Information Architect Senior

We offer a flexible work environment that requires an individual to be in the office 4 days per week. This position can be based in one of the following locations:
San Antonio, TX, Plano, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Colorado Springs, CO, Charlotte, NC, or Tampa, FL. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

• Understands the Information Governance policies and standards, while enforcing those specific to Information Architecture as it relates to data structures, data movement, risks, and controls.
• Participates in feedback and development efforts to define the mission of the information architecture practice, goals, critical success factors, as well as policies for the Information Strategy & Architecture (IS&A) for a given domain/practice.
• Develop and understand conceptual models, information capabilities/categories, etc. within USAA's information architecture tools and metadata repository/catalog.
• Provides insights on the end-to-end data lineage impacts from information capabilities to operational and analytical technical assets (i.e., databases and reports).
• Provides key contributions of information capabilities/requirements and communicating to stakeholders the supporting IS&A deliverables for a given domain.
• Guides alignment to the USAA Enterprise Information Model (UEIM) for information and data development activities to ensure that the CoSA is following the appropriate CoSA and Enterprise IS&A direction, respectively. Educate and guide Business Partners and other Practitioners on the value and practice of IS&A program for Information Technology.
• Guides business efforts by utilizing industry reference models (financial, insurance, etc.) to identify, align and support analytical and operational informational capability requirements to help shape and influence business outcomes.
• Collaborates with other architectural practitioners to influence information architecture direction, technical and data flow, and solution agnostic design decisions.
• Provides guidance to stakeholders to build business cases to secure approval and funding for data and analytical efforts.
• Identifies and recommends appropriate data sources to be used in solution development and delivery as it relates to Fit for Purpose and Authoritative Data Source.
• Applies knowledge to perform regular assessments of the health and maturity of information capabilities for a given domain.
• Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures.

• Bachelor's degree; OR 4 years of related information management experience (in addition to the minimum years of experience required) may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• 6 years of experience in information and/or data architecture to include strategy, planning, and delivery oversight; OR If Advanced degree, 4 years’ experience in information or data architecture.
• Previous experience with modern data architecture environments (Cloud, Hadoop, No
  
  SQL, etc.).
• Proven ability to embrace new technologies of the future and operationalize these to deliver value (Data Virtualization, Cloud).
• Comprehensive understanding and experience working with data analysis tools and leveraging reporting and data analysis that molds the way user experiences are designed.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to apply architectural principles to business solutions.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualizations.

• Expert knowledge of data principles and architectures including enterprise data warehouses and Snowflake
• Experience implementing enterprise data and analytics platforms and frameworks
• Expert knowledge of retail banking and financial crimes related data across operational and analytical layers
• Excellent written and oral communication skills including ability to present ideas, concepts and designs to technical and non-technical teams and leaders
• Strong knowledge and experience with data modeling concepts
• Strong partnership,…