Direct Placement/Perm Title: Enterprise Data Architect Location: Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico Company Description: Our client, founded in 1948, is a prominent financial institution serving individuals, businesses, and corporations in Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and beyond. With a rich history of fostering economic growth, our client offers a comprehensive suite of financial services. This presents a unique opportunity to be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking IT team, work on challenging and impactful projects that drive business value, have the opportunity to learn and grow your cloud expertise, enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package and help shape the future of banking in Puerto Rico. Position Description: The Enterprise Data Architect plays a critical role in transforming the bank's data into a strategic asset. They are responsible for designing, developing, and implementing data models for enterprise applications used throughout the bank. This ensures consistent, high-quality data that can be easily accessed and analyzed to support informed decision-making. Responsibilities:

• Strategy & Planning:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define a long-term data architecture vision and standards.

• Craft a roadmap with short-term actions to achieve these goals.

• Establish data governance processes, ensuring data accuracy and compliance.

• Develop methods to track and improve data quality, completeness, and minimize redundancy.

• Conduct data capacity planning and create strategies for data security, backup, disaster recovery, and archiving.

• Acquisition & Deployment:

• Ensure successful implementation of enterprise applications (ERP, CRM, Salesforce, etc.).

• Partner with vendors to select the best solutions for your company's needs.

• Operational Management:

• Define clear data ownership and management frameworks across the organization.

• Develop and promote standardized data management practices.

• Select and implement the right tools and systems to support data goals.

• Oversee data flow and transformations, ensuring data quality throughout.

• Collaborate with project managers and business leaders on data-related aspects of projects.

• Troubleshoot data integration challenges across various platforms.

• Foster a data-driven culture by providing training and coaching to staff.

• Develop testing procedures to guarantee data architecture performance.

• Maintain accurate documentation of the data environment.

• Identify opportunities to optimize data usage through reuse, migration, or retirement.

  Qualifications:

• 3-5 years' work experience as a data or information architect.

• Proven skills in data modeling, data mining, and business requirements analysis.

• Experience implementing data management processes and decision support systems.

• Strong understanding of relational databases, metadata management, and data lifecycle methodologies.

• Hands-on experience with data architecting tools, repository tools, data mapping tools, and data profiling tools.

• Experience with database platforms (MS SQL Server, Oracle preferred) and SQL.

• Familiarity with web services (SOAP, XML, REST/JSON) and object-oriented programming.

  Education & Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, computer engineering, system analysis, or a related field.

• Certifications like Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals, Microsoft Azure Data Engineer Associate and Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate are a Plus.

  Benefits:

• Health Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Disability Insurance

• Retirement Savings: 401(k)

• Paid Time Off (PTO): You can accrue up to 18 days of PTO per year for vacation, sick leave, and personal time.

• Other Benefits: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Discounted financial products and services, Health and wellness programs

  Equal Opportunity Statement: RCM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Pay Transparency: RCM believes in transparency and fairness in compensation. We are committed to providing our employees with competitive salaries that reflect their skills, experience, and contributions to our organization. As part of our commitment to pay transparency, we want to provide you with as much information as possible about our compensation practices. Disclaimer: This job posting is intended to describe the general nature and the level of the work to be performed. It is not intended to include every job duty and responsibility specific to the position. RCM reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary. About RCM: RCM is a leading provider of Business, IT, and Engineering Services to over 1,000 clients in the commercial marketplace. RCM partners with clients to define, implement and manage a broad range of technologies across multiple platforms, systems, and networks. Our broad geographic presence ensures that a proven and reliable tactical and strategic capability is available and deployable virtually everywhere in North America.