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Position: Data Architect

Compensation: $139,000 – $153,000 annually, depending on experience

Location: Kansas City, Missouri

Inceed has partnered with a great company to help find a skilled Data Architect to join their team!

This is a high-impact opportunity for a strategic data professional to shape enterprise data architecture and modernize a growing organization’s data landscape. You’ll play a key role in defining standards, improving data quality, and driving scalable solutions that support analytics, reporting, and future AI initiatives. If you enjoy solving complex data challenges and building repeatable frameworks for long-term success, this role is a strong fit.

Key Responsibilities & Duties:

Develop and maintain enterprise data strategy, standards, and roadmap

Establish governance for ownership, quality, access, and retention

Define canonical models and authoritative data sources

Create repeatable methods for acquired data profiling and conversion

Lead future-state architecture for warehouse and analytics platforms

Set standards for ETL/ELT, APIs, pipelines, and metadata

Partner with business leaders to resolve data quality issues

Document data flows, lineage, and integration architecture

Support modernization, integrations, and system replacement efforts

Required Qualifications & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a related field

8+ years of data architecture, data management, or data engineering experience

Experience building enterprise data strategies and governance practices

Strong background in data modeling and data integration

Experience with data warehousing and relational databases

Knowledge of ETL/ELT, APIs, pipelines, and security concepts

Ability to translate business needs into practical architecture

Experience supporting complex migration or conversion initiatives

Nice to Have Skills & Experience:

Insurance or financial services experience

Acquired book-of-business integration experience

Microsoft SQL Server and Azure data services experience

Microsoft Fabric and Power BI experience

Purview and Azure Data Factory experience

DAMA-DMBOK, TOGAF, or Microsoft certification

Perks & Benefits:

Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

401(k) with company matching

Generous paid time off

Additional voluntary coverage options available

Other Information:

Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, DBAs, and application teams

Support modernization initiatives across data and analytics platforms

If you are interested in learning more about the Data Architect opportunity, please submit your resume for consideration. Our client unable to provide sponsorship at this time.

We are Inceed, a staffing direct placement firm who believes in the possibility of something better. Our mission is simple: We’re here to help every person, whether client, candidate, or employee, find and secure what’s better for them.

Inceed is an equal opportunity employer. Inceed prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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