Data Architect

Role Overview
Job Summary (List Format) Data Architect
Design, govern, and oversee end-to-end data architecture for the migration from FIS Relias to FIS FRP.
Ensure data integrity, regulatory compliance, reconciliation accuracy, retention, and integration throughout migration.
Serve as the primary authority for all migration-related data architecture.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and define enterprise data migration strategy and phased cutover plans.
Establish authoritative data sources, systems of record, and data retention approaches.
Build logical and physical data models for migration.
Define and manage source-to-target data mapping and transformation requirements.
Normalize participant, employer, payroll, loan, and investment data.
Set metadata and data lineage standards.
Implement data governance controls, quality rules, and validation processes.
Ensure compliance with ERISA, SEC, IRS, SOC1/SOC2, and audit requirements.
Design reconciliation frameworks for balances, contributions, loans, vesting, and historical transactions.
Coordinate migration dependencies with payroll systems, custodians, CRM, data warehouses, and reporting platforms.
Identify and resolve migration data risks, including inconsistencies, duplicates, and incomplete records.
Support mock conversions, testing, and final cutover readiness.
Deliver comprehensive documentation and plans (data strategy, mappings, models, retention, reconciliation, quality rules, validation, lineage, readiness reports).
Required Skills & Experience
Strong experience in 401(k) recordkeeping, participant transaction and payroll processing, and retirement plan compliance.
Expertise in data architecture, modeling, ETL/conversion, SQL, and data governance.
Familiarity with integration architectures (API/batch) and large-scale data analysis.
Preferred Experience
Direct experience with FIS Relias and/or FIS FRP.
Prior involvement in retirement industry data migrations.
Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, or Azure.
Location & Details:
Remote (Sarasota, FL)
6 12+ months contract-to-hire
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