Enterprise Data Architect: Drive Data Strategy

Polluxa, Inc.; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Polluxa, Inc. seeks a senior Data Architect to lead enterprise data architecture efforts in Harrisburg, PA. You will define data models, standards and governance while aligning with product and engineering to deliver reusable data products across platforms.

The role requires strong collaboration across domains, extensive cloud data platform experience, and a track record of modernization initiatives in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent
• 10+ years in data architecture, information architecture or enterprise architecture
• 8+ years in data architecture, data engineering or advanced database design
• Experience with data platforms: Snowflake, Databricks, MongoDB on cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Experience with unstructured data is a plus
• Knowledge of data security, privacy and regulatory requirements
• Experience supporting large-scale modernization or digital transformation initiatives
• Strong cross-domain communication and leadership without direct authority

Responsibilities

• Define conceptual and logical data models
• Establish canonical models and enterprise information standards
• Define relationships between enterprise and domain data assets
• Design enterprise information architecture with privacy, security, regulatory considerations
• Partner with product/engineering to embed reusable data products
• Analyze legacy systems to identify assets for reuse
• Prevent duplication of data structures across applications
• Support data migration strategies and target-state architecture
• Define data schemas, interfaces, metadata and quality requirements
• Establish data governance, stewardship and ownership models
• Promote data catalog, lineage, observability, security and interoperability
• Work with cloud, integration and data teams to implement data products
• Promote API-first and product-based data sharing
• Ensure data products are discoverable and AI-ready

Skills

Data architecture

Enterprise architecture

Information architecture

Data modeling

Data governance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Systems

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

MongoDB

Job description

Polluxa, Inc. seeks a senior Data Architect to lead enterprise data architecture efforts in Harrisburg, PA. You will define data models, standards and governance while aligning with product and engineering to deliver reusable data products across platforms.

The role requires strong collaboration across domains, extensive cloud data platform experience, and a track record of modernization initiatives in regulated environments.