Senior Data Platform Architect & Strategy Lead

Ulta Beauty, Inc.; Bolingbrook (IL); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Ulta Beauty, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager of Data Architecture and Platforms to define and execute enterprise data strategy across multiple domains, platforms, and analytics capabilities.

You will provide technical leadership for modern data platforms, including Databricks Lakehouse and BigQuery, and drive standards, governance, and platform modernization across the organization. The role requires deep hands-on expertise in Spark, SQL, Delta Lake, and BI tooling, along with strong

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive experience in Data Engineering, Data Architecture, BI, cloud platforms, or related tech disciplines.
• Demonstrated people management experience leading Data Architects, Platform Engineers, or related teams.
• Strong knowledge of data platform modernization, governance, and enterprise integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and mentor teams of Data Architects and Data Platform Engineers, providing technical direction and guidance.
• Define and execute enterprise data architecture and platform strategies, target-state architectures, roadmaps, and modernization initiatives.
• Own the architecture, engineering, and operational maturity of enterprise data platforms (Databricks Lakehouse, BigQuery) and cloud tech.
• Establish architecture standards, reference patterns, governance, and best practices across Data Eng, BI, and analytics platforms.
• Guide enterprise BI architecture, including Power BI integration, semantic modeling, and governed data access.

Skills

Databricks

Apache Spark

PySpark

SQL

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Lakehouse architecture

Education

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

Tools

Power BI

BigQuery

Job description

Ulta Beauty, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager of Data Architecture and Platforms to define and execute enterprise data strategy across multiple domains, platforms, and analytics capabilities.

You will provide technical leadership for modern data platforms, including Databricks Lakehouse and BigQuery, and drive standards, governance, and platform modernization across the organization. The role requires deep hands-on expertise in Spark, SQL, Delta Lake, and BI tooling, along with strong