Remote Data Architect - Cloud Data Lakehouse

Empower; Greenwood Village (CO); On-site; USD 138,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Casual environment

Paid time off

Volunteer time

Job summary

Empower is seeking a Data Architect to analyze, design, and implement scalable data architectures across cloud-based platforms. You will translate business needs into secure, high-performing data solutions, collaborating with data engineers, analytics teams, and stakeholders to enable data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities include modeling, data flows, and being pivotal in data lake/warehouse/lakehouse strategies, while ensuring governance and security standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Mathematics, Business, or equivalent experience.
• 7–10 years of experience in data engineering/architecture roles, with at least 5+ years in a data-centric role.
• Strong experience in data modeling with ER/Studio/ERwin/PowerDesigner.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience with Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DB2, or Redshift.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and big data frameworks (EMR/Spark).
• Knowledge of modern data architectures: data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, streaming platforms.
• Experience with distributed processing and NoSQL technologies (graph, key-value, columnar).
• Experience with Tableau, Cognos, BusinessObjects, MicroStrategy, SAS, SPSS.
• Proficiency in Python, R, or SQL.
• Understanding of data governance, privacy, and security.

Responsibilities

• Analyze large data sets to identify trends and translate into scalable architectures.
• Design end-to-end data architectures for analytics and operations.
• Develop and maintain data models, data flows, and architecture docs.
• Create and optimize data models for dashboards and reporting.
• Apply data architecture patterns: lakes, warehouses, lakehouses, batch/event processing, CDC.
• Design cloud-native and cloud-ready solutions, including migrations.
• Ensure governance, security, and compliance of data solutions.
• Plan for scalability, reliability, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with engineers, security, and stakeholders.
• Participate in reviews, assess risks and trade-offs.
• Support DevOps/DataOps, CI/CD, and IaC.
• Provide mentorship on data architecture best practices.
• Translate business requirements into data quality standards.

Skills

Data modeling

SQL expertise

Cloud platforms

Python

DevOps

NoSQL

Tableau

Analytical thinking

Communication

Data governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ER/Studio

ERwin

PowerDesigner

AWS

Azure

GCP

EMR

Spark

Job description

Empower is seeking a Data Architect to analyze, design, and implement scalable data architectures across cloud-based platforms. You will translate business needs into secure, high-performing data solutions, collaborating with data engineers, analytics teams, and stakeholders to enable data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities include modeling, data flows, and being pivotal in data lake/warehouse/lakehouse strategies, while ensuring governance and security standards.