Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Data Architect to serve as our overall technical design authority. In this role, you will define the architecture, standards, and technical direction across Data, BI, and Applications. You will ensure architecture consistency across engineering teams, drive the scalability, security, and maintainability of our data systems, and align our technical solutions directly with broader business objectives.
Key Accountabilities
- Serve as the overall technical design authority for data and application solutions.
- Drive architecture consistency, quality, and standards across all engineering teams.
- Ensure the scalability, security, privacy, and long-term maintainability of architectural solutions.
- Own technology and platform design decisions, including the definition of data architecture and integration standards.
- Proactively manage technical risk and architectural debt while identifying monetization and modernization opportunities.
Specific Roles & Responsibilities
- Strategy & Design: Define enterprise data architecture, target-state design, and cloud/data-platform architecture.
- Standards & Models: Establish data models, integration patterns, architecture standards, and reusable design frameworks.
- Connectivity & Integration: Map out how source systems, data platforms, BI tools, and applications interconnect, setting clear API and integration principles.
- Governance & Security: Define data governance, data lineage, and data quality architectures, ensuring security, access control, and privacy are baked into all designs.
- Review & Collaboration: Lead comprehensive architecture reviews for new solutions, review and approve technical designs, and provide strategic technical guidance to Engineering Leads.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Advanced experience in Data Architecture, data modeling, and SQL/database architecture.
- Deep knowledge of modern Data Warehouse and Lakehouse architectures.
- Expertise in ETL/ELT architecture, integration architecture, APIs, and broader application integration.
- Proven experience with Cloud Architecture, with a heavy emphasis on Microsoft Fabric and Azure environments.
- Strong background in security, data governance, and architecture documentation/design patterns.
Preferred Certifications
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert / AZ-305
- TOGAF or equivalent architecture-specific certification
- DAMA / CDMP or similar data-management credential
- Microsoft Fabric certifications