Enterprise Cloud & Data Architect for AI-Ready Platform

TBC Corporation; Town of Florida, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TBC Corporation is seeking a Cloud & Data Architect to define and execute the enterprise data architecture and Unified Data Platform strategy. This role leads data, cloud, integration, analytics, and AI enablement initiatives to establish a scalable, governed data foundation.

You will drive modernization by consolidating platforms, guiding migrations from legacy systems to cloud architectures, and partnering with stakeholders to ensure trusted data for analytics and enterprise services across

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Data Architecture, Platform Architecture, Cloud Architecture, or related roles.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale data platforms.
• Experience leading cloud data modernization and migration initiatives.
• Experience consolidating multiple data platforms into a unified architecture.
• Strong understanding of data governance, master data management, metadata management, and data quality frameworks.
• Experience supporting enterprise analytics and reporting platforms.
• Experience partnering with executive leadership and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve enterprise data architecture strategy and target-state data roadmap.
• Define and implement the Unified Data Platform (UDP) architecture that establishes governed, reusable, and real-time data assets supporting enterprise analytics, operational intelligence, enterprise services, APIs, and digital commerce experiences.
• Establish enterprise data standards, canonical data models, reference architectures, and architecture principles.
• Lead consolidation of disparate data platforms, warehouses, marts, and reporting repositories into a simplified enterprise data platform.
• Drive migration strategies from legacy technologies including Teradata, SQL Server, and other existing platforms to target-state cloud-based architectures.
• Design modern data lake, lakehouse, warehouse, and real-time data processing architectures where appropriate.
• Identify opportunities to eliminate redundant data pipelines, platforms, integrations, and tools.
• Partner with Data Governance teams to establish enterprise data ownership, stewardship, quality standards, and business definitions.
• Define enterprise data domains, metadata standards, lifecycle management, and master data strategies.
• Support development of trusted and governed enterprise data assets.
• Ensure data solutions meet security, compliance, privacy, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with infrastructure and platform teams to establish resilient, secure, observable, and cost-effective cloud data services.
• Design high-availability, disaster recovery, backup, and operational support strategies for enterprise data platforms.
• Evaluate and optimize platform utilization, performance, scalability, and operational cost.
• Define patterns for application, API, event-driven, and service-based data consumption.
• Collaborate with application and solution architects to ensure enterprise data can be consumed consistently across business applications and digital channels.
• Establish reusable integration and data access standards supporting enterprise interoperability.
• Develop the enterprise data foundation required to support AI, machine learning, advanced analytics, and future intelligent automation initiatives.
• Define enterprise approaches to data discoverability, lineage, quality, and governance necessary for AI readiness.
• Partner with business teams to identify opportunities for data-driven decision making and operational optimization.
• Establish trusted datasets and data products that enable scalable AI and analytics capabilities.
• Lead enterprise data architecture reviews, assessments, and modernization initiatives.
• Influence technology selection, vendor evaluations, and strategic investment decisions.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture leadership to align data strategy with overall technology strategy.
• Mentor architects, engineers, analysts, and delivery teams on enterprise data architecture best practices.
• Document architecture decisions, standards, patterns, and target-state roadmaps.
• Provide executive-level recommendations and business cases supporting enterprise transformation initiatives.

Skills

Data Architecture

Cloud Architecture

Platform Architecture

Data Governance

Enterprise Data Platform

API & Integration

AI/Analytics Enablement

Tools

Redis

Oracle

SQL Server

SAP data integration

API integrations

Event-driven architectures

Streaming technologies

Data lake / lakehouse

Job description

TBC Corporation is seeking a Cloud & Data Architect to define and execute the enterprise data architecture and Unified Data Platform strategy. This role leads data, cloud, integration, analytics, and AI enablement initiatives to establish a scalable, governed data foundation.

You will drive modernization by consolidating platforms, guiding migrations from legacy systems to cloud architectures, and partnering with stakeholders to ensure trusted data for analytics and enterprise services across