Remote Data Solutions Architect: Ontology & AI Platform Lead

CSAA Insurance Group; Yorktown (VA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Data Solutions Architect to lead enterprise data, ontology, and AI strategy. The role establishes scalable standards across Palantir Foundry, Snowflake, and AWS, creating a semantic foundation for analytics and AI workflows.

You will partner with technology and business leaders to define patterns, roadmaps, and governance enabling secure, cost-effective data use. The position requires 10+ years in architecture roles, strong AWS expertise, and experience with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or related field.
• 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.
• Deep expertise in enterprise data modeling (conceptual, logical, semantic), 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.
• 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.
• Ability to mentor solution architects and establish architecture standards and practices.
• Strong collaboration across Architecture, Engineering, Product, Security, Data Governance, Operations, and business teams.
• Experience leading Palantir platform adoption across multiple business domains strongly preferred.
• P&C insurance experience (Guidewire or comparable core platforms) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define reference architectures and usage patterns for Foundry and AIP capabilities (Ontology, Pipeline Builder, Functions, Workshop, AIP Logic, Agent Studio) and set guardrails for when and how each is used.
• Establish how the Ontology integrates with core systems of record (policy, billing, claims), the enterprise data platform, and downstream applications.
• Define the architecture for AI, GenAI, and Agentic workflows grounded in the Ontology, including LLM/RAG patterns, agent boundaries, human-in-the-loop controls, and Responsible AI requirements.
• Define the data architecture target state and roadmap, including conceptual and logical data models, domain boundaries, data product standards, and data mesh/lakehouse operating patterns.
• Set standards for data integration, API, and event-driven patterns across structured and unstructured data, spanning Snowflake, Kafka/MSK, and the Palantir platform.
• Establish data governance, lineage, metadata, quality, privacy, and security requirements in partnership with Data Governance, Security, and Compliance.
• Rationalize the data and analytics platform portfolio and define platform interoperability (Snowflake, Palantir, AWS data services).
• Provide architecture direction for AWS-based data and AI capabilities (S3, Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, SQS/SNS, Step Functions, MSK, Bedrock, SageMaker), focusing on patterns, security, resiliency, observability, and cost.
• Define integration standards between the data platform, ontology layer, and enterprise applications.
• Lead the Architecture Review process for data and AI initiatives; Develop business cases, capability maps, and executive-level architecture narratives that connect data and AI investments to business outcomes.
• Mentor solution architects and establish architecture standards and practices.

Skills

Enterprise Architecture

Data Architecture

Solution Architecture

AWS Cloud

Python

SQL

GenAI Governance

Mentoring

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelors or Masters in CS/Engineering/IS

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Snowflake

AWS

Kafka / MSK

SageMaker / Bedrock

Job description

CSAA Insurance Group is seeking a Data Solutions Architect to lead enterprise data, ontology, and AI strategy. The role establishes scalable standards across Palantir Foundry, Snowflake, and AWS, creating a semantic foundation for analytics and AI workflows.

You will partner with technology and business leaders to define patterns, roadmaps, and governance enabling secure, cost-effective data use. The position requires 10+ years in architecture roles, strong AWS expertise, and experience with