AI-Driven Information Architect for Data Platforms

University of Alabama Libraries; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust is seeking a Data Architect to lead the design of data models and governance for a data mesh and medallion architecture. The role coordinates across engineering and domain teams to translate business requirements into robust data structures and semantic models.

The position emphasizes enterprise metadata, data quality, and AI-enabled data products, with responsibilities spanning governance, cataloging, and scalable platform design.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in data architecture, data engineering, or information management.
• Hands-on with modern data tooling and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and design data models aligned to data mesh and medallion architectures.
• Govern and maintain enterprise data models and lineage across layers.
• Collaborate with engineering and domain teams to translate business requirements into data structures.
• Guide semantic data models and ontologies for enterprise metadata and search.
• Support agentic-AI capabilities with data products.

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

Information management

Python

API integration

Automation

AI readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Data Science/Engineering

Tools

SqlDBM

dbt Labs

Snowflake

Databricks

Cortex AI / Genie

GitHub Copilot

OWL/RDF/SPARQL

Job description

Northern Trust is seeking a Data Architect to lead the design of data models and governance for a data mesh and medallion architecture. The role coordinates across engineering and domain teams to translate business requirements into robust data structures and semantic models.

The position emphasizes enterprise metadata, data quality, and AI-enabled data products, with responsibilities spanning governance, cataloging, and scalable platform design.