Enterprise Data Architect

BC Financial Services Authority; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading organization as an Enterprise Data Architect, responsible for developing and implementing data architecture strategies. This role involves engaging with stakeholders, managing projects, and ensuring data quality and security. The position offers a hybrid work model and a supportive team environment focused on protecting consumers in financial services.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellness benefits plan

Defined benefits pension plan

Opportunities for personal and professional development

Healthy living and work-life balance

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of relevant experience in data architecture.
• Extensive experience in data architecture design and development.
• Certifications in data architecture or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Enterprise Data Architecture strategy.
• Engage with stakeholders to identify needs and drive initiatives.
• Lead and manage data-related projects ensuring timely delivery.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science

Tools

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

SQL

Python

Power BI

Tableau

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BC Financial Services Authority provided pay range

This range is provided by BC Financial Services Authority. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

CA$120,824.00/yr - CA$172,506.00/yr

Job Summary

BC Financial Services Authority (“BCFSA”) helps to protect British Columbians during the biggest financial decisions in their lives. We regulate B.C. ’s financial services sector, including credit unions, real estate licensees, registered pension plans, insurance and trust companies and mortgage brokers. Through modern, effective and efficient oversight, BCFSA protects consumers by impartially setting and enforcing standards across the entire sector ensuring the prosperity of the province.

BCFSA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all groups. This includes Indigenous Peoples, women, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (LGBTQ2S+), and others who may contribute to diversity at BCFSA.

We recognize unique styles, perspectives, beliefs, and creativity that support a diverse, respectful, inclusive and collaborative work environment. To achieve this, we are committed to:

• Hiring team members who represent the population we serve;

• Removing barriers that may prevent equitable employment; and

• Supporting respectful work environments where everyone feels included and able to produce excellent results.

BCFSA is proud to be selected as one of BC's Top Employers (2025) in recognition of our competitive compensation, work-life balance, and progressive programs.

WHAT WE OFFER:

When you join us, you become part of a high-performing team. Here, each Team Member can bring their unique talent to make outstanding contributions as we work towards the common goal of protecting British Columbians during the most important financial transactions in their lives. We offer:

• Healthy living and work-life balance

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits plan

• Opportunities for personal and professional development

• A challenging and engaging team environment

• Defined benefits pension plan

• Our team members enjoy the flexibility of a hybrid work model. They can choose every day where they want to work to be the most effective, from the comfort of their home to our beautiful office in downtown Vancouver. (Eligibility may vary, depending on position).

SUMMARY

This pivotal role is responsible for developing and implementing our Enterprise Data Architecture strategy, ensuring that our data-related projects are aligned with our overall architectural framework, and ensuring that data is organized, accessible, secure, and aligned with business objectives.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Develop and Implement Enterprise Data Architecture Strategy:

• Contribute and lead the implementation of comprehensive data strategy that ensures data architecture meets current and future strategic business requirements.
• Engage with stakeholders at all levels to identify needs and drive strategic initiatives.
• Represent and may lead meetings to provide strategic direction and recommend approaches to meeting business needs within budget.
• Manage enterprise data architecture roadmap, and schedule to ensure timely delivery and alignment with organizational goals.
• Develop business cases and proposals, implement innovative data architecture improvements, and oversee ongoing application maintenance.
• Collaborate with vendors and developers to develop features and connections that enable interpretation and collaboration with existing assets, increase effectiveness and productivity, and reduce effort and repetitive work.
• Apply broad or in-depth technical or senior professional knowledge of data architecture subject matter and understands how outcomes can impact other areas of BCFSA business.
• Exercise judgment to analyze complex issues and guides teams in the development of practical solutions.
• Define success metrics for data architecture features or services and tracks performance to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Establish and govern an enterprise data management framework to improve the quality, management, and use of data across the organization.
• Define and manage standards, guidelines, and processes to ensure data quality.
• Liaise with IM&T teams, business analysts, and data analytics teams to understand data consumers’ needs and develop solutions.
• Provide expertise in application architecture, recommending solutions that integrate seamlessly with the enterprise data architecture.
• Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware and suggest integration methods to support the organization's data needs.
• Lead, coach, and mentor team members to build and enhance capabilities in data architecture and application development.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Work closely with IM&T and business stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure the data architecture meets those needs.
• Collaborate with BCFSA’s data engineer, data governance analyst, privacy officer, infrastructure team, developers, and business analysts to integrate data strategies and solutions across the organization.
• Work closely with vendors to assess and select data tools and software that align with the organization's technology stack and strategic goals.
• Conduct product evaluations, and proof of concepts, and make recommendations based on technical feasibility and cost-effectiveness.
• Act as a self-starter with a commitment to learning, sharing knowledge and applying insights from the evolving fields of data and artificial intelligence within the organization.
• Stay informed of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data architecture and application development to drive innovation and strategic initiatives.
• Lead and manage data-related projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.
• Oversee the architectural aspects of application development projects, ensuring best practices are followed.
• Ensure that data management and application development practices comply with relevant laws, regulations, and standards.
• Advocate for and implement data security, quality, and governance practices.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum five years of relevant experience in defining business and technical data architecture requirements and managing end-to-end data architecture delivery.
• Extensive experience in data architecture design and development life cycle and in leading day-to-day data management.
• Strong understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on experience with data modeling, data warehousing, and building ETL pipelines.
• Familiarity with software development methodologies and lifecycle management.
• Leadership experience with the ability to mentor and develop teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with Certifications in data architecture, application architecture, or related fields.
• Experience with cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience leading projects and teams involving data warehousing, data modeling, and data analysis.
• Knowledge of data privacy and security regulations relevant to the public sector.
• Design experience in Azure Databricks, PySpark, and Power BI/Tableau.
• Strong ability in programming languages such as Java, Python, and C/C++.
• Ability in data science languages/tools such as SQL, R, SAS, or Excel.
• Proficiency in the design and implementation of modern data architectures and concepts such as cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP), real-time data distribution (Kafka, Dataflow), and modern data warehouse tools (Snowflake, Databricks).
• Experience with database technologies such as SQL, NoSQL, Oracle, Hadoop, or Teradata.
• Understanding of entity-relationship modeling, metadata systems, and data quality tools and techniques.
• Ability to assess traditional and modern data architecture components based on business needs.
• Experience with business intelligence tools and technologies such as ETL, Power BI, and Tableau.
• Ability to regularly learn and adopt new technology, especially in the ML/AI.
• Ability to collaborate and excel in complex, cross-functional teams involving data scientists, business analysts, and stakeholders.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology Management, or related field.

PROVISOS

Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada and living in British Columbia or intent to settle in the province.

Internal candidates are kindly requested to use their BCFSA email address when applying for this position. This will help us identify and streamline the internal application process.

Hiring Process Accommodation

BCFSA wants to ensure every job applicant is treated fairly and with respect and encourages applications from all candidates, including those with diverse abilities. We welcome you to inform us confidentially if you may require any special support in the application process, including disability accommodation, in order to participate fully in our recruitment experience. Email us at [e-mail] to notify us of any needs related to your job application.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

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Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

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