Remote Data Solutions Architect — Enterprise AI & Palantir

CSAA; Maine; Remote; USD 160,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect to lead strategy and architecture for data, ontology, and AI platforms. You will establish scalable standards across Palantir Foundry/AIP, AWS, and Snowflake, enabling secure, governed analytics and AI solutions.

Partner with executives to define roadmaps and governance. You will drive architecture patterns, ensure interoperability across data platforms, and mentor teams to adopt best practices in data modeling and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 10+ years in Enterprise Architecture, Data Architecture, Solution Architecture, or related roles, with 5+ years in an enterprise or domain architect capacity.
• 4+ years designing enterprise Data, Cloud, or AI architectures at scale.
• 3+ years of experience with Palantir Foundry and AIP, including Ontology design and governance.
• Deep expertise in enterprise data modeling, ontology/knowledge graph concepts, data mesh and data product thinking, and domain-driven design.
• Strong architecture expertise with AWS, cloud-native patterns, event-driven and API-based integration, high availability, observability, and infrastructure as code.
• Architecture-level experience with Snowflake, Kafka/MSK, Spark, Bedrock, and SageMaker; sufficient Python and SQL fluency to evaluate designs and review implementations.
• Experience architecting AI/ML, GenAI, RAG, and Agentic AI solutions, including governance and Responsible AI controls.
• Working knowledge of data governance frameworks, regulatory and privacy requirements, and security architecture.
• Familiarity with TOGAF, ArchiMate, or comparable enterprise architecture frameworks and tooling.
• Proven ability to influence senior technology and business leaders and to communicate architecture decisions to executive audiences.
• Experience leading architecture governance forums and driving alignment across domains and delivery teams.
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to balance strategic direction with pragmatic delivery constraints.
• Ability to mentor solution architects and establish architecture standards and practices.
• Strong collaboration across Architecture, Engineering, Product, Security, Data Governance, Operations, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Architecture Review process for data and AI initiatives; approve solution designs and ensure alignment to enterprise standards and roadmaps.
• Develop business cases, capability maps, and executive-level architecture narratives that connect data and AI investments to business outcomes.
• Guide infrastructure and engineering leads; establish and maintain reusable patterns, principles, and architecture decision records.
• Collaborate with business and product leadership to translate strategy into a prioritized architecture roadmap.
• Define reference architectures and usage patterns for Palantir Foundry/AIP and related platforms; set governance and guardrails.

Skills

Ontology design

Data modeling

Governance

Executive communication

Domain-driven design

Solutions architecture

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering/IS/Data Science

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Palantir AIP

Snowflake

Kafka/MSK

Spark

Bedrock

SageMaker

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect to lead strategy and architecture for data, ontology, and AI platforms. You will establish scalable standards across Palantir Foundry/AIP, AWS, and Snowflake, enabling secure, governed analytics and AI solutions.

Partner with executives to define roadmaps and governance. You will drive architecture patterns, ensure interoperability across data platforms, and mentor teams to adopt best practices in data modeling and governance.