{"id":173832,"date":"2021-03-02T16:57:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T11:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jigsawacademy.com\/?p=173832"},"modified":"2022-07-07T00:09:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T18:39:01","slug":"blogs-data-science-data-architect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jigsawacademy.com\/blogs\/data-science\/data-architect","title":{"rendered":"What Is A Data Architect? A Basic Insight (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Maintaining and managing big data in big companies is a very risky task for large businesses. Thanks to the\u00a0data architect, because of him\/her, companies can think properly about their right business strategy to go ahead with their competitors.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li><strong><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"#What-is-the-Data-Architecture\u2019s-role?\">What is the Data Architecture\u2019s role?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"#What-are-the-Data-Architecture\u2019s-responsibilities?\">What are the Data Architecture\u2019s responsibilities?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"#What-are-the-differences-between-the-data-engineer-and-the-data-architect?\">What are the differences between the data engineer and the data architect?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"#How-do-I-become-a-data-architect?\">How do I become a data architect?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"#What-to-look-for-in-a-data-architect?\">What to look for in a data architect?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"#What-are-the-skills-of-the-data-architect?\">What are the skills of the data architect?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"#Data-Architect-Certifications\">Data Architect Certifications<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"#Data-Architect-Salary-\">Data Architect Salary\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"#Data-Architect-Jobs-\">Data Architect Jobs\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"What-is-the-Data-Architecture\u2019s-role?\" class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">1. <strong>What is the Data Architecture\u2019s role?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The role of data architect\u00a0is to create, manage, maintain, visualize, design, deploy and organize the data frame of the company. \u00a0He\/she makes a strategy based upon the needs of data, \u00a0creates high standard data designs for integration, \u00a0takes decisions regarding the data according to the related company\u2019s business ideas and strategy, and creates his\/her business vocabulary merging with that company\u2019s strategic data.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"What-are-the-Data-Architecture\u2019s-responsibilities?\" class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">2. <strong>What are the Data Architecture\u2019s responsibilities?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The data architecture\u2019s responsibilities should be as following:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The data architecture should know about the principles and standards of his\/her company related to the designing of the data architect. She\/he should know about factors such as data modelling, metadata, data security, the master data included employees, vendors, clients, materials, and the referenced data consisted of categories of clients and products codes.<\/li>\r\n<li>He\/ she should know about the actual reference data architecture, which can be followed by others for improving and designing data systems.<\/li>\r\n<li>He\/she be always conversational with the company\u2019s other important members such as business partners, external vendors, clients, stack holders, and different departments of companies\/ businesses.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>He\/ she should be known about the data flow of his\/her company. \u00a0 He\/ she must know about certain factors about the data flow, such as which data should be functional, which data will be generated by the company, management of that data flow, and changes in the data flow during the transition.<\/li>\r\n<li>He\/she works to transform the requirements and strategies of the related company\/ business into the technical procedure. \u00a0This technical procedure transform requirements of the related business into certain factors such as databases, data streams, data warehouses, transformations, and integration.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"What-are-the-differences-between-the-data-engineer-and-the-data-architect?\" class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">3. <strong>What are the differences between the data engineer and the data architect?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There is no difference between data architect and the data engineer. These positions are closed to each other. The data engineer and the data architect collaborate to create, visualize, maintain, manage and organize the data framework of the company.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The data engineer helps to build the blueprint regarding the data framework of the company created by the data architect.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The data engineer uses the data in the data framework, which has been created, organized, designed and visualized by the data architect. The Data Architect works for creating the data framework with the help of the data engineer. This data framework can be used for data retrieval and data search.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"How-do-I-become-a-data-architect?\" class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">4. <strong>How do I become a data architect?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You should have a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a similar field. You should have known about the basic requirements to become a data architect. These requirements include such as technology architecture, big data developments, programming, data management coverage, and system analysis.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The data architect can learn by experience while working in the company. He\/She can start to work from roles such as solution architect, data scientist, or data engineer. He\/She can become a data architect by having experience in objects such as data storage, data design, and data management.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"What-to-look-for-in-a-data-architect?\" class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">5. <strong>What to look for in a data architect?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Though many data architects persuade a degree in computer engineering, computer science, or in a similar field, the company should have considered the following factors before selecting the one for its data management:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The data architect\u00a0should understand the functions of cloud databases, programs, and applications used by these databases.<\/li>\r\n<li>He \/She should be aware of database optimization, \u00a0data modelling, and conceptualization of the data.<\/li>\r\n<li>Good communication ability with the clear and simple tone.<\/li>\r\n<li>He\/they should know how to create diagrams that represent main data components.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>The data architect should be able to collect data components to design and manage the data frame.<\/li>\r\n<li>He\/She must know about designing data processing models which represent the business model of the related company.<\/li>\r\n<li>And the most important factor, the data architect should tend to learn while working.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"What-are-the-skills-of-the-data-architect?\" class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">6. <strong>What are the skills of the data architect?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Following skills are required for becoming a data architect:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Data designing and modelling &#8211; The data architect must have skills such as database administration and SQL Development.<\/li>\r\n<li>He\/she must know about project management skills, data system developments, designing, and testing techniques.<\/li>\r\n<li>He\/She should have good soft skills such as good written\/verbal communication with other parties. The ideal data architect should have a good salesperson who convinces and persuades others to understand data strategy related to the business\/ company.<\/li>\r\n<li>Analytical problem solver- the data architect\u00a0should solve high-level data challenges by analyzing the proper method or technique. He\/She uses the right tactics for using more human resources and time.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Expert management skills \u2013 The data architect should be able to direct and manage a team consisting of junior architects, data engineers, data administrators, and data modellers.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Knowledge of the related industry &#8211; The data architect\u00a0must understand the industry in which he\/she works. \u00a0He\/ she has to know about the functions of that industry. Also, the data architect should have aware of certain things regarding the related industry, such as data management, collection, analysis, and utilization.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>The data architect should know about the following technical skills:<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>Python, C\/C Java, Perl<\/li>\r\n<li>Predictive modelling, NLP, and text analysis<\/li>\r\n<li>Data mining<\/li>\r\n<li>Data modelling tools<\/li>\r\n<li>Application server software<\/li>\r\n<li>Database management system software<\/li>\r\n<li>Enterprise application integration software<\/li>\r\n<li>Data visualization<\/li>\r\n<li>ETL tools<\/li>\r\n<li>UNIX, Linux, Solaris, and MS-Windows\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Hadoop and NoSQL databases<\/li>\r\n<li>User interface and query software<\/li>\r\n<li>UML<\/li>\r\n<li>Development environment software<\/li>\r\n<li>Agile methodologies<\/li>\r\n<li>ERP implementation<\/li>\r\n<li>Backup Software<\/li>\r\n<li>Columnar<\/li>\r\n<li>Data management and reporting techniques<\/li>\r\n<li>Predictive analysis<\/li>\r\n<li>Unstructured data<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"Data-Architect-Certifications\" class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">7. <strong>Data Architect Certifications<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Though you pursue a degree in computer engineering, computer science, or in similar fields for becoming a data centre architect, you can think about certifications programs in data architecture to growing your career.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Certifications programs for data architecture:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>IBM Certified Data Architect- Big Data\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)<\/li>\r\n<li>TOGAF 9 Certification Program<\/li>\r\n<li>Salesforce Certified Data Architecture and Management Designer<\/li>\r\n<li>Arcitura Certified Big Data\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Simplilearn\u2019s Big Data Architect Master\u2019s Program<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"Data-Architect-Salary-\" class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">8. <strong>Data Architect Salary\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The basic salary of the data architect is around Rs. 18, 96,272 per year In India. This salary goes low as Rs. 1,015,000 per year and as high as Rs. 3,131,000 per year.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 id=\"Data-Architect-Jobs-\" class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">9. <strong>Data Architect Jobs\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you search online job portals like Glassdoor or Indeed.com, you will see countless positions are available for the job of the data architect. These positions are for businesses\/ industries ranging from technology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, gaming, entertainment, consulting, financial services, higher education, and many more.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The sample of the job description for the data architect indicates the following responsibilities for the role like identifying database structural necessities based upon applications, programming and client operations, prepare architecture reports and database designing for management teams, big data, implementing database solutions and models to store data, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Companies look for 10-15 years of experience for this position. \u00a0Some companies check if he\/she has a degree in computer engineering, computer science, or in a similar field.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you are an excellent communicator, great innovator, good collaborator, highly efficient, always motivated for your job, then you are a perfect candidate to apply for such companies.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The data architect\u00a0is responsible for the company\u2019s growth ahead of its competitors within its related industry. It is a big responsibility for the data architect to represent his\/ her company\u2019s business ideas or strategies through database management. That\u2019s why most companies\/ businesses are in search of highly efficient data architects.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you are interested in making a career in the Data Science domain, our 11-month in-person\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jigsawacademy.com\/post-graduate-diploma-in-data-science-pgds-certification-training\/\">Postgraduate Certificate Diploma in Data Science<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>course can help you immensely in becoming a successful Data Science professional.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2>ALSO READ<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong><a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jigsawacademy.com\/blogs\/data-science\/computer-science-and-engineering\">Computer Science and Engineering: A Basic Comparison (2021)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Maintaining and managing big data in big companies is a very risky task for large businesses. 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