Sr Specialist Data Architect

• Work Language: Fluent Business English

The Role

The Sr Specialist Enterprise Data Architect is responsible for enabling data-driven decision-making, analytics, and AI capabilities across Nestlé USA. This role focuses ondesigning, standardizing, and governing enterprise data models that are reusable, scalable, secure, and AI-ready. You will partner with business and technical teams to deliver high-quality data assets and support the evolution of future data and AI architecture.

What You’ll Do

As a Sr Specialist Enterprise Data Architect, you will:

• Define and maintain enterprise data models, hierarchies, and standards.
• Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Own canonical data models and ensure harmonization across initiatives.
• Provide architecture governance and documentation

Advanced s AI-Ready Data Architecture

• Design data architecture for Advanced Analytics and GenAI use cases.
• Enable LLM, RAG, and vector-based data solutions.
• Support knowledge graphs and advanced modeling techniques.

Metrics, Hierarchies s Business Alignment

• Define KPIs, metrics, and standardized business definitions.
• Align data structures with business rules and analytical needs.
• Ensure consistency and quality across domains.

Data Governance, Quality s Enablement

• Ensure metadata, lineage, and governance standards.
• Implement data contracts and quality controls.
• Support security, privacy, and compliance requirements
• Degree in relevant field and 7+ years of experience in data architecture.
• Strong expertise in data modeling and cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
• Experience with SQL, Python, Databricks, and AI/ML data design.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have:

• Knowledge of Data Vault, vector databases, and GenAI architecture.
• Experience with graph databases and dbt tools.

We offer you

We offer more than just a job. We put people first and inspire you to become the best version of yourself.

• Great benefits including competitive salary and a comprehensive social benefits package. We have one of the most competitive pension plans on the market, as well as flexible remuneration with tax advantages: health insurance, restaurant card, mobility plan, etc.
• Personal and professional growth through ongoing training and constant career opportunities
  reflecting our conviction that people are our most important assets.
• Hybrid working environment with flexible working scheme. Our state-of-the-art campus is dog friendly and equipped with a medical center, canteen and areas to co-create network and chill!
• Recreation activities such as yoga, Zumba, etc. and a wide range of volunteering activities.

About the IT Hub

We are a team of IT professionals from many countries and diverse backgrounds, each with unique missions and challenges in the biggest health, nutrition and wellness company of the world. We innovate every day through forward-looking technologies to create opportunities for Nestlé’s digital challenges with our consumers, customers and at the workplace. We collaborate with our business partners around the world to deliver standardized, integrated technology products and services to create tangible business value.

About Nestlé
We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company. We are 308,000 employees strong driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for our future. With more than CHF 91.4 billion sales in 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413 factories in more than 85 countries. Want to learn more? Visit us at .

We encourage the diversity of applicants across gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief and disability.

Step outside your comfort zone; share your ideas, way of thinking and working to make a difference to the world, every single day. You own a piece of the action – make it count.

Position Snapshot

• Type of Contract: Full-Time
• Functions Stream: IT – DCC
• Type of Work: Hybrid
• Work Language: Fluent Business English

The Role

The Sr Specialist Enterprise Data Architect is responsible for enabling data-driven decision-making, analytics, and AI capabilities across Nestlé USA. This role focuses ondesigning, standardizing, and governing enterprise data models that are reusable, scalable, secure, and AI-ready. You will partner with business and technical teams to deliver high-quality data assets and support the evolution of future data and AI architecture.

What You’ll Do

As a Sr Specialist Enterprise Data Architect, you will:

• Define and maintain enterprise data models, hierarchies, and standards.
• Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
• Own canonical data models and ensure harmonization across initiatives.
• Provide architecture governance and documentation

Advanced s AI-Ready Data Architecture

• Design data architecture for Advanced Analytics and GenAI use cases.
• Enable LLM, RAG, and vector-based data solutions.
• Support knowledge graphs and advanced modeling techniques.

Metrics, Hierarchies s Business Alignment

• Define KPIs, metrics, and standardized business definitions.
• Align data structures with business rules and analytical needs.
• Ensure consistency and quality across domains.

Data Governance, Quality s Enablement

• Ensure metadata, lineage, and governance standards.
• Implement data contracts and quality controls.
• Support security, privacy, and compliance requirements
• Degree in relevant field and 7+ years of experience in data architecture.
• Strong expertise in data modeling and cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
• Experience with SQL, Python, Databricks, and AI/ML data design.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice to Have:

• Knowledge of Data Vault, vector databases, and GenAI architecture.
• Experience with graph databases and dbt tools.

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