Data Architect

Zoho; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoho is seeking an experienced Data Architect to lead enterprise data modeling, governance, and cloud architecture across global data systems. The role focuses on shaping data governance, designing modern cloud data lakes and warehouses, and ensuring seamless data flow between operational and analytical platforms.

You will drive high-level strategies, mentor data engineers and BI teams, and collaborate with compliance to meet privacy and security standards, supporting Zoho's growth and analytics

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading data architecture on large-scale platforms.
• 10+ years IT/data experience, with 5+ as Lead Data Architect.
• Expert in data modeling, cloud storage (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery), and governance.
• Must have CDMP or active professional‑level data certification.

Responsibilities

• Architect high-level enterprise data strategies and blueprints for lakes and warehousing.
• Design complex enterprise data models (Star/Snowflake/Data Vault).
• Govern data integration and ingestion standards, master data policies, metadata repos.
• Define privacy, security, and lifecycle retention with compliance alignment.
• Chair Enterprise Data Governance Board and evaluate data pipelines and schemas.
• Optimize multi-source storage costs and query performance across cloud environments.
• Provide strategic leadership to data engineers and BI specialists.

Skills

Data modeling

Data architecture

Cloud data platforms

Data governance

Leadership

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

ETL/ELT frameworks

Job description

• Relevant Experience Required: 5+ years of dedicated data architecture design and implementation experience across enterprise data ecosystems
  
• Mandatory Certification: Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer / AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty
  

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect to lead the strategic planning, enterprise data modeling, and high-level design of our global data infrastructure. The ideal candidate will establish overarching data governance frameworks, architect modern cloud data lakes and warehouses, and define how information flows seamlessly between operational systems and analytical platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect high-level enterprise data strategies and blueprints, defining the structural roadmap for modern data lakes, data warehouses, and data mesh implementations.
  
• Design complex enterprise data models, constructing robust conceptual, logical, and physical dimensional designs (e.g., Star/Snowflake schemas, Data Vault) optimized for retrieval and storage efficiency.
  
• Govern enterprise data integration and ingestion standards, establishing master data policies, metadata repositories, and real-time streaming architectures.
  
• Define data privacy, security, and lifecycle retention policies, collaborating with compliance teams to enforce row/column masking, data anonymization, and GDPR/CCPA alignment.
  
• Chair the Enterprise Data Governance Board, evaluating custom data pipeline designs, database schema modifications, and cross-platform data dependencies.
  
• Optimize multi-source data storage costs and query performance, auditing storage paradigms, data partitioning rules, and compression strategies across cloud environments.
  
• Provide strategic leadership to data engineers and BI specialists, managing cross-functional technical dependencies and aligning data models with corporate growth objectives.
  

Requirements

• 10+ years of total IT enterprise software or data management experience, with 5+ dedicated years acting as a Lead Data Architect on large-scale platforms.
  
• Strong technical mastery of advanced data modeling methodologies, cloud storage arrays ( Snowflake , Databricks , BigQuery ), ETL/ELT pipeline frameworks, and data governance standards.
  
• Deep structural understanding of distributed computing boundaries, data latency limits, database engine internals, and enterprise master data schemas.
  
• Mandatory certification: CDMP or active professional‑level … ???

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior implementation background managing large-scale migrations from legacy on-premise databases to cloud-native data architectures.
  
• Strategic consulting experience advising executive leadership on enterprise data monetization, data quality improvement, and analytics roadmaps.