Insurance Data Architect: Enterprise-Scale Data

Gallagher; Rolling Meadows (IL); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits programs

Career development opportunities

Collaborative, people-first culture

Global reach with local impact

Job summary

Gallagher is seeking a Data Architect to lead the design of enterprise data architectures across operational, analytical, and reference data domains. You will work with data engineers, solution architects, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.

The role focuses on defining patterns, governance, and metadata management, with leadership responsibilities without direct reports.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 3 years of prior relevant experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Management, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience working with enterprise data platforms, data engineering, data modeling, or data architecture.
• Proven experience designing enterprise data architectures across complex data ecosystems.
• Strong experience with conceptual and logical data modeling including defining entities, relationships, domains, and canonical models.
• Experience on modern cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Azure, Databricks, ADLS Gen2, Azure Data Factory, and SQL-based platforms.
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear data architectures and technical designs.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and technical design for cross-domain data initiatives.
• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable data architectures.
• Establish and promote data architecture, modeling, and integration standards.
• Conduct architecture reviews ensuring alignment with enterprise standards.
• Mentor engineers on data architecture and modeling practices.
• Influence engineering decisions without direct management responsibility.

Skills

Enterprise data platforms

Data modeling

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Leadership without management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Management, or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Azure

Databricks

ADLS Gen2

Azure Data Factory

SQL-based platforms

ETL/ELT

Job description

Gallagher is seeking a Data Architect to lead the design of enterprise data architectures across operational, analytical, and reference data domains. You will work with data engineers, solution architects, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable data solutions.

The role focuses on defining patterns, governance, and metadata management, with leadership responsibilities without direct reports.