Lead Data Architect

The Walt Disney Company; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Burbank, CA is seeking a Data Architect to lead architecture for strategic programs shaping data, analytics and AI across the enterprise. You will design scalable data platforms and data products, collaborating with product and engineering teams and business leaders to deliver innovative data solutions.

This role requires 7+ years in data architecture, cloud data platforms, and MDM, with strong communication and teamwork skills.

Qualifications

• 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 AI/ML
• Strong communication skills, ability to communicate well to both technical and business audiences
• Strong collaboration skills

Responsibilities

• 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)

Skills

Data architecture

Cloud data platforms

Master data management

Data governance

AI/ML

Communication

Collaboration

Enterprise data solutions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field

Tools

Snowflake

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.

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

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The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $150,500.00 - $201,800.00 per year, in Burbank, CA is $158,100.00 - $211,900.00 per year, and in Seattle, WA is $165,600.00 - $222,000 per year. 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.

Job ID: 10151032

Location: Burbank,California

Job Posting Company: The Walt Disney Company (Corporate)

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