Location: Durham Status: Contract Compensation: Submit Competitive Rate Education Level: Not Specified Company in Durham, NC has a contract-to-hire opening for a Data Architect. About the Role: * Directs the design, development and maintenance of logical and physical data models, data architecture, master data management (MDM) standards and conventions, data dictionaries, data element naming standards, and Metadata standards. * Direct and manage the use of data management tools including MDM, Metadata, data dictionaries, ETL, quality and other data related tools. * Create and maintain the overall data architecture, priorities, roadmap to map business process models to data models. * Create Object/Relational models to identify & address application data issues. Requirements: * 5 years experience with related data management disciplines and technologies, such as master data management (MDM), Metadata management, data quality, data integration, data warehousing, data virtualization, cloud storage, etc. * 2+ years experience in data architect leadership role. * Prefer experience with medical informatics and SAS data sets preferred. * Experience working with Informatica required. * 5 years experience working with relational technologies including Oracle and SQL Server. * Comfortable working with complex data structures. * 3+ years experience working with large databases, data warehouses, data modelling, star schemas, ETL, and OLAP Microsoft.NET experience (ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, ADO.NET, WPF, Silverlight) a plus. Why this Job (Sizzle): * Work in a dynamic and exciting environment dedicated to the improving human life! * Contract-to-Hire. * Excellent benefits, including medical, tuition reimbursement and outstanding retirement plan. * Nice office space, covered parking (out of cold and Sun) and close to restaurants. Application Requirements Client will only consider local candidates. Client will not accept subcontractors Required Qualifications: Architect About MATRIX Whatever your career destination, we're how you get there. For more than 27 years, MATRIX has placed talented contract and permanent IT professionals like yourself at thousands of top-notch organizations throughout the U.S., ranging from Fortune 50 to small IT shops across all industries. MATRIX surrounds you with personal services from assistance with your Resume and interviewing skills, to background information on the companies you will interview with, and more. Once you are onboard as a MATRIX consultant, we offer outstanding benefits, a 401(k) program (or plan), discounted training, and other valuable incentives. Apply today at MATRIX. Please Note: Your Resume will never be submitted to a client company without your prior knowledge and consent to do so.