Senior Lead Data Architect: Enterprise Data Modeling & AI

Fairygodboss; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Lead Data Architect in Plano to shape data modelling strategy and semantic foundations across transactional, analytical, streaming, and AI-driven consumption patterns. You will drive schema evolution, data contracts, and robust governance for enterprise data assets.

You will mentor teams, design high-quality DDL, and ensure production readiness while aligning to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in data architecture and data modelling with 5+ years of applied experience.
• Experience designing data models across raw/document, OLTP 3NF, OLAP dimensional, and event schemas.
• Strong understanding of data concepts: entities, relationships, normalization vs. denormalization, schema evolution.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data modelling strategy for the domain, aligning models to product needs.
• Design and optimize models across raw/document, OLTP 3NF, OLAP dimensional, and event schemas.
• Define semantic foundations, data dictionaries, naming conventions, and attribute abstractions.

Skills

Data modelling

Data architecture

AI/ML awareness

Governance

Mentorship

Production design

Education

Data architecture certification

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Schema registries

Job description

JPMorganChase is seeking a Senior Lead Data Architect in Plano to shape data modelling strategy and semantic foundations across transactional, analytical, streaming, and AI-driven consumption patterns. You will drive schema evolution, data contracts, and robust governance for enterprise data assets.

You will mentor teams, design high-quality DDL, and ensure production readiness while aligning to security, resiliency, and auditability expectations.