Senior Data Architect

johnsonbrothers; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 99,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson Brothers is seeking a Senior Data Architect to shape the future of data and analytics within the organization. You will establish architectural principles and governance, guide transitions toward Fabric and OneLake, and ensure integration with Dynamics 365 F&O and Dataverse.

You will mentor engineers, define current-to-future state architectures, and collaborate with data engineers and business teams to deliver scalable data solutions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on solution development to architecture leadership progression.
• Experience designing enterprise data platforms and data warehouses.
• Deep understanding of data modeling and Azure data ecosystem.
• Ability to translate business needs into architectures.
• Strong communication across engineers to Directors and VPs.

Responsibilities

• Establish and mature EIM architecture principles, standards, reference patterns, and governance.
• Develop current-state, transition-state, and future-state architecture.
• Create practical architecture library with standards, patterns, and decisions.
• Guide architecture as data ecosystem evolves to Fabric, OneLake, and Fabric Data Warehouse.
• Define how Dynamics 365 F&O, Dataverse, Fabric, and analytics platforms collaborate.
• Provide architectural guidance for data ingestion, storage, modeling, analytics, metadata, lineage, and governance.
• Support Master Data Management and Data Quality capabilities with technology evaluation.
• Promote data modeling standards and reusable patterns.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers to translate architecture into designs and review solutions.
• Mentor engineers and strengthen architectural practices across the team.
• Identify opportunities to simplify the tech landscape and reduce debt.

Skills

Data architecture

Azure data stack

Leadership

Communication

Data modeling

Governance

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

OneLake

Dataverse

Power BI

Dynamics 365 F&O

Job description

Looking for a rewarding career? Johnson Brothers is a leading family-owned distributor of wine, spirits, and beer, delivering exceptional service since 1953. We proudly represent the world's top beverage brands and are committed to excellence, innovation, and growth. Johnson Brothers offers exciting opportunities in a variety of areas. Join our passionate team and help shape the future of the beverage industry!

Our enterprise data platform is evolving, our application landscape is changing, and our Enterprise Information Management (EIM) architecture practice is maturing along with it.

We are looking for a Senior Data Architect who wants to help shape the future of data and analytics at Johnson Brothers.

You will help establish the architectural principles, standards, patterns, and governance that guide how we manage and use data across the organization. You will also play a key role in defining our current, transition, and future-state architectures as we evolve from Azure Data Lake and Synapse toward Microsoft Fabric and OneLake, while integrating new enterprise platforms including Dynamics 365 F&O and Dataverse.

This is not an ivory-tower architecture role. We are looking for someone who has built and implemented solutions, earned broader architecture responsibility, and can translate architectural direction into practical guidance for experienced engineering and technology teams.

Job Description:

• Establish and mature EIM architecture principles, standards, reference patterns, and lightweight governance.
• Develop and maintain meaningful current-state, transition-state, and future-state architecture.
• Create a practical architecture library covering key standards, patterns, decisions, and reference architectures.
• Provide architectural direction as our data ecosystem evolves from Azure Data Lake and Synapse toward Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, and Fabric Data Warehouse.
• Help define how Dynamics 365 F&O, Dataverse, Fabric, enterprise applications, integrations, and analytical platforms work together.
• Guide architecture across data ingestion, storage, transformation, modeling, analytics, metadata, lineage, cataloging, and governance.
• Provide architectural guidance for our developing Master Data Management and Data Quality capabilities, including technology evaluation and implementation.
• Establish and promote data modeling standards and reusable patterns.
• Partner with Data Engineers and other technology teams to translate architecture into implementable designs, review significant solutions, and resolve difficult technical problems.
• Mentor experienced engineers and help strengthen architectural and engineering practices across the team.
• Identify opportunities to simplify the technology landscape, encourage reuse, and reduce unnecessary complexity and technical debt.

Skills and Experience:

• Demonstrated progression from hands-on solution development and implementation into architecture and technical leadership.
• Strong experience designing enterprise data platforms, data warehouses, lakehouses, or similar large-scale data solutions.
• Deep understanding of data architecture and modeling, including dimensional, relational, and enterprise/domain-oriented approaches.
• Strong architecture experience within the Microsoft and Azure data ecosystem.
• Experience translating business needs into information, application, and technology architectures.
• Ability to define practical current-state, transition-state, and future-state architectures.
• Working knowledge of modern integration architecture, APIs, pipelines, orchestration, and system-to-system data movement.
• Understanding of enterprise data management disciplines including governance, metadata, lineage, data quality, master data, and reference data.
• Strong systems thinking and architectural judgment, including balancing scalability, security, performance, maintainability, cost, and delivery realities.
• Ability to influence technical decisions, mentor experienced engineers, and build consensus across teams.
• Ability to communicate architecture effectively with audiences ranging from engineers to Directors and VPs.
• Comfort operating in an environment where both the architecture practice and technology landscape are evolving.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Microsoft Fabric, OneLake, Fabric Data Warehouse, or Lakehouse.
• Dynamics 365 F&O and Dataverse architecture.
• MDM or Data Quality platform implementation.
• Metadata, catalog, lineage, or data governance technologies.
• Enterprise integration or EDI/B2B architecture.
• End-to-end analytics architecture, including semantic and Power BI consumption layers.
• Architecture or data-management frameworks such as TOGAF or DAMA/DMBOK.
• Cloud cost optimization or FinOps practices.
• Technology/vendor evaluation and selection.
• Technical team or formal people leadership.

Additional Job Description

The expected pay range for this role is $99,000- $168,000. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their