Hybrid Enterprise Data Architect | Lead Data Strategy

Fideo Intelligence, Inc.; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Ookla, a global leader in connectivity insights, seeks an Enterprise Data Architect to define and maintain the company’s enterprise data architecture, standards, models, and design patterns that underpin trusted data, analytics, AI, and data products across Ookla.

This director-level role reports to the VP of Data Architecture and will translate business and technology priorities into scalable data designs, while guiding modernization of the data landscape in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in enterprise data architecture, data modeling, data engineering, cloud platforms, and modern data ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of canonical modeling, reference data structures, metadata, lineage, APIs, integration patterns, and batch/streaming architectures.
• Experience defining data architecture standards, reference architectures, and design guidelines in complex, data-intensive organizations.
• Proven ability to modernize data landscapes, reduce technical debt, and improve interoperability.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise data architecture principles, standards, reference architectures, and design patterns.
• Develop and steward enterprise data models, canonical definitions, schema standards, and reference data structures.
• Translate business, product, analytics, and engineering needs into scalable data designs and integration patterns.
• Support architecture reviews, solution design, and integration decisions to ensure interoperability, reliability, security, and performance.
• Modernize the data landscape by simplifying data structures and retiring obsolete patterns.
• Guide technology choices related to data storage, processing, integration, APIs, metadata, and data services.
• Ensure data architecture aligns with governance, data quality, privacy, security, lifecycle management, and enterprise standards.
• Provide hands-on architectural leadership, documentation, and mentorship to data engineers and analysts.

Skills

Enterprise data architecture

Data modeling

Cloud platforms

Data governance

Stakeholder communication

Strategic thinking

Education

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

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Data modeling tools

Metadata management tools

Job description

Ookla, a global leader in connectivity insights, seeks an Enterprise Data Architect to define and maintain the company’s enterprise data architecture, standards, models, and design patterns that underpin trusted data, analytics, AI, and data products across Ookla.

This director-level role reports to the VP of Data Architecture and will translate business and technology priorities into scalable data designs, while guiding modernization of the data landscape in a hybrid work environment.