Data Architect, Industrial Systems (Hybrid)

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 86,600 - 166,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate medical, dental, vision

Parental leave & family care

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Ford Motor Company seeks an experienced Data/Information Architect to shape the IS data strategy, design enterprise data models, and guide the implementation of the IS data platform from Dearborn, MI. This hybrid role requires four days onsite weekly and relocation support may be available.

The candidate will collaborate across stakeholders, map source systems, ensure data quality, and lead data-architecture efforts using TOGAF/DAMA standards, Power Designer, and GCP technologies.

Qualifications

• 8+ years IT experience and strong data architecture background.
• 5+ years in Data Architecture/Engineering or advanced DB design.
• Hands-on data modeling with tools like Power Designer.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation and data-strategy support for IS initiatives.
• Run EA IS Data Strategy Office Hours and guide data challenges.
• Partner with the EDP team to align roadmaps and updates.
• Design and develop enterprise data models (conceptual, logical, physical).
• Map applications to data models, business processes, and capabilities.
• Translate use cases into data requirements and provide architecture guidance.
• Lead onboarding of sources into the IS Data Platform and understand data landscape.
• Maintain data models and data dictionaries; develop canonical domain models.
• Define data quality requirements, metrics, and monitoring.

Skills

Data Architecture

Data Modeling

GCP BigQuery

TOGAF/DAMA

SQL/OLTP/RDBMS

Power Designer

Architectural Guidance

Education

Bachelor-level degree in Computer Science/IS/Systems

Tools

Power Designer

Job description

Ford Motor Company seeks an experienced Data/Information Architect to shape the IS data strategy, design enterprise data models, and guide the implementation of the IS data platform from Dearborn, MI. This hybrid role requires four days onsite weekly and relocation support may be available.

The candidate will collaborate across stakeholders, map source systems, ensure data quality, and lead data-architecture efforts using TOGAF/DAMA standards, Power Designer, and GCP technologies.