<s>
A	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
is	O
a	O
practitioner	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
data	O
management	O
discipline	O
concerned	O
with	O
designing	O
,	O
creating	O
,	O
deploying	O
and	O
managing	O
an	O
organization	O
's	O
data	B-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-Application
architects	I-Application
define	O
how	O
the	O
data	O
will	O
be	O
stored	O
,	O
consumed	O
,	O
integrated	O
and	O
managed	O
by	O
different	O
data	O
entities	O
and	O
IT	O
systems	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
any	O
applications	O
using	O
or	O
processing	O
that	O
data	O
in	O
some	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
closely	O
allied	O
with	O
business	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
and	O
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
domains	O
of	O
enterprise	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Open	O
Group	O
Architecture	O
Framework	O
(	O
TOGAF	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
is	O
expected	O
to	O
set	O
data	B-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
principles	O
,	O
create	O
models	O
of	O
data	O
that	O
enable	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
intended	O
business	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
,	O
create	O
diagrams	O
showing	O
key	O
data	O
entities	O
,	O
and	O
create	O
an	O
inventory	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
needed	O
to	O
implement	O
the	O
architecture	O
vision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bob	O
Lambert	O
describes	O
the	O
necessary	O
skills	O
of	O
a	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Foundation	O
in	O
systems	O
development	O
:	O
the	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
should	O
understand	O
the	O
system	B-General_Concept
development	I-General_Concept
life	I-General_Concept
cycle	I-General_Concept
;	O
software	O
project	O
management	O
approaches	O
;	O
and	O
requirements	O
,	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
test	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
is	O
asked	O
to	O
conceptualize	O
and	O
influence	O
application	O
and	O
interface	O
projects	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
must	O
understand	O
what	O
advice	O
to	O
give	O
and	O
where	O
to	O
plug	O
in	O
to	O
steer	O
toward	O
desirable	O
outcomes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depth	O
in	O
data	B-Application
modeling	I-Application
and	O
database	B-General_Concept
design	I-General_Concept
:	O
This	O
is	O
the	O
core	O
skill	O
of	O
the	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
most	O
requested	O
in	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
job	O
descriptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
effective	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
is	O
sound	O
across	O
all	O
phases	O
of	O
data	B-Application
modeling	I-Application
,	O
from	O
conceptualization	O
to	O
database	O
optimization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Breadth	O
in	O
established	O
and	O
emerging	O
data	O
technologies	O
:	O
In	O
addition	O
to	O
depth	O
in	O
established	O
data	O
management	O
and	O
reporting	O
technologies	O
,	O
the	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
is	O
either	O
experienced	O
or	O
conversant	O
in	O
emerging	O
tools	O
like	O
columnar	O
and	O
NoSQL	B-General_Concept
databases	O
,	O
predictive	B-General_Concept
analytics	I-General_Concept
,	O
data	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
,	O
and	O
unstructured	B-Application
data	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
necessarily	O
deep	O
in	O
all	O
of	O
these	O
technologies	O
,	O
the	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
hopefully	O
is	O
experienced	O
in	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
,	O
and	O
must	O
understand	O
them	O
sufficiently	O
to	O
guide	O
the	O
organization	O
in	O
understanding	O
and	O
adopting	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
conceive	O
and	O
portray	O
the	O
"	O
big	O
picture	O
"	O
:	O
When	O
the	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
initiates	O
,	O
evaluates	O
,	O
and	O
influences	O
projects	O
he	O
or	O
she	O
does	O
so	O
from	O
the	O
perspective	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
maps	O
the	O
systems	O
and	O
interfaces	O
used	O
to	O
manage	O
data	O
,	O
sets	O
standards	O
for	O
data	O
management	O
,	O
analyzes	O
current	O
state	O
and	O
conceives	O
desired	O
future	O
state	O
,	O
and	O
conceives	O
projects	O
needed	O
to	O
close	O
the	O
gap	O
between	O
current	O
state	O
and	O
future	O
goals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
astutely	O
operate	O
in	O
the	O
organization	O
:	O
Five	O
key	O
characteristics	O
,	O
which	O
point	O
to	O
the	O
data	B-Application
architect	I-Application
’s	O
ability	O
to	O
operate	O
politically	O
in	O
the	O
organization	O
:	O
</s>
