Lead Data Architect

The Walt Disney Company (Corporate); Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 155,700 - 208,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Long-term incentive units

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company (France) is seeking a Data Architect in Burbank, CA. This role focuses on leading the architecture for enterprise data solutions that support the company’s Data Unification strategy. The position demands 7+ years of experience in data architecture, cloud data platforms, and master data management.

Additionally, strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively are essential. The role is set in a fast-paced environment and offers a competitive salary range of $155,700 - $208,700 per year, complemented by a potential bonus and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data architecture and developing enterprise data, analytics, and AI solutions.
• Experience architecting and developing high-scale cloud data platforms.
• Experience architecting and developing master data management solutions.

Responsibilities

• Architecting high-scale, secure and interoperable data platforms across the enterprise.
• Architecting data domains and designing data products to be shared across the enterprise.
• Developing MDM strategy and architecting MDM solutions for complex enterprise domains.

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud data platforms

Master data management

Data governance

Snowflake

AI/ML

Strong communication skills

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Department Description

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.

The Enterprise Technology & Data mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.

Team Description

The Data Solutions & Platforms group is part of Enterprise Technology & Data. We are responsible for designing and developing enterprise solutions and managing a diverse portfolio of products and tools related to Data, Analytics, AI and Automation used by business teams across The Walt Disney Company.

The Data Architect position is one of the key roles on the team. You will have the opportunity to lead and influence the architecture for several strategic programs that will shape the future of data, analytics and AI for The Walt Disney Company. Architecting data platforms and designing data products will be a focus for the role in support of the company’s Data Unification strategy.

You will be working in a challenging, fast-paced, highly collaborative and rewarding environment, as a member of product and engineering teams that work closely with each other and with business leaders to deliver innovative and industry-leading data solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Architecting high-scale, secure and interoperable data platforms across the enterprise to enable AI and analytics applications
• Architecting data domains and designing data products to be shared across the enterprise
• Architecting cross-segment semantic layer and data catalog solutions
• Designing an agentic architecture for exposing data from enterprise data lakehouse domains to AI applications
• Developing MDM strategy and architecting MDM solutions for complex enterprise domains (e.g., Finance, HR)

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 7 years+ experience in data architecture and developing enterprise data, analytics and AI solutions
• Experience architecting and developing high-scale cloud data platforms
• Experience architecting and developing master data management solutions
• Experience with data governance
• Experience with Snowflake
• Experience with AI/ML
• Strong communication skills, ability to communicate well to both technical and business audiences
• Strong collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $148,300 - $198,800 per year and in Burbank, CA is $155,700 - $208,700 per year and in Seattle, WA is $163,100 - $218,700. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.