Director, Enterprise Data Architecture & Cloud Strategy

International Game Technology; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus opportunities

Health, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

401(k) with company contributions

Disability coverage

Identity protection

Job summary

International Game Technology seeks a Director of Data Architecture to define and drive the enterprise data architecture strategy across Databricks and AWS. You will build scalable data pipelines, establish standards, and partner with engineering, BI, and security teams to deliver trusted, compliant data solutions.

The role requires 10+ years in data architecture with 3+ years in leadership, strong governance, and expertise in Databricks, Delta Lake, and AWS.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Data Architecture or Senior Data Engineering within modern cloud environments.
• At least 3 years of leadership experience.
• Deep expertise with Databricks, Delta Lake, and modern cloud data architecture.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services, including storage, compute, IAM, networking, and secure access patterns.
• Experience designing scalable enterprise data architectures across cross-functional or decentralized organizations.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, metadata management, and data lifecycle principles.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive architectural standards across multiple teams.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the enterprise data architecture strategy across Databricks and AWS.
• Develop scalable data ingestion, transformation, and serving architectures using modern ELT/ETL methodologies and Delta Lake.
• Establish enterprise-wide data modeling standards, data contracts, naming conventions, schema management, and data quality expectations.
• Partner with Data Engineering, BI, Data Science, Cloud Infrastructure, and Security teams to ensure consistency across decentralized data initiatives.
• Design and govern secure, scalable cloud environments, including development, staging, and production architectures.
• Establish governance standards for platform configuration, access controls, secrets management, and cloud resource utilization.
• Guide architecture decisions supporting structured and unstructured data, AI/ML initiatives, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) capabilities.
• Build, mentor, and lead a team of data architects and engineers while promoting architectural excellence and cost-efficient cloud practices.
• Create and maintain architecture documentation, standards, and reference designs that improve developer productivity and platform consistency.
• Partner with data governance leaders to ensure compliance with data quality, lifecycle management, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Databricks

Delta Lake

AWS

Data architecture

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Unity Catalog

Job description

International Game Technology seeks a Director of Data Architecture to define and drive the enterprise data architecture strategy across Databricks and AWS. You will build scalable data pipelines, establish standards, and partner with engineering, BI, and security teams to deliver trusted, compliant data solutions.

The role requires 10+ years in data architecture with 3+ years in leadership, strong governance, and expertise in Databricks, Delta Lake, and AWS.