Thoucentric - Solution Architect - Enterprise Data Architecture

Thoucentric is Management Consulting Company focused around helping organizations maximize growth & overall performance through transformation of their supply chain. Thoucentric was founded in April, 2015 by key management consulting and supply chain professionals having diverse industry, solution and product experience. Driven by a team of 75+ globally positioned supply chain consultants, Thoucentric is currently serving clients in CPG, Manufacturing, Transportation, Logistics and Retail sectors.

Thoucentric adds value to clients by specializing in effective liaison between business and technology organizations through following areas:

- Supply chain management, strategy and technology consulting

- Large scale program management in IT/ITES space

- Growth enhancement and cost improvement programs

- Merger and acquisition integration programs

We are looking for motivated, team oriented, self-starter professionals to join us in our exciting journey of building a business focused on success of our clients. Being a start-up, we expect individuals to contribute to the growth of the company in different areas besides their specific job description.

Job Overview:

Job Family: Management Consulting

Designation: Solution Architect (Enterprise Data Architecture)

Role Summary:

- Responsible for driving Enterprise Data Architecture components. Must have designed and executed large and complex projects in Master Data Management, Information Lifecycle Management, Metadata Management, and Data Integration.

Responsibilities:

- Drive development of standards and patterns for master data, data integration, data storage, information lifecycle, etc. Drive the solution architecture to deliver IT capabilities aligned with business requirements. Lead both technical and non-technical discussions regarding enterprise data and information.

- Facilitate analysis and design workshops. Write, review, and approve solution architecture components to ensure alignment with business requirements, and architectural standards.

- Recommend and follow standards for all technical areas related to data and information

- Ensure quality of solution aligns with the architecture standards and assist project teams to stay within scope and budget.

- Responsible for architecture oversight and technical leadership during the course of the MDM (Master Data Mgmt.) implementation projects.

- Liaise with all relevant stakeholders to ensure and define final solution design before deployment.

- Provide architectural and technical inputs for definition, estimation and delivery of projects

COMPETENCIES:

Technical Competence/Expertise

- Drive for Results

- Problem Solving

- Customer Focus

- Communication (Written and Oral)

- Listening Dealing with Ambiguity

QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS REQUIRED:

- Minimum 8-10 years of experience in Enterprise Data Architecture combined in data focused role with exposure to big project execution.

- Successful proven track record in Solution Architecture advisory in implementing Master Data Management solutions.

- Technology design experience including Performance, Security, Availability, Operations, Monitoring and Support

- Experience in Big Data (Apache Hadoop) and Data Lake architectures PREFERRED Exposure in CPG industry is a plus.

- Proven and advanced skills in one of more of the following areas: Master Data Management (MDM), Product Information Management (PIM)

- Experience with industry architecture frameworks, TOGAF or ZACHMAN

- Experience working with IT System Integrators and Software vendors

- Adept at all aspects of DM - Data Architecture, Data Modeling, Data Attributes (part of MDM), Design

Domain Experience - CPG/ Alco-Bev a big plus

- Expertise in OLAP, Exposure BI tools like Micro Strategy/ Power BI / Equivalent a big plus

- Experience with working in transnational teams working on global initiatives