Overview
As Enterprise Data Architect, you will be a key member of First Citizens Bank’s Information Technology organization. This position establishes and implements the overall data management technological direction of the bank. Also, the role provides strategic enterprise data technical vision while directing immediate data architecture initiatives. This position ensures the overall quality of technology data implementations across multiple domains and leads the design and integration of key data storage and systems.
Responsibilities
Technical Strategy - Drives enterprise-wide data management architectural vision and strategy. Establishes a data management roadmap that translates high-level business planning information into application needs and solutions.
Business Support and Technical Consultation - Provides technical direction for the Bank's annual investment in all data technology areas, including data infrastructure, architecture, management, integration, quality, reporting, and analytics. Establishes collaborative, cross-functional relationships within IT and the business and communicates information and provides advice to drive enterprise data architecture decisions forward. Offers data guidance to application development teams. Collaborates effectively with business partners to understand how critical business concepts are captured in data and to solve complex problems and meet business needs. Communicates a clear vision for IT management and senior technical staff to ensure maximum leverage of both purchased and developed technology.
Technical Expertise - Provides data architecture thought leadership to cross-functional teams in the areas of advanced data techniques, including data modeling, data access, data integration, data visualization, data discovery, statistical methods, database design and implementation. Utilizes expertise to partner on the design of enterprise data solutions, planning technology migrations, vendor or product selection, and solution integration. Designs enterprise data warehouses and departmental/competency data marts that allow business to derive corporate strategies and actionable tactics from the data, optimizing for reporting and analytics.
Architecture - Designs, creates and maintains the conceptual data infrastructure to support data quality, data stewardship, data integration, data migration and system collaboration in support of business model and information needs. Documents the blueprint of the data infrastructure in text documents and graphic diagrams that can be leveraged by the enterprise, including master plan of the enterprise data locations, data flows and data availability. Sets standards, policies, guidelines and best practices which ensure that data assets are managed appropriately, including standardizing data definitions, data formats, and the acceptable storage, integration and usage of data for high data quality and unquestionable data reliability.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience in Enterprise Data or highly-relevant IT experience.
OR
High School Diploma or GED and 14 years of experience in Enterprise Data or highly-relevant IT experience.
Additional Requirements:
Substantive experience leading data technology and delivery across multiple platforms (ex: Netezza, Infosphere, Denodo, Collibra, Snowflake).
Experience with Data Movement & Consumption (ETL, DataStage, Informatica).
Experience building and sustaining credibility with senior leaders across an organization.
Ability to prioritize investment on new data-related technologies in conjunction with business units.
Collaborate with key stakeholders to define new data needs.
Ability to maximize data-based decisions for key business units.
Outstanding Leadership & Communication skills.
Enterprise Customer (Party) Hub – MDM.
Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW).
Preferred Qualifications:
Financial Services industry experience.
Raleigh, NC
Forever Strong. Forever First®.
For more than 120 years, First Citizens Bank has been helping families and businesses do more with the money they earn, save and invest. In that time, we've built a solid track record of service, stability and reliability. We remain committed to smart, steady growth ... for our company and our customers alike.
Forever Family.
First Citizens began in 1898 as the Bank of Smithfield in Johnston County, North Carolina. From a single office, we've grown to more than 500 branches in 19 states.
Today, First Citizens is one of America's largest family-controlled banks, led for three generations by members of the same family. That's created a continuity of stable, forward-looking leadership focused more on building a strong bank that can last for generations than on short-term results.
Forever Helping.
Over the years, the way we do banking has changed. First Citizens has added new capabilities and new offerings. In addition to traditional banking services, we provide customers with services that include wealth management1, business and commercial banking, treasury services, insurance services1 and much more.
We also complement our industry-leading branch service with state-of-the-art digital banking tools. From First Citizens Digital Banking with Manage My MoneySM to Business Online Banking (BOB) Advantage®, we give customers more ways than ever to look after their financial lives.
Forever Stable.
First Citizens is a banking subsidiary of First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA), a $39 billion financial holding company.
As a First Citizens customer, you benefit from the stability of our top-tier credit quality, outstanding capital strength and strong liquid balance sheet. We never compromise the security of our customers' assets, regardless of the latest market trends or financial pressures.
At First Citizens, we've built our company on such timeless values as integrity, hard work and taking the long-term view. We avoid fads and gimmicks; instead, we believe in sound decisions that create real security and growth for generations to come.
Forever First is our commitment to be there through the years for the people, businesses and communities who rely on us to be the best bank we can be. As we say, "Money isn't everything. But so much depends on what you do with your money."
First Citizens Bank. Forever First®.
First Citizens Bank
Established in 1898, First Citizens Bank is headquartered in Raleigh, N.C.
The bank serves Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin with more than 500 branches.
First Citizens offers a complete line of financial services, including personal banking, business banking, wealth management, investment services1, insurance services1 and more.
First Citizens BancShares
Our parent company, First Citizens BancShares, is one of the largest family-controlled bank holding companies in the United States.
The company is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol FCNCA2, Opens in a new tab.
Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., BancShares’ assets total more than $39 billion.