Strong expertise in application and data archiving concepts, frameworks, and best practices across multiple application types.
Experience with data retention policies, legal hold requirements, and compliance-driven archiving.
Deep understanding of role-based access control and secure data access methods for archived data.
Experience supporting archiving initiatives involving 10–20+ applications, with a background in application retirement or data lifecycle management.
Requirements:
Lead and facilitate client workshops to elicit and document detailed archiving requirements across business, legal, and IT stakeholders; assess archival approaches and serve as primary contact.
Define and document the full data archiving lifecycle (data identification, retention/deletion policies, legal holds, archiving execution and validation) and ensure alignment with regulatory and audit requirements.
Define role-based security models for archived data and design end-user access methods; collaborate with security and compliance teams to meet enterprise standards.
Produce high-quality, client-facing documentation (archiving requirements, data retention/access models, assessments and recommendations) suitable for implementation teams and client review.
Job description
Type: 6 Months Contract
Role Summary The Application Archiving SME is responsible for leading end‐to‐end application data archiving initiatives, working closely with clients and internal stakeholders to define, design, and document archiving requirements across multiple applications. This role serves as the primary functional and technical authority on data archiving lifecycle practices, ensuring compliance with data retention policies, security standards, and end‐user access needs. The SME will lead structured client workshops to capture archiving requirements for 20 applications , translating business, legal, and technical needs into clear, actionable documentation to support archiving, decommissioning, or offloading strategies.
Strong expertise in application and data archiving concepts, frameworks, and best practices across multiple application types.
Demonstrated experience with data retention policies, legal hold requirements, and compliance‐driven archiving.
Deep understanding of role‐based access control and secure data access methods for archived data.
Communication & Leadership
Excellent communication and facilitation skills , with proven experience leading client workshops and stakeholder discussions.
Strong analytical and documentation skills, with the ability to translate complex technical topics into clear business‐level requirements.
Confident in client‐facing roles, capable of influencing decisions and providing expert guidance.
Experience
Experience supporting archiving initiatives involving multiple applications (10–20+) is required.
Background in application retirement, legacy system modernization, or data lifecycle management is required
Familiarity with application decommissioning or portfolio rationalization initiatives
Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)
Experience with commercial or enterprise archiving platforms (e.g., SAP archiving, legacy data archives, structured/unstructured data repositories).
Experience working in regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, insurance, finance, public sector).
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