Retail Data Architect || Issaquah , WA (Hybrid ) || Long term contract

Experienced Data Architect with strong expertise in enterprise data modeling, OLTP database design, and retail business processes. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing scalable, high-performance data architectures that support retail operations, including merchandising, inventory management, supply chain, customer management, sales, and omnichannel commerce.

• Design and maintain enterprise-wide data architecture aligned with business objectives.
• Develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models for retail applications.
• Establish data standards, governance practices, and architecture guidelines.
• Ensure scalability, security, and performance of transactional systems.
• Create and maintain normalized and dimensional data models.
• Perform data analysis and translate business requirements into data structures.
• Define entity relationships, data dictionaries, metadata, and lineage documentation.
• Support data integration and master data management initiatives.
• Design high-volume OLTP databases supporting retail operations.
• Optimize database performance, indexing strategies, partitioning, and query tuning.
• Ensure data consistency, integrity, and transactional reliability.
• Support real-time and near-real-time processing requirements.