Data Architect

Enterprise Data Architect – M&A Integration

Iselin, NJ/Frisco TX (Hybrid)

Full Time 

Summary

Seeking an experienced Enterprise Data Architect to lead target-state data architecture during a large-scale M&A integration. The role focuses on consolidating enterprise data, defining governance, designing migration strategies, and creating a unified data architecture across investment, risk, client, and operational domains.

Key Responsibilities

• Define enterprise data architecture and target-state data models.
• Design data integration, migration, and consolidation strategies.
• Establish data governance, MDM, data quality, and metadata standards.
• Build scalable ETL/ELT, API, and event-driven integration architectures.
• Partner with M&A Integration and Application Assessment teams.
• Eliminate redundant data and establish a single source of truth.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR, SEC, FCA, and cross-border data regulations.
• Provide architectural guidance to data engineering and analytics teams.
• Present architecture recommendations to executive leadership (CDO/CTO/CIO).

Required Skills

• 15+ years of Data Architecture/Data Engineering experience.
• 5+ years as an Enterprise Data Architect or Data Architecture Lead.
• Strong experience with M&A Integration or Carve-Out projects.
• Expertise in:
  • Enterprise Data Architecture
  • Data Warehousing, Data Lakes/Lakehouse
  • Master Data Management (MDM)
  • Data Governance & Data Quality
  • ETL/ELT, APIs, Event Streaming
• Experience with financial services or asset/wealth management data domains:
  • Portfolio & Trading Data
  • Security Reference Data
  • Client/CRM Data
  • Risk & Performance Data
• Experience creating data migration roadmaps from application rationalization.
• Strong knowledge of GDPR, SEC, FCA, and Data Residency.
• Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Education

• Bachelor''''''''s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Master''''''''s degree preferred.