Senior Data Architect: Cloud Data Platform & Governance

NuAxis, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NuAxis is seeking a Senior Data Architect for a full-time role in the United States. The candidate will design and manage enterprise data architecture, governance, and integration patterns to ensure data is accurate, secure, and analytics-ready.

The position leads cross-team data design and mentoring of data practitioners. Required eight+ years in data architecture, a related bachelor’s degree, and cloud data/architecture certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Eight (8)+ years of data architecture experience; Lead-equivalent authority.
• Cloud data or architecture certification (e.g., AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty, Microsoft Certified Azure Data Engineer Associate, or SnowPro Advanced: Architect).
• TOGAF 9/10 Certified, within 180 days of assignment.
• DAMA CDMP; Collibra Ranger; Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional (preferred).
• Required skills: Data modeling; ETL and ELT design; cloud data platforms; data governance frameworks; metadata and lineage; integration architecture; data security and privacy patterns.
• Preferred: Snowflake and modern lakehouse architectures; data mesh and data product approaches; analytics enablement; federal data environments.

Responsibilities

• Designs and manages enterprise data architecture, models, governance, and integration patterns.
• Define enterprise data architecture, conceptual, logical, and physical models, and data domain standards.
• Design ETL and ELT integration patterns across operational systems, data platforms, and analytics consumers.
• Establish data governance frameworks: stewardship, metadata, lineage, quality rules, and master data management.
• Architect cloud data platform solutions balancing performance, scalability, security, and cost.
• Define data security, classification, retention, and privacy control patterns.
• Review and approve data designs produced by engineering and BI teams; mentor data practitioners.

Skills

Data modeling

ETL/ELT design

Cloud data platforms

Data governance frameworks

Metadata and lineage

Integration architecture

Data security & privacy patterns

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Eight (8)+ years of data architecture experience

AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty

Microsoft Certified Azure Data Engineer Associate

SnowPro Advanced: Architect

Tools

TOGAF 9/10 Certification

DAMACM/CDMP (preferred)

Job description

NuAxis is seeking a Senior Data Architect for a full-time role in the United States. The candidate will design and manage enterprise data architecture, governance, and integration patterns to ensure data is accurate, secure, and analytics-ready.

The position leads cross-team data design and mentoring of data practitioners. Required eight+ years in data architecture, a related bachelor’s degree, and cloud data/architecture certifications.