Software Architect's Handbook

Data architect/information architect

Data architects are responsible for designing, deploying, and managing an organization's data architecture. They focus on data management systems, and their goal is to ensure that the appropriate consumers of an organization's data have access to the data in the right place at the right time.

Data architects are responsible for all of an organization's data sources, both internal and external. They ensure that an organization's strategic data requirements are met. They create designs and models and decide how data will be stored, consumed, and integrated into the organization's various software systems. Data architects also ensure the security of the organization's data, and define processes for data backup, ...