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Data Architect (Remote, Contract)

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in data architecture, data modeling, SQL, and customer-facing work
  • Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Strong knowledge of relational and hierarchical data approaches including RDBMS, data warehouses, data lakes, and OLTP/OLAP

Responsibilities

  • Design secure, scalable data solutions across Adobe products and cloud platforms
  • Lead customer data discovery, assessing source systems and business processes
  • Define strategic data architecture blueprints and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams
  • Build Adobe platform data lake and real-time customer profile foundations

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication

About the company

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Blue Acorn iCi

  • IT Services & Consulting
  • SME
  • 201–500
Blue Acorn iCi, an Infosys Company, is the leading digital customer experience company pioneering what’s possible through the convergence of analytics, digital commerce, customer experience, and experience-driven commerce offerings. In an era of heightened expectations, it’s crucial to create exceptional interactions and experiences. No other company brings together engineers, data scientists, commerce experts, designers, and strategists to expand your reach, accelerate your sales, service your customers, and grow your business. Through these integrated capabilities and unparalleled expertise, Blue Acorn iCi makes content and digital commerce more effective for your organization. As your strategic partner, we improve the customer journey with insights from analytics and lift key metrics by conversion testing the entire online presence. For brands that need to establish a direct-to-consumer channel, we work from the ground up. Our end-to-end commerce solution includes pre-integrated software, an on-shore call center, performance marketing, and a warehouse with state-of-the-art packaging and shipping capabilities. Because digital transformation is a journey, we understand that brands need services that match their stage of digital maturity. Our solutions are tailored to meet you where you are and scale you to where you want to go. We’ve helped legacy brands and digital natives alike along their journey, including Le Creuset, Charter Communications, LoveSac, Dollar General, Bluemercury, Ticketmaster, Panera Bread, and Gerber. A professional services organization is only as effective as the people and the strategies it employs. Our team continually evolves advanced solutions in content and commerce and innovates our processes to improve client satisfaction. If you’re interested in learning how our services can empower you to improve your customer experience, contact us hello@blueacornici.com.

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Job description

Position Overview

The Data Architect leads the design and delivery of secure, scalable data architectures that support enterprise digital marketing and customer experience solutions. The role defines data strategy, data models, SQL-based solutions, and governance practices to unify customer information across Adobe platforms and cloud environments, enabling trusted profiles, segmentation, journeys, and campaigns.

Working closely with clients, data engineers, and cross-functional teams, this consultant evaluates source systems and data flows, designs ingestion and integration approaches, and guides implementation of Adobe Experience Platform (AEP) capabilities. The role also supports performance optimization, large-scale data migration, data quality, security, and regulatory compliance.

Location: Remote - United States
Please note this is a contract role.
 
Key Responsibilities
 Data Strategy, Architecture & Modeling
  • Design secure, scalable data solutions across Adobe products and cloud platforms, aligned with enterprise data strategy and client business objectives.
  • Lead customer data discovery, assessing source systems, business processes, data movement, granularity, relationships, and formats.
  • Unify sales, CRM, analytics, and other customer data; develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models for multi-solution delivery.
  • Define strategic data architecture blueprints and collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to resolve technical challenges and integration constraints.
Data Governance, Security & Quality
  • Apply standards and frameworks for data quality, master data management, data services, governance, modeling, security, and privacy.
  • Address applicable regulatory and sensitive-data requirements, including PII, PCI, HIPAA, and GDPR considerations.
  • Ensure solutions follow platform guardrails and support growing data volumes, tools, and integration needs.
Adobe Experience Platform & Data Integration
  • Build Adobe platform data lake and real-time customer profile foundations to support ingestion and activation.
  • Design batch and streaming ingestion for online and offline data in AEP, partnering with data engineers on ETL/ELT collection and extraction pipelines.
  • Use REST APIs, Postman, and scripting to automate implementation and configuration activities.
  • Optimize query performance and model design across platforms, following technical guidelines and product constraints.
  • Plan and drive large-scale data migration, transformation, and modernization while protecting data quality, integrity, and compliance.
     

Required Skills & Experience
 Data Architecture & Technical Expertise
  • 10+ years of experience in data architecture, data modeling, SQL, and customer-facing work.
  • Expertise designing customer-centric database models and datasets spanning CRM, call center, marketing, offline, point-of-sale, and related systems.
  • Strong knowledge of relational and hierarchical data approaches, including RDBMS, columnar systems, data warehouses, BI, document and semantic models, data lakes, and OLTP/OLAP.
  • Advanced SQL development skills, including functions, transformations, arrays, joins, stored procedures, and data analysis.
  • Experience translating business requirements and data workflows into scalable architecture through structured analysis.
  • Hands-on use or administration of Adobe Experience Platform (AEP), including available AI tools.
  • Experience with Python or Bash scripting and planning or executing large-scale data migrations.
Consulting, Domain Knowledge & Education
  • Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong organization, verbal and written communication, and the ability to balance multiple customer projects.
  • Deep knowledge of at least one relevant industry, such as retail, telecommunications, healthcare, automotive, cloud, or streaming platforms.
     

Preferred Skills & Experience
  • Real-Time Customer Data Platform (RTCDP) certification.
     

Role Expectations
  • Provide technical leadership and client-facing guidance across data architecture, modeling, integration, migration, governance, and implementation activities.
  • Partner with Adobe and customer teams to resolve complex data challenges while maintaining secure, scalable, reliable solutions aligned with business and platform requirements.

About Blue Acorn iCi

Blue Acorn iCi, a business unit of Infosys Nova Holdings, LLC, is a digital experience partner helping global brands design, build, and optimize the future of customer engagement. We blend data, design, and technology to deliver connected commerce and content solutions that drive measurable results.

Specializing in the Adobe Experience Cloud, we provide end-to-end services across commerce, content, analytics, and customer insights. Backed by Infosys, we’re growing fast—and we’re looking for exceptional talent to grow with us.

Our teams work at the intersection of strategy and execution—solving complex challenges for industry leaders in healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and beyond. From large-scale digital transformation programs to platform implementations and ongoing optimization, we bring deep expertise and a collaborative mindset to every engagement.

Why Join Us?

Blue Acorn iCi is a place for curious thinkers, smart builders, and digital pioneers. We’re more than a consultancy—we’re a team of innovators helping the world’s top brands shape the future of digital.

Here, you won’t just contribute to a project—you’ll drive meaningful outcomes, collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams, and grow your skills in a high-impact, high-growth environment. We believe great work starts with great people, and we’re committed to creating a culture where talent thrives, ideas spark change, and results speak for themselves.

If you’re ready to push boundaries, deliver real value, and help shape the next generation of digital experiences—this is your place.

***For US based roles, candidates must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future. Infosys Nova Holdings, LLC does not provide immigration or visa sponsorship for this position (including H4 EAD, H‑1B, OPT, CPT, TN, O‑1, E‑3, or J‑1 visas).***

Full Time, Non-Temporary Employees enjoy a competitive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, disability, paid time off, 401(k), and more!

Blue Acorn iCi is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of protected veteran, or disability.

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Blue Acorn iCi will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact us at: careers@blueacornici.com.

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