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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Data Architecture Engagement Lead - **Company:** SIDZEN - **Location:** New York, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Data Architecture, Data Transformation, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle (Applications), SQL Stored Procedures, Togaf, Databricks - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/0f5a2cae-2cb4-484b-8c8f-59d9ce6401b6 ## About the Role * 10+ years in data architecture or data transformation consulting, with 3+ years as the accountable owner of engagements at director or principal level. * Capital markets or Tier-1/Tier-2 banking domain grounding: able to hold a credible conversation about trade, position, collateral, sub-ledger and regulatory reporting data without an SME in the room. * Demonstrated ownership of a target-state data architecture that was formally accepted by a bank architecture review board - candidates should be able to name the board, the decision and the objections they had to answer. * Data mesh operating-model fluency: domain ownership, data as a product, self-serve platform, federated computational governance - and a considered view on where mesh fails (over-centralising versus over-fragmenting shared assets). * Lakehouse and medallion architecture on Azure Databricks; sufficient depth to challenge a pattern, not merely approve it. * Executive presence with bank stakeholders at head-of and MD level; comfortable running a steering committee and delivering unwelcome findings. * TOGAF certification, or equivalent evidence of using TOGAF to govern a pattern catalogue. Preferred, but not required: * Experience decomposing a SQL Server or Oracle monolith where stored-procedure logic obscured ownership boundaries. * Regulatory programme exposure: CCAR / FR Y-14, Dodd-Frank, BCBS 239 lineage and CDE evidence. * Experience running a distributed delivery team across US, Canada and India time zones on a fixed-window engagement. ## Description * Secure read-only access to SQL Server system metadata and stand up the approved analysis workspace and repository within the first two weeks; this gate governs the whole plan. * Agree the RACI, standards, templates and working cadence with Mizuho, and lock the fortnightly delivery-leadership review and the escalation path into the architecture board. * Map stakeholders and secure a single named coordination point per business domain (a stated dependency of the proposal, and the primary schedule risk). * Own the risk, issue and dependency log; escalate stakeholder-availability slippage early rather than absorbing it into float. * Chair the DACI forum for contested and multi-domain items. Apply the stated position: exactly one accountable owner plus explicit contracted consumers, never diffuse co-ownership. * Quality-gate every phase exit against the agreed key exits before deliverables reach Mizuho. * Own the target-state conceptual architecture narrative jointly with the Data-Mesh / Enterprise Architect, and defend it at the Mizuho architecture board. * Author the executive summary and recommendations (slide deck and Word), sequencing the roadmap against materiality, regulatory exposure and delivery risk. * Frame the follow-on phase: what Mizuho should fund next, in what order, and what the cost of deferral is on the highest-materiality core tables. ## Related Videos - [Developing the Rich Text Editor for DeepL.com](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1172-developing-the-rich-text-editor-for-deepl-com) - [Cutting LLM Costs Without Cutting Quality: How to Beat Proprietary LLMs with Fine-Tuned Open Source](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100151-cutting-llm-costs-without-cutting-quality-how-to-beat-proprietary-llms-with-fine-tuned-open-source) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [OLTP in the Lakehouse: Redefining Data for AI Workloads](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2038-oltp-in-the-lakehouse-redefining-data-for-ai-workloads) - [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) - [Enabling intelligent logistics automation: home-grown Industrial IoT platform at Austrian Post](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2018-enabling-intelligent-logistics-automation-home-grown-industrial-iot-platform-at-austrian-post) ## Related Articles - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Graph and AI Trends 2026: Why Is AI Running but Not Yet Delivering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/680-graph-and-ai-trends-2026-why-is-ai-running-but-not-yet-delivering) - [Why Event-Driven Architecture Isn’t About Speed (and When You Actually Need It)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/745-why-event-driven-architecture-isn-t-about-speed-and-when-you-actually-need-it) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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