Senior Data Platform Architect, Enterprise AI & Data

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America; United States; Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is seeking a Principal Solution Architect, Data to define, scale, and govern enterprise data architectures across platforms and teams. You will shape patterns, guardrails, and reusable designs to enable rapid, secure, and scalable data solutions that deliver measurable business value.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Product, Cybersecurity, and Platform teams to align with strategy and ensure regulatory compliance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computing or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in data integration, data architecture, data modeling, data engineering, solution architecture, or enterprise technology.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale data platforms and AI-enabled solutions.
• Strong governance, security, and regulatory awareness.
• Experience with data mesh and data products.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain reference architectures and reusable design patterns.
• Lead cross-functional design decisions for complex initiatives.
• Ensure governance, security, and compliance across solutions.
• Collaborate with data engineering, AI, product, and security teams.
• Foster data product thinking and measurable business value.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Architecture standards

Cloud platforms

Leadership without authority

Communication skills

Regulated environments

Data governance

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computing or related field

Tools

Databricks

Apache Spark

Delta Lake

Kafka

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is seeking a Principal Solution Architect, Data to define, scale, and govern enterprise data architectures across platforms and teams. You will shape patterns, guardrails, and reusable designs to enable rapid, secure, and scalable data solutions that deliver measurable business value.

You will collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Engineering, Product, Cybersecurity, and Platform teams to align with strategy and ensure regulatory compliance