Principal Data Architect: Data Movement, Enrichment, and Orchestration
$142kHighmark Health
Company :
enGen
Job Description :
JOB SUMMARY
We are seeking a hands-on Principal Data Architect to serve as a leader in our ongoing data and digital transformation, leveraging a modern open data ecosystem build on foundational iceberg lakehouse patterns for both humans and AI to thrive. This role will own defining and delivering our enterprise strategy and architectural approach towards data movement [including integration and interoperability], Enrichment, and Orchestration. This scope will span the full enterprise of a complex hybrid ecosystem: We are not a skunkworks team just trying out new technology and you will make our implementations with dbt, airflow, kafka, and iceberg real for a $30B+ company impacting millions of lives across the country.
Not only will this person be a leader of our rapid modernization but will insistently keep a business and customer first mentality. The right leader understands the efficiencies and innovations needed to transform will also couple with deprecating a number of existing operational/legacy platforms. We require a natural thought leader and strategic advisor, shaping and driving the evolution of complex architectures across multiple domains, necessitating tradeoffs on time, cost, and complexity, but never trading off the positive experiences and impacts to our members.
Success in this role requires experience driving adoption of best practices and emerging technologies (ie lakehouse, iceberg, ELT vs ETL, and open source trends and tradeoffs), driving innovation and continuous improvement across the organization (teaching and mentoring is a passion for this person), and understanding the evolution of the space and patterns to make decisions that set the company and teams up for success short, mid, and long-term (ie you know what's ready for exploration vs what's ready for enterprise scale).
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead the development and articulation of complex architecture vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and strategic initiatives. Champion the adoption of best practices and emerging technologies, driving innovation and continuous improvement across the organization.
Collaborate with senior stakeholders across the organization, influencing decision-making and ensuring alignment on complex architectural solutions.
Lead the evaluation and selection of new technologies and solutions, ensuring they meet the organization's evolving needs and strategic direction. Develop and maintain comprehensive architectural documentation, ensuring clarity and consistency across all stakeholders.
Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks and challenges, ensuring the successful implementation and ongoing operation of complex architectures. Serve as a subject matter expert and advocate for architectural best practices, contributing to the development of organizational standards and policies.
Provide expert guidance and mentorship, fostering a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Other duties as assigned or requested.
EXPERIENCE
Required
- 10 years of experience in Architecture, design, and implementation of complex systems and solutions.
Preferred
5+ years of enterprise data architecture experience driving transformation through data platform modernization
5+ years of architecture frameworks andmethodologies: This person will have a strong opinion of if medallion architecture is a framework,methodology, or a marketing term(You might getbonus points with examples of all three being an "ok" answer andmaygive a good use case argument where each may be the "best" answer)
7+ years of experience with data movement platforms as an engineer, architect, or technical product manager/owner
Strong experience and knowledge ofthebelowrelevant platforms to this role:(Most critical being Airflow, Kafka, Flink,Iceberg Lakehouseand DBT)
Heavy Emphasis for Modernization:Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Airflow (includingCloudComposer), Beam (includingDataFlow), DBT,Kafka(Confluent),Flink(Confluent), Spark (includingDataProcand Databricks), Iceberg Format,Monte Carlo, Dynatrace,Atlan, Starburst,VertexAI, GitLab, GPT,and more
SKILLS
Architecture frameworks and methodologies
Software Development
Knowledge of emerging technologies
Strategic thinking and influencing
Critical thinking and decision making
While not required to possess expertise in all of the following technologies/areas, Principal Architects must demonstrate proficiency in those relevant to the applications they support: IMS, DB2, Oracle, Teradata, Data Warehousing, COBAL, Visual Basic, C, C++, SAS, Java/JavaScript Framework, PEGA, CSS3, Mobile, JSON, Cognos, Hadoop, SQL, J2EE, HTML5/XML, Waterfall, Agile.
EDUCATION
Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or closely related discipline
Preferred
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or closely related discipline
LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS
Required
- None
Preferred
- None
Language (Other than English):
None
Travel Requirement:
0% - 25%
PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS
Position Type
Office- or Remote-based
Teaches / trains others
Occasionally
Travel from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site
Rarely
Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)
Never
Physical work site required
No
Lifting: up to 10 pounds
Constantly
Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds
Occasionally
Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds
Rarely
Disclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.
Compliance Requirement : This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.
As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company's Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.
Furthermore, it is every employee's responsibility to comply with the company's Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.
Pay Range Minimum:
$142,000.00
Pay Range Maximum:
$236,000.00
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