Strategic Data Platform Architect

Ascensus; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascensus is seeking a Data Program Architect to define and drive the architecture vision for the government savings data platform. You will own end-to-end data architecture across operational and analytical layers, collaborating with product and business leaders to align technology with business goals.

The role demands 15+ years in IT with deep data architecture expertise, including Oracle databases, Azure data warehouses, and Informatica ETL.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of IT experience with data architecture and enterprise data platform design.
• Strong background in data engineering and platform design across ingestion, transformation, storage, and access.
• Experience with Oracle databases and Azure-based data warehouses.
• Hands-on experience with Informatica or similar ETL tools.
• Ability to govern secure data access patterns and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the end-to-end data platform architecture for Ascensus Government Savings across operational, analytical, and integration layers.
• Lead architectural design for Oracle transactional platforms, Azure data warehouses, and downstream analytics and reporting solutions.
• Oversee tool selection for data warehouses, ETL, orchestration, and data access methods; perform vendor and cost tradeoffs.
• Define and govern secure, consistent, and performant data access patterns and APIs.
• Provide architectural oversight to data and delivery teams and translate high-level architecture into designs.
• Shape the data platform roadmap with product, business, and technology leadership.
• Establish reference architectures and design standards for ingestion, transformation, storage, access, and governance.
• Monitor portfolio health: scalability, performance, cost, risk, and debt; drive remediation and investment.
• Promote collaboration across engineering, security, infrastructure, risk, and operations.
• Drive innovation in data architecture and cloud-native data platforms.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and mentorship on data modeling, ETL, and secure data access.
• Ensure data security, privacy, and compliance by design.

Skills

Data architecture

Enterprise data platform

Azure data warehouse

Oracle databases

Informatica

ETL design

Tools

Oracle

Azure

Informatica

ETL tools

Job description

Ascensus is seeking a Data Program Architect to define and drive the architecture vision for the government savings data platform. You will own end-to-end data architecture across operational and analytical layers, collaborating with product and business leaders to align technology with business goals.

The role demands 15+ years in IT with deep data architecture expertise, including Oracle databases, Azure data warehouses, and Informatica ETL.