MDM Architect - Remote

We are seeking a hands-on MDM Architect preferably with strong healthcare or a regulated industry data expertise to design and build an in-house Master Data Management platform for a team that currently has a tech stack of Azure and Databricks. This individual will define the enterprise MDM strategy, build scalable architecture, and ensure compliance with healthcare data standards while enabling a single, trusted view of critical data domains across the organization. The architect will play a key role in aligning clinical, operational, and financial data assets to support advanced analytics, interoperability, and regulatory compliance.
 
Duties & Responsibilities

• Define the MDM architecture strategy and blueprint for an in-house solution preferably leveraging Azure and Databricks.
• Lead the design of canonical data models, hierarchy management, matching & merging rules, and survivorship logic.
• Architect and implement MDM data pipelines, matching engines, and real-time master data services preferably using Databricks, Delta Lake, and Azure services.
• Identify and prioritize master data domains (e.g., Patient, Provider, Facility, Payer, Encounter, Device).
• Establish data stewardship, governance frameworks, and data quality rules aligned with healthcare regulatory standards such as HIPAA and FHIR.
• Collaborate with product, clinical, compliance, and engineering teams to ensure proper integration of master data into enterprise systems (EHR, CRM, ERP, Analytics).
• Implement data lineage, metadata management, and golden record creation strategies.
• Evaluate and implement identity resolution techniques, data cleansing, standardization, and deduplication algorithms.
• Provide architectural leadership and mentor engineering teams on MDM principles and implementation patterns.
• Partner with security teams to ensure data protection and privacy compliance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in data engineering / data architecture, with significant years in MDM or reference data solutions.
• Prior experience building custom MDM solutions (not just using off-the-shelf platforms).
• Solid understanding of data modeling, entity resolution, and golden record strategies.
• Familiarity with identity resolution, probabilistic matching, and standardization algorithms.
• Experience implementing real-time or near real-time MDM services.
• Strong understanding of metadata and data cataloging tools.
• Experience integrating MDM with downstream systems and building APIs or microservices to consume master data.
• Strong experience with data governance and quality frameworks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Leadership Qualifications

• Strategic thinker with ability to architect scalable, compliant data solutions.
• Able to translate business needs into technical data architectures.
• Strong documentation and communication skills.
• Collaborative leader comfortable working with compliance, clinical, and engineering stakeholders.