay range: $56.73 - $64.73 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20 years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.