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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Modeler - **Company:** Trail Blazer Consulting LLC - **Location:** Malvern, PA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Temporary to permanent - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Audit Trail, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Databases, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Integrity, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Relational Databases, Meta-Data Management, Microsoft SQL Server, Reference Data, Cloud Services, Sql Optimization, Snowflake, Data Lineage, Star Schema, Physical Data Models, Data Pipelines - **Published:** August 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/16870e6f-3b1b-4921-aaa2-130daade85ce ## About the Role * 8+ years of experience in enterprise data modeling and data architecture. * Proven experience within investment management, asset management, wealth management, or broader financial services environments. * Strong understanding of conceptual, logical, canonical, and physical data modeling methodologies. * Hands-on experience designing dimensional (star schema) and normalized relational data models. * Advanced SQL skills with the ability to analyze, validate, and optimize complex datasets. * Proficiency with enterprise data modeling tools such as Erwin, ER/Studio, Hackolade, or similar platforms. * Experience working with cloud data platforms and databases, including Snowflake, SQL Server, AWS, and Azure. * Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, data lineage, and slowly changing dimension (SCD) concepts. * Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions. * Familiarity with financial services regulatory and compliance requirements related to data privacy, audit trails, and data integrity. ## Description * Design, develop, and maintain conceptual, logical, canonical, and physical data models, including ERDs and dimensional/star schemas, to support asset management, wealth management, and financial advisory platforms. * Partner with business stakeholders, data engineers, solution architects, and technical teams to translate complex financial domain requirements into scalable, enterprise data models. * Model data across key financial subject areas, including financial profiles, advisor teams, securities, holdings, portfolio performance, and risk analytics. * Apply data modeling best practices, including normalization, slowly changing dimensions (SCD), data lineage, metadata management, and reference data governance. * Develop and optimize data models across relational databases, cloud platforms, and big data environments such as Snowflake, SQL Server, AWS, and Azure. * Ensure data models comply with financial services regulatory requirements, including data privacy, auditability, and reference data integrity. * Collaborate with ETL and data engineering teams to validate source-to-target mappings, troubleshoot data quality issues, and support reporting and analytics initiatives. ## Related Videos - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [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) - [Kubernetes and Microservices with Multi-Model Databases](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/382-kubernetes-and-microservices-with-multi-model-databases) - [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) - [Blueprints for Success: Steering a Global Data & AI Architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1577-blueprints-for-success-steering-a-global-data-ai-architecture) ## Related Articles - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [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) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know)