Salary Range: $100,000 To $115,000 Annually

We are seeking a Data Systems Administrator III to join our evolving data and technology team at a critical stage in our enterprise data journey. In this role, you’ll shape both the design and hands-on implementation of our emerging Customer Master Data Management platform, along with data governance capabilities.

You will be responsible for designing and building the foundational components of our customer data ecosystem — with a particular focus on our Informatica MDM SaaS platform, with real-time API integrations with critical systems including Point of Sale (POS), mobile apps, and web platforms. You’ll participate in all stages of design and development, helping guide enterprise data strategy while owning technical delivery to bring it to life.

As our organization grows its MDM and data governance capabilities, your work will ensure we make smart, scalable decisions that reduce rework, accelerate business value, and avoid the costs of federated ownership. This is a high-impact role for a hands-on leader who thrives in early-stage environments and wants to design and implement effective solutions.

Your Mission

On your journey, you will face challenges such as:

• Design, build, and scale enterprise-grade MDM solutions that serve as the foundation for trusted data across domains (e.g., customer)
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to define data requirements, architecture, and integration models that align with enterprise goals.
• Configure and implement Informatica MDM components including match/merge logic, survivorship rules, stewardship workflows, and golden record creation.
• Develop real-time API integrations between the MDM platform and business applications — including Point of Sale systems, iOS/Android apps, and web platforms — ensuring consistent and timely master data delivery across channels.
• Lead the technical design and implementation of stewardship workflows and data governance enablers.
• Provide support for business applications using customer data 
• Collaborate with governance and analytics teams to define and enforce enterprise-wide standards for data quality, access, and ownership.
• Create and maintain enterprise and domain-specific data models, metadata definitions, and reference data standards.
• Properly document all relevant artifacts.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to cross-functional teams, helping to grow enterprise data maturity.
• Work in Snowflake, Azure Data Lake, Informatica C360, and other platforms to deliver high performance, scalable data flows and integrations. 
• Stay current with evolving tools, technologies, and best practices in MDM, data governance, and enterprise data quality.
• Ability to listen, earn trust, and accept direct feedback from franchisees while building strong, positive relationships.

Your Expertise

To land this job you will need to demonstrate, and/or possess the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related field is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in Master Data Management, data analysis, data engineering, software engineering, or enterprise data platform delivery.
• Hands-on experience implementing MDM solutions (Informatica MDM SaaS preferred), including platform configuration, match/merge logic, and data stewardship.
• Proficiency in designing, building, and securing API integrations between MDM and enterprise or customer-facing systems (POS, mobile apps, web platforms).
• Strong skills in data modeling, data quality design, and metadata management.
• Cloud platform experience a plus, especially with Snowflake and Azure Data Lake, including ingestion and transformation pipelines.
• Strong SQL and scripting skills, plus experience with Python, APIs, and integration tools.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to translate between business and technical stakeholders.
• A collaborative, action-oriented approach with a passion for building scalable solutions from the ground up.

Your Work Environment

This is a hybrid work position requiring a combination of in-office workdays and the option to work from home on the remaining days. Working remotely will require reliable, secure internet.

Travel requirement: 5%

Living the Values

We Are Kind

• Treat others the way you would like to be treated. Be humble, act honorably, and express gratitude. Respect and value everyone’s role in our company’s success.

We Exceed Expectations

• Innovate; be curious about what’s possible. Be adaptable and eager to respond to challenges. Collaborate and work together to achieve our goals. Strive for greatness and inspire others by your example. Be proactive. Seek continuous improvement.

We Focus on Execution

• Make decisions with the belief it can be executed in 6,000 salons. Focus on impact of key brand measures. Prioritize on ability to execute quickly.

We Keep it Simple

• Set clear expectations. Make things easy to understand and execute. Stay focused on what’s most important.

We Listen and Earn Trust

• Be respectfully honest; react thoughtfully. Respond quickly – 24 hours or less, and remember that personal contact is always best. Be transparent through open communication and candid conversation. Be willing to admit mistakes and fix them. Listen generously: Seek to understand other’s perspectives. Act with integrity. Always. Even when no one will know.

We Make it Fun

• Smile! Find opportunities to laugh. Celebrate accomplishments and recognize the contributions of others. Approach people and situations with a positive attitude. Build a sense of community where everyone enjoys coming to work every day. 

What We Offer

We offer a competitive salary, health benefits, wellness programs, a company-matching 401K and tuition assistance but some perks that set us apart are:

A focus on your development. We want to know what your dreams and aspirations are and hope to find ways of Great Clips helping you along in your journey. Your personalized development plan will create a path for your growth and promotion potential. 

A GREAT culture. One of the most frequent compliments you will hear about Great Clips from employees, franchisees and business partners alike is that Great Clips has a GREAT culture. Our belief is that we are strongest together and therefore find it important to have an inclusive, diverse work culture. Though we embrace our differences, we all share in our 6 core values; we are kind, we listen and earn trust, we keep it simple, we focus on execution, we exceed expectations, and WE MAKE IT FUN. 

A spirit of ideas and innovation. Here at Great Clips, we have a competitive lead within our industry. Though we hold a strong position, we never stop pushing ourselves forward and continue to look for new ways of delivering a powerful and enduring brand. 

About Great Clips

With more than 4,400 franchised salons throughout the United States and Canada, Great Clips is the world’s largest haircutting salon brand. Our salon owners and corporate staff are dedicated to our salon communities with a focus on philanthropic and volunteer activities. Great Clips, Inc. employees are passionate about what we do and our technology team geeks out in finding ways to use technology to make what we do even better. 

Great Clips Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values the strength diversity brings to the workplace. Great Clips Inc. participates in the US E-Verify program. With all new hires, we provide the Social Security Administration and, if applicable, the US Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.   This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.