Principal Data Architect

Manheim Dallas-Fort Worth; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation with pay

Seven paid holidays

Wellness program (160 hours)

Bereavement leave

Voting leave

Jury duty leave

Parental leave

Job summary

Cox Automotive seeks a senior data architecture leader to drive cross‑portfolio data, reporting, and catalog strategy. You’ll translate business needs into scalable data architecture, define standards, and shape reference architectures across Xtime platforms.

You will collaborate with business and technology leaders to deliver secure, flexible data solutions, including cloud design and enterprise data tooling, with a focus on supporting dealer, OEM and portfolio reporting requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, or related discipline with 10 years of experience; alternative combinations allowed.
• 10+ years of full development life cycle, architecture design, and platform implementations.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale ETL and reporting solutions.
• Experience designing cloud architectures (AWS preferred; GCP/Azure also).
• Experience with Snowflake, MicroStrategy, Logi or similar platforms.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• 5+ years of architecture delivery and storytelling for leadership audiences.
• 5+ years in creating strategies and solutions using architecture models and frameworks.
• Automotive industry background or interest.

Responsibilities

• Translates business requirements into technical specifications for data streams, integrations, transformations, databases and warehouses.
• Helps define data architecture standards, principles, modeling, metadata, security and reference data.
• Architects the product catalog domain data model, sourcing and governance.
• Owns the architecture of the reporting platform powering dealer, dealer-group and OEM reporting.
• Defines data feeds and report requests patterns; evaluates performance, security and interoperability.

Skills

Data architecture

Architecture design

Cloud architectures

Enterprise data platforms

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/MIS

Tools

Snowflake

MicroStrategy

Logi

Job description

Serves as a key contributor to the strategy, design, implementation and support for the data architecture, reporting platform and product catalog that underpin the Xtime fixed-ops portfolio. Works closely with business and technology leadership to establish an architectural framework and facilitate the definition of data strategy, standards, policies and roadmaps. Provides cross‑cutting data, reporting and catalog architecture coverage across the Xtime portfolio and its net‑new delivery teams, partnering with the portfolio’s Principal Architect and Integrations Architect to maintain a coherent architectural direction.

Role Focus

• Data architecture and the reporting platform across the Xtime portfolio.
• Product catalog — parts, services, and ops menus.
• Drives data strategy across Xtime teams as a horizontal, pattern‑setting authority rather than a single‑team assignment.

Primary Duties / Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates with business, engineering and product stakeholders to drive holistic architectural design across the data, reporting and catalog areas described below.
• Monitors industry and the competition for solution‑focused technical and process changes and advances.

Data Architecture

• Translates business requirements into technical specifications, including data streams, integrations, transformations, databases and data warehouses.
• Helps define the data architectural framework, standards and principles, including modeling, metadata, security and reference data.
• Helps define reference architecture and patterns others follow to create and improve data systems across Xtime teams.
• Collaborates with data users, software and other technical stakeholders to structure effective data flows — from generation through transition to application.
• Architects the product catalog domain — parts, services and ops menus — including its data model, sourcing and governance.

Reporting Platform & Actionable Reporting

• Owns the architecture of the reporting platform that powers dealer, dealer‑group and OEM reporting across the portfolio.
• Defines patterns for OEM and dealer‑group data feeds and report requests (e.g., multi‑media reporting and OEM data feeds, service‑pricing and parts/labor reporting).
• Evaluates performance, security, reliability, operations, technology and interoperability requirements, producing high‑level design deliverables that enable development teams to build flexible, scalable and secure reporting solutions.
• Creates proofs of concept to determine the viability of new or different data and reporting technologies.

Systems Architecture

• Provides systems architecture advice and support for the data, reporting and catalog domains across the Xtime product portfolio and its net‑new teams.
• Works with portfolio stakeholders and customers to align the architectural direction of the solution intent.
• Drives structuring of the product vision, roadmap, priorities, enabler capabilities, non‑functional requirements and solution demo activities for the data and reporting platform.
• Engages with cross‑functional partners on PI planning, Architecture Sync, solution capability demonstrations, release management and alignment of technologies across initiatives.
• Consults with architecture, development, infrastructure and operational teams to address issues relating to systems/application architecture, including performance and availability.

Required Experience & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Management Information Systems, or a related discipline and 10 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as master's degree and 8 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 5 years' experience in a related field; or 22 years' experience in a related field
• 10+ years of experience in full development life cycle, architecture design, and platform implementations
• Comes from a data architecture discipline / background, with demonstrated experience delivering enterprise scale ETL and reporting solutions
• Experience designing cloud architectures (preferably AWS, also GCP/Azure)
• Experience with Snowflake, MicroStrategy, Logi or similar enterprise data and reporting platforms
• Strong problem‑solving, analytical, and strategic thinking skills
• 5+ years architecture delivery and storytelling with ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences including business and technology leadership
• 5+ years in creating and communicating strategies, capabilities and solutions using architecture models, reference architectures, frameworks, diagrams and viewpoints
• Automotive industry background or interest

Drug Testing

To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre‑employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre‑employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug‑free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $179,700.00 - $299,500.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

EOE, including disability/vets