Enterprise Data Architect — Analytics & AI

Socket.dev; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company matching

Paid time off

Mental health benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Protective is seeking a Data Solutions Architect to bridge business strategy and technical execution, delivering scalable data solutions for analytics, reporting, and AI use cases across the enterprise.

Embedded with delivery teams, you’ll work hands-on with engineers, product managers, and business partners to ensure data solutions are usable, compliant, and aligned to Protective’s priorities, with leadership exercised through influence rather than title.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in data engineering, data architecture, or solution architecture.
• Proven ability as a technical leader or design authority on cross-team data initiatives.
• Experience partnering with business leaders to shape priorities and investment decisions.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate technical direction for data solutions and reference designs.
• Design end-to-end data solutions including data warehouses, data lakes, and pipelines.
• Translate business needs into actionable technical requirements.
• Mentor engineers and lead design reviews.
• Ensure data solutions meet security, governance, and compliance.

Skills

Data architecture

Data engineering

Leadership

Cloud platforms

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Cloud data platforms

Data modeling tools

Job description

Protective is seeking a Data Solutions Architect to bridge business strategy and technical execution, delivering scalable data solutions for analytics, reporting, and AI use cases across the enterprise.

Embedded with delivery teams, you’ll work hands-on with engineers, product managers, and business partners to ensure data solutions are usable, compliant, and aligned to Protective’s priorities, with leadership exercised through influence rather than title.