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📍 Lansing, MI (Hybrid – 2 days onsite/week)
đź•’ Contract: 6 Months
🌟 Why This Role?
Join a high-impact data team supporting enterprise-wide Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives for a large-scale public sector environment. This is an opportunity to work on modern data platforms, influence data strategy, and help transform how critical business decisions are made through data.
If you enjoy building scalable data solutions, working with cutting-edge IBM tools, and partnering closely with business stakeholders—this role is for you.
💡 What You’ll Be Doing
đź•’ Contract: 6 Months
🌟 Why This Role?
Join a high-impact data team supporting enterprise-wide Master Data Management (MDM) initiatives for a large-scale public sector environment. This is an opportunity to work on modern data platforms, influence data strategy, and help transform how critical business decisions are made through data.
If you enjoy building scalable data solutions, working with cutting-edge IBM tools, and partnering closely with business stakeholders—this role is for you.
💡 What You’ll Be Doing
- Design, develop, and support enterprise data solutions across MDM and Information Services environments
- Partner with business and IT teams to turn complex data into actionable insights
- Build and optimize data pipelines, data lakes, data warehouses, and data marts
- Define and implement data architecture standards, best practices, and governance strategies
- Translate business requirements into scalable, high-performance data solutions
- Develop dashboards, analytics, and reporting solutions to drive decision-making
- Establish and track KPIs to measure data effectiveness and business impact
- Ensure data accuracy, integrity, and accessibility across systems
- Guide and train stakeholders on leveraging data for analysis and decision-making
- Strong experience working in large, complex enterprise environments with multiple data sources
- Proven ability to design and implement scalable data architectures
- Experience translating business needs into technical data solutions
- 5 years of hands-on experience with IBM Cloud Pak for Data
- 5 years working with IBM Knowledge Catalog (including DataStage migration support)
- 5 years of experience with IBM Manta
- Experience defining and enforcing data architecture standards and best practices
- Must be located within 120 miles of Lansing, MI at time of submission
- Hybrid schedule (2 days onsite: Monday & Tuesday – non-negotiable)
- On-site interview required
- Relocation is not available
- Rate depends on experience
- Candidates authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We can accept H1b, , TN, and other valid work visas for IT. However, we cannot accept OPT or CPT visas at this time.
- Companies submitting candidates should only submit direct W2 employees for this position.