Senior Data Platform Architect | FinTech, Azure & Oracle

Ascensus; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascensus is a leading technology and service platform powering savings plans across America. We seek a Data Program Architect to define and drive the architecture vision for Ascensus Government Savings.

You will own end-to-end data platform architecture, coordinate with product and business leaders, and ensure scalable, compliant data solutions across operational and analytical domains. You will collaborate with scrum teams, enterprise architects, and security to socialize architecture, guide

Qualifications

• 15+ years in IT with data architecture and enterprise data platform design.
• Deep expertise in transactional and analytical data architectures.
• Hands-on experience architecting ingestion, transformation, storage, and access.
• Extensive experience with Oracle databases and data modeling.
• Proven Azure-based data warehouse design and analytics integration.
• Experience with Informatica or similar ETL tools.
• Strong data security, governance, and compliant access patterns.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the end-to-end data platform architecture for Ascensus Government Savings, including vision, strategy, standards, and execution across operational, analytical, and integration layers.
• Lead architectural design for enterprise data systems, including Oracle-based transactional platforms and Azure data warehouses; guide designs for performance and extensibility.
• Own data platform tool/tech selection (ETL, data access methods) and conduct due diligence with cost tradeoffs.
• Define and govern secure data access patterns and APIs for internal and external consumers.
• Provide architectural oversight and execution guidance to data and delivery teams balancing standards with timely delivery.
• Shape the data platform roadmap with product, business, and technology leadership.
• Establish reference architectures and design standards for ingestion, transformation, storage, access, and governance.

Skills

Oracle databases

Azure-based data warehouses

ETL & data integration

Informatica

Data architecture leadership

Executive communication

Tools

Informatica

Job description

Ascensus is a leading technology and service platform powering savings plans across America. We seek a Data Program Architect to define and drive the architecture vision for Ascensus Government Savings.

You will own end-to-end data platform architecture, coordinate with product and business leaders, and ensure scalable, compliant data solutions across operational and analytical domains. You will collaborate with scrum teams, enterprise architects, and security to socialize architecture, guide