Enterprise Data Architect

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**Purpose**:
Sylvamo’s Data Management Practices organization provides an organized and methodical approach to data management governance, policies, methods and tools in order to assure data consistency, reliability and trustworthiness. The Enterprise Data Architect determines the logical design and information management strategies necessary to store, move and manage data in a new target state or an alternative version of an existing state. The Enterprise Data Architect will provide the enterprise guidelines for data collection, usage, processing, storage and integration with different systems across the globe. This role is responsible for visualizing, designing and documenting Sylvamo’s enterprise data management framework.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Collaborate in the execution of the vision, mission and strategic plan for Sylvamo Data Management Practices in alignment with business aspirations and expected outcomes.
- Design conceptual structures and plans to meet the current and long-term data requirements of Sylvamo.
- Determine overall modeling standards, guidelines, best practices and approved modeling techniques.
- Supervise the creation of all conceptual, logical and physical data models.
- Ensure that data modeling practices and guidelines are followed in order to avoid physical model bias.
- Participate in data integration, business intelligence (BI) and enterprise information management programs by rationalizing data processing to support reuse.
- Analyze business requirements as a guide to data modeling.
- Collaborate with business and provide technical expertise to explore new technologies and drive speed to market on new ideas.
- Work with data services administrators to develop the data objects and data models to support data services in service-oriented architecture.
- Collect and identify the various metadata assets.
- Identify the data assets that are deemed significant to the enterprise, as determined by the business impact, decision impact, risk mitigation or organizational impact of the information.
- Model the future state of the data architecture and provide data architecture best practices and guidelines.
- Establish metrics for tracking and measuring the value of data architecture initiatives. For example, measuring model reuse, impact on project costs or improved data consistency across diverse initiatives.
- Ensure that critical information assets modeled as part of any project are represented in the enterprise information architecture (EIA) and follow the design guidelines and requirements of EIA.
- Collaborate with other Data and Analytics Architects to ensure consistent translation of enterprise architecture to solution architects, conduct solution design reviews, and resolve solution design conflicts across business units.
- Assess technology trends and direction providing guidance on how those trends will impact organization opportunities as well as mitigate risks.

**Knowledge and Experience**:

- Five years of experience in data integration or architecture
- BS degree in computer science or related field preferred
- Ability to define the value of the data asset to the enterprise
- Conceptual, logical and physical modeling, especially for rationalizing data objects
- Ability to collaborate with information architects, content architects and other data architects to support common goals and approaches
- Ability to collaborate with business analysts and data stewards to assess if the model is fit for use
- Experience in transactional and operational, analytical, and MDM modeling techniques
- Understanding of the relationship between architecture and use cases
- Knowledge of data modeling and data integration tools
- Experience with Oracle databases, data integration tools, data lakes and Azure cloud computing a plus
- Capable of working independently with mínimal supervision or direction
- Highly skilled in communications, verbal and written
- High fluency in English required. Portuguese, French and Russian a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional team environments
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and team skills are required
- Experience with Microsoft Office products
- Must have demonstrated past experience in the following competencies: dealing with ambiguity, learning on the fly, problem solving, action oriented, informing others, organizing, and priority-setting, listening and collaboration skills

Sylvamo is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.