Cloud Data Architect Lead - Data Mesh & Governance

Testing Site - JPMC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 165,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Testing Site - JPMC is seeking a Lead Architect for Data products within Corporate Oversight and Governance Technology to drive high-quality architecture solutions across cloud-based platforms. You will lead data modeling, governance, and federated data sharing initiatives while mentoring teams and ensuring security, quality, and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes data mesh implementation, scalable data solutions, and collaboration with stakeholders to define requirements and deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Formal training or certification in Data Architecture concepts.
• 5+ years of applied experience in data architecture or data engineering.
• Hands-on experience with system design, development, testing, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Represent the data architecture team at technical governance bodies, providing feedback and proposing improvements to governance practices.
• Guide evaluation of current and emerging technologies, leading assessments using established data architecture standards and frameworks.
• Design, develop, and maintain logical and physical data models, optimizing architectures for automation and integration with enterprise platforms.
• Architect and implement scalable, secure, and reliable data solutions, ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
• Champion and implement data mesh methodologies to enable decentralized data ownership and self-serve data infrastructure.
• Coordinate and facilitate federated data sharing across business units and application teams, ensuring secure and efficient data exchange.
• Lead and coordinate research, development, and implementation of data products, collaborating with stakeholders to define requirements and ensure successful delivery.
• Drive automation of metadata management processes to enhance data discoverability, lineage, and governance; implement tools and frameworks for metadata capture and cataloging.
• Advise teams on database selection and data storage design, including normalization principles and best practices, considering scalability, performance, and cost.
• Guide teams on Trusted Data Quality (TDQ) principles and implementation patterns to ensure high-quality, reliable data across applications and platforms.
• Design and enforce data transfer control procedures for secure and compliant data movement between OLTP applications and data lakes; architect and promote common APIs/tools for standardized data transfer.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and best practices to application development, data engineering, and governance teams, including junior architects and technologists.
• Ensure data quality, security, and compliance with regulatory standards and firmwide policies.
• Actively contribute to the engineering community, advocating for data frameworks, tools, and practices throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in data automation, platform capabilities, and data product offerings.
• Serve as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus.

Skills

Data modeling

Data architecture

Cloud architectures

Programming experience

Spark

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/IS

Tools

Erwin Data Modeler

Spark

Job description

Testing Site - JPMC is seeking a Lead Architect for Data products within Corporate Oversight and Governance Technology to drive high-quality architecture solutions across cloud-based platforms. You will lead data modeling, governance, and federated data sharing initiatives while mentoring teams and ensuring security, quality, and regulatory compliance.

The role emphasizes data mesh implementation, scalable data solutions, and collaboration with stakeholders to define requirements and deliver