Strategic Data Architect for Azure & Governance

700 Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Fertility assistance

PTO

Federal holidays

Training and development

Job summary

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. (CNI) seeks a Data Architect to design the enterprise data landscape, including modeling, storage, integration, security, and governance across on‑premises and Azure-based systems.

Reporting to the COO's office within Enterprise Architecture, you will shape standards, collaborate across IT, and drive data platform modernization while aligning with federal and commercial requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in data engineering, database design, or analytics.
• 3+ years designing enterprise data architectures across multiple business systems.

Responsibilities

• Defines and maintains the enterprise data architecture, including conceptual, logical, and physical models, data domains, and the target-state roadmap.
• Leads evaluation and selection of data platform technologies and produces executive-ready recommendations.
• Designs data integration patterns, including ETL and ELT pipelines, APIs, streaming, and master/reference data across on-premises and cloud-based systems.
• Establishes data governance standards covering ownership, quality, lineage, cataloging, retention, and classification with business data owners.
• Models data security with Security/Compliance teams to meet handling requirements (NIST SP 800-171, CMMC 2.0).
• Guides data workstreams of cloud migration efforts, including sequencing and decommissioning legacy stores.

Skills

Data modeling

SQL

Cloud data platforms

Data governance

Architecture documentation

Stakeholder communication

Security/compliance

ETL/ELT patterns

Mentoring/leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems/Data Science/Engineering

Tools

Azure Synapse

Microsoft Fabric

Snowflake

Databricks

SQL Server

Oracle Database

Job description

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. (CNI) seeks a Data Architect to design the enterprise data landscape, including modeling, storage, integration, security, and governance across on‑premises and Azure-based systems.

Reporting to the COO's office within Enterprise Architecture, you will shape standards, collaborate across IT, and drive data platform modernization while aligning with federal and commercial requirements.