Data Architect: Cloud Data Platforms & Governance

Empower; United States; Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Volunteer time

Job summary

Empower is seeking a Data Architect to analyze, design, and implement scalable data architectures on cloud platforms. This hands-on role translates business needs into secure, high-performance data solutions for analytics, reporting, and operational data products.

You will collaborate with data engineers, analytics teams, and stakeholders to align with governance and enterprise standards. The position emphasizes scalable data models, data lakes/warehouses, and cloud-native modernization, with a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, IS, Engineering, Math, Business, or equivalent experience.
• 7–10 years in data engineering/architecture roles, with at least 5 years in a data-centric position.
• Advanced SQL skills with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DB2, or Redshift.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and big data frameworks like EMR or Spark.
• Knowledge of data governance, privacy, and security practices.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large data sets to identify trends and translate insights into scalable architectures.
• Design end-to-end data architectures for ingestion, storage, processing, and analytics.
• Develop and maintain logical/physical data models and data flows.
• Create and optimize data models to support dashboards and reporting.
• Apply data architecture patterns: data lakes, warehouses, lakehouses, batch/streaming.
• Design cloud-native solutions and data platform modernization strategies.
• Ensure solutions adhere to governance, security, and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, and business teams to deliver aligned data solutions.
• Participate in reviews, identifying risks and optimization opportunities.
• Support DevOps/DataOps, including CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.
• Provide guidance on data architecture and modeling best practices.
• Translate requirements into data quality standards and actionable solutions.
• Continuously refine models and architectures based on feedback.

Skills

Data modeling

SQL

Cloud platforms

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

ER/Studio

ERwin

PowerDesigner

Tableau

Job description

Empower is seeking a Data Architect to analyze, design, and implement scalable data architectures on cloud platforms. This hands-on role translates business needs into secure, high-performance data solutions for analytics, reporting, and operational data products.

You will collaborate with data engineers, analytics teams, and stakeholders to align with governance and enterprise standards. The position emphasizes scalable data models, data lakes/warehouses, and cloud-native modernization, with a