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Data Strategist

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Jersey, NJ Contractor
POSTED ON 9/25/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/24/2026
job summary:

Seeking an Enterprise Data Strategy & Architecture. This role will help shape and advance the firm's enterprise data strategy, partnering across business and technology teams to define target-state data capabilities, governance practices, and architectural standards. The successful candidate will bring a strong foundation in data strategy & data architecture that will help drive initiatives spanning data modeling, integration, quality, governance, and modernization of enterprise data platforms.

location: Jersey City, New Jersey

job type: Contract to Perm

salary: $75 - 79 per hour

work hours: 8am to 5pm

education: Bachelors

responsibilities:

Define and help execute the enterprise data strategy in alignment with business priorities, regulatory expectations, and long-term technology goals.

Guide modernization efforts for enterprise data platforms, including cloud-aligned architectures, scalable integration approaches, and reusable data services.

Evaluate current-state data ecosystems and recommend improvements to architecture, tooling, operating models, and governance processes.

Support the translation of business requirements into enterprise data designs, roadmaps, and implementation guidance for delivery teams.

Develop and maintain enterprise data architecture standards, principles, and target-state blueprints across domains, platforms, and integration patterns.

Partner with business stakeholders, data owners, application teams, and technology leaders to identify data capabilities, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.

Lead data architecture activities including conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling, data flow design, lineage considerations, and information lifecycle planning.

Establish and promote best practices for data governance, metadata management, master/reference data, data quality, and data security in collaboration with control and compliance partners.

Collaborate with program managers, solution architects, engineers, analysts, and testing teams across multiple locations to ensure solutions meet business and architectural objectives.

Contribute to architecture documentation, design reviews, and decision records to improve clarity, consistency, and traceability across initiatives.

qualifications:

  • Needs to have more of a demonstrated Data Strategy background.
  • BSc or MSc degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or a related discipline.
  • Strong experience in enterprise data strategy, data architecture, and information management in complex organizational environments.
  • Deep understanding of data architecture disciplines including enterprise data modeling, canonical models, data integration, metadata management, and data lifecycle design.
  • Experience defining and implementing data governance frameworks, data quality controls, stewardship models, and related operating practices.
  • Strong knowledge of relational and non-relational data platforms, data warehousing concepts, and modern data ecosystem patterns.
  • Experience with data integration approaches, APIs, event-driven patterns, ETL/ELT processes, and distributed data architectures.
  • Ability to translate business strategy and regulatory requirements into practical data architecture roadmaps and standards.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

Salary : $75 - $79

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