Senior Data Architect — AI-Powered Data Platform

Security-Benefit-; Topeka (KS); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus and incentives

33 days PTO/holidays/Volunteer Day

Parental leave after 90 days

Medical, dental & vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Profit sharing & savings plan

Disability insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

Security Benefit seeks a Senior Data Architect to lead data architecture for multi-source initiatives and advance the Unified Data Platform strategy. You will mentor architects and drive API connectivity, Python tooling, and data governance practices.

The role supports Snowflake-first design, integration patterns, and migration projects, with a flexible hybrid schedule, remote option for the right candidate, and a home office in Topeka, KS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/IS/Data Management or related field.
• 5+ years of data architecture/engineering with ownership of architecture.
• Hands-on Snowflake experience and ELT tooling expertise (Fivetran, Coalesce, dbt).
• Strong AWS data services experience (S3, Glue, Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway).
• Proficiency in Python for automation and tooling.
• Experience designing and governing REST and event-driven APIs.
• Understanding of data governance, lineage, and quality practices; Collibra preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead data architecture for complex, multi-source initiatives (enterprise pipelines, migrations, API integrations).
• Define and enforce data architecture standards and patterns.
• Architect data solutions on Snowflake, Coalesce, Fivetran, and AWS; align ingestion, transformation, storage (Snowflake-First).
• Lead API integration architecture for REST and event-driven sources; define contract evaluation standards.
• Develop Python-based tooling for validation, automation, and shared utilities.
• Mentor Data Architects and guide Data Engineers.
• Lead migration architecture from legacy to modern platforms (MS SQL/SSIS to Snowflake/ACUMEN).
• Collaborate with Data Governance to ensure lineage and quality; support Collibra catalog alignment.

Skills

Snowflake

ELT tooling (Fivetran Coalesce dbt)

AWS data services

Python

REST & event-driven API design

Data governance

Financial services experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field

Tools

Fivetran

Coalesce

dbt

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

Snowflake tooling

Job description

Security Benefit seeks a Senior Data Architect to lead data architecture for multi-source initiatives and advance the Unified Data Platform strategy. You will mentor architects and drive API connectivity, Python tooling, and data governance practices.

The role supports Snowflake-first design, integration patterns, and migration projects, with a flexible hybrid schedule, remote option for the right candidate, and a home office in Topeka, KS.