Lead Data Architect - PA Licensed

To support a community bank's enterprise data strategy, the part-time Lead Data Architect - PA Licensed will validate the source landscape, design a target data architecture, and run a vendor-neutral platform evaluation, working onsite in Chambersburg, PA as needed over a 6-week consulting engagement. Key responsibilities Validate the source landscape and assess it against a seven-dimension data maturity model Design a five-layer target data architecture and run a costed evaluation of SQL Server, Snowflake, and Databricks Author the data strategy and roadmap while coaching the bank's analysts during working sessions Required qualifications 10+ years in data architecture, data strategy, or enterprise data platform roles Direct experience with SQL Server, Snowflake, and Databricks Experience in banking or financial services, including core banking and regulatory expectations Proven ability to author data governance frameworks aligned to DAMA-DMBOK or similar Strong written deliverable skills, including strategy documents and architecture diagrams