Senior Data Architect & Platform Lead

The Walt Disney Company; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 148,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Lead Data Engineer at The Walt Disney Company in Orlando leads the design of enterprise data architecture and data modeling standards across domains. You will model logical and physical schemas, define integration patterns, and drive cross-domain data pipelines that power Disney Experiences’ data platforms.

Roles include guiding data modeling reviews, budgeting for architecture projects, and staying current with new data technologies.

Qualifications

• For this role, 7+ years in data architecture, data modeling, or senior data engineering.
• Deep expertise in dimensional modeling, data vault, lakehouse architectures at scale.
• Advanced SQL and data transformation tools like dbt and Spark.
• Experience with cloud data warehouses and data lake architectures (Snowflake, Databricks, AWS).
• Ability to define and enforce data modeling standards across teams.
• Comfortable in an agile environment with cross-functional collaboration.
• Visionary leadership that drives excellence and fosters inclusive culture.
• Familiarity with required technologies and a willingness to expand toolset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of enterprise data architecture with logical models, physical schemas, and integration patterns.
• Define data modeling standards, naming conventions, and architectural patterns across domains.
• Design cross-domain data integrations connecting disparate sources into coherent datasets.
• Establish and maintain data dictionaries, lineage documentation, and metadata standards.
• Lead data modeling reviews and guide complex schema decisions.
• Guide estimation and planning for highly sophisticated, scalable data architecture projects, including budget allocation.
• Stay current with emerging data modeling and architecture technologies to inform recommendations.
• Provide escalation support and drive ongoing enhancement of data models and architecture.

Skills

Dimensional modeling

Data vault

Lakehouse

Advanced SQL

dbt

Spark

Snowflake

Databricks

AWS

Agile collaboration

Data architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering

Tools

erwin

dbt

SqlDBM

Alation

Snowflake

Databricks

Redshift

EMR

Spark

Glue

Flink

Job description

Lead Data Engineer at The Walt Disney Company in Orlando leads the design of enterprise data architecture and data modeling standards across domains. You will model logical and physical schemas, define integration patterns, and drive cross-domain data pipelines that power Disney Experiences’ data platforms.

Roles include guiding data modeling reviews, budgeting for architecture projects, and staying current with new data technologies.