Data Architect

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Job Description: Data Architect Consultant 

Clinet (Maritime Hospitality Discovery & Research)
Position Type: Short-Term Contract / Discovery Sprint

Location: Remote -Miami, FL
Position Overview

We are seeking an elite Data Architect Consultant for an intensive, high-impact 
discovery and research phase to support a major modernization initiative for a flagship
maritime hospitality and culinary/food operations ecosystem.
The primary objective of this contract is to rapidly audit the client''s current legacy data
landscape, map distributed shipboard and shoreside data structures, and deliver a
comprehensive architectural blueprint that will establish the foundation for future development
phases. The consultant will act as the core technical expert under our delivery framework.

Core Roles & Responsibilities 
● Rapid Discovery & Current-State Mapping: Immediately audit existing shoreside data
structures and localized shipboard database frameworks. Map how data currently flows
between onboard Point of Sale (POS) terminals, culinary inventory management
applications, and guest hospitality systems.
● Stakeholder Research & Requirements Gathering: Conduct deep-dive technical
interviews and workshops with business leaders, culinary operations managers, and IT
infrastructure teams to define the long-term data strategy and organizational goals.
● Identify Maritime Constraints & Opportunities: Research and document specific data
sync, replication, and latency constraints caused by intermittent deep-sea
satellite/network connectivity. Identify new data acquisition strategies to support real-
time provisioning and food waste tracking.
● Data Modeling & Architecture Blueprinting: Create high-level logical data models and
architectural diagrams that illustrate a secure, scalable, and performant hybrid
edge/cloud solution.
● Deliver Final Assessment & Best Practices: Compile a comprehensive technical
discovery report outlining findings, identifying data quality/governance gaps, and
providing explicit technology selection and architecture recommendations.
Target Deliverables (Timeline-Based KPIs)
● Week 1: Complete current-state infrastructure audit and stakeholder interviews; deliver
an initial data lineage map.
● Week 2: Complete data quality, gap analysis, and synchronization constraint research;
deliver initial logical data models.
● Week 3: Deliver the final Target-State Data Architecture Blueprint and technical
recommendation roadmap for the implementation team.

Required Qualifications & Experience
● Experience: 8+ years as an Enterprise Data Architect specializing in rapid-discovery
consulting or system modernization blueprints. Strong background mapping complex
systems in enterprise hospitality, cruise lines, supply chain, or high-volume retail/POS
environments is required.
● System Expertise: Deep technical knowledge of hybrid cloud data architectures
(AWS/Azure), edge computing, and distributed database synchronization/replication
patterns.
● Methodology: Exceptional capability in data modeling, technical documentation, and
translating messy legacy infrastructure into clean, structured architectural diagrams.
● Communication: Elite stakeholder management skills; ability to embed with a team
instantly, lead interviews, and extract technical requirements under a tight timeline