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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Architect - **Company:** The Resource Group LLC - **Location:** Sarasota, FL, United States (Remote available) - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Application Integration Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Data Architecture, Data Governance, Data Integrity, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Mapping, Data Transformation, Data Migration, Data Retention, Data Structures, Data Warehousing, SQL Databases, Transaction Processing (Computing), Snowflake, Data Strategy, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lineage - **Published:** August 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us8d6d4a898fd6b64bf35f43ade05b1bb4 ## About the Role * Participant transaction processing * Payroll contribution processing * Financial reconciliation * Retirement plan compliance Technical * Data architecture and modeling * ETL/conversion tools * SQL and large-scale data analysis * Data governance frameworks * API and batch integration architectures Preferred * FIS Relias experience * FIS FRP experience * Retirement industry data migration experience * Microsoft Fabric/Snowflake/Azure experience ## Description The Data Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and overseeing the end-to-end data architecture required to successfully migrate participant, plan, transactional, compliance, and historical recordkeeping data from the FIS Relias platform to the FIS FRP platform. This role ensures that data integrity, regulatory compliance, reconciliation accuracy, retention requirements, and downstream integrations are maintained throughout the migration lifecycle. The Data Architect serves as the primary authority for: * Data mapping * Canonical data structures * Conversion strategy * Data governance * Reconciliation architecture * Historical data retention * Integration alignment * Data quality standards Primary Responsibilities Migration Data Strategy * Define enterprise migration data strategy for Relias-to-FRP conversion * Establish authoritative data sources and systems of record * Determine active vs archived data migration scope * Define historical retention approach * Create phased migration and cutover data strategies Data Modeling & Mapping * Develop logical and physical migration data models * Define source-to-target data mappings * Resolve data transformation requirements * Normalize participant, employer, payroll, loan, and investment data * Define metadata and lineage standards Data Governance * Establish migration data governance controls * Define data quality rules and validation thresholds * Ensure ERISA, SEC, IRS, SOC1/SOC2, and audit support requirements are met * Define retention and archival standards * Coordinate legal/compliance retention obligations Reconciliation & Validation * Design reconciliation frameworks for: * Participant balances * Payroll contributions * Loan balances * Vesting * Investment elections * Historical transactions * Define balancing and exception management processes * Establish conversion certification criteria Integration Architecture * Coordinate with: * Payroll systems * Custodians * CRM platforms * Data warehouses/lakehouses * Compliance systems * Reporting environments * Define migration interface dependencies Risk & Issue Management * Identify migration data risks * Resolve source data inconsistencies * Manage duplicate, orphaned, or incomplete records * Support mock conversions and dress rehearsals Deliverables * Migration Data Strategy * Source-to-Target Mapping Documents * Canonical Data Model * Data Retention & Archival Plan * Reconciliation Framework * Data Quality Rules Matrix * Conversion Validation Plan * Data Lineage Documentation * Cutover Data Readiness Reports ## Related Videos - [Enjoying SQL data pipelines with dbt](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/823-enjoying-sql-data-pipelines-with-dbt) - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [How Cisco embraced a DevOps culture within its network engineering team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/99-how-cisco-embraced-a-devops-culture-within-its-network-engineering-team) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [Data Analytics with Microsoft Fabric: End-to-End Use Case with Data Agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1547-data-analytics-with-microsoft-fabric-end-to-end-use-case-with-data-agents) ## Related Articles - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk)