Data Engineer/Enterprise Architect II
BCforward
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Job summary
Qualifications
- 5+ years as an Enterprise Architect or senior individual contributor.
- Proven leadership in data-centric modernization programs.
- Employee Benefits domain experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead current-state and target-state enterprise/data architecture.
- Translate business needs into IT investment strategies and roadmaps.
- Drive architecture tradeoff analysis, cost estimation, and ROI discussions.
- Provide technical direction for data at rest, in motion, and consumption.
- Present architecture recommendations to executive and technical audiences.
Skills
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Job description
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BCforward is seeking a Data Engineer/Enterprise Architect II to work remotely in EST timings
Start Date: 1/5/2026- 6/30/2026 (potential extension)
Location: Remote EST timings only
The Enterprise Architect II serves as a senior technical and strategic leader responsible for aligning IT investments with strategy through enterprise-level architecture. This role leads architecture analysis, target-state design, tradeoff analysis, and investment strategy definition across complex, multi-system environments, with a strong emphasis on data platform modernization. The architect acts as a trusted advisor to business and technical stakeholders, communicates architectural vision, and ensures consistency and alignment across programs and investments.
A core focus is Employee Benefits (EB) platform modernization, providing technical leadership in data architecture, cloud platforms, and integration technologies—particularly Snowflake and Informatica—while balancing feasibility, cost, governance, and organizational readiness.
- Lead current-state and target-state enterprise/data architecture
- Translate business needs into IT investment strategies and roadmaps
- Drive architecture tradeoff analysis, cost estimation, and ROI discussions
- Provide technical direction for data at rest, in motion, and consumption
- Present architecture recommendations to executive and technical audiences
- Act as a trusted advisor across business, data, and engineering teams
- Resolve conflicts related to scope, platforms, and architectural approach
- Support proofs of concept and modernization initiatives
- Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture governance and committees
- 5+ years as an Enterprise Architect or senior individual contributor
- Proven leadership in data-centric modernization programs
- Employee Benefits domain experience
- Hands-on expertise with:
- Snowflake (implementation and value optimization)
- Strong skills in:
- Roadmapping and cost estimation (including cloud forecasts)
- Executive-level communication and influence
- Certification in TOGAF, FEA, Zachman, or similar EA framework
- Experience operating within architecture governance bodies
- Ability to balance enterprise standards with pragmatic delivery
- Comfort challenging ideas and defending architectural decisions
- Strong understanding of organizational dynamics and change management
- Mid-Senior level
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