Data Architect (Hybrid)

Job Description

The Data Architect leads the design and direction of Christian Healthcare Ministries’ enterprise data architecture. This role establishes data models, integration standards, and platform strategies that make data reliable, secure, and accessible, supporting ministry operations, analytics, and informed decision-making.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Christian Healthcare Ministries (CHM), we believe your career should be more than just a job it should be an opportunity to make a meaningful difference while growing personally, professionally, and spiritually.

When you join our team, you'll enjoy:

• Competitive Compensation – Pay based on your experience and qualifications.
• Faith-Driven, Purpose-Filled Career – Be part of a Christ-centered ministry where your work makes a meaningful impact.
• Fully Paid Health Benefits for You & Your Family – Enjoy valuable health benefits provided at no cost to you, with coverage extended to eligible dependents.
• Retirement & Life Insurance – Benefits designed to support your financial well-being and future.
• Generous Paid Holidays – Enjoy 12 paid holidays PLUS your birthday!
• Complimentary Daily Lunch – Enjoy a delicious lunch provided daily for employees working onsite, including those on a hybrid schedule during their in-office days.
• Professional Growth & Development – Opportunities to strengthen your skills, expand your knowledge, and grow in your career.
• Paid Training – Receive the training and support needed to succeed in your role.

More than a career. A calling. A community. A purpose.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own the enterprise data architecture vision, standards, and roadmap, aligning priorities with CHM’s business needs, resources, and technology strategy.
• Design and maintain conceptual, logical, physical, and analytical data models that reflect business requirements and reduce redundant or inconsistent data structures.
• Define reusable architecture for data ingestion, storage, transformation, integration, and access across operational systems, databases, cloud services, and analytical platforms.
• Lead architecture reviews and resolve design tradeoffs for major data initiatives, vendor solutions, migrations, and platform investments; document decisions, dependencies, and technical risks.
• Define master and reference data architecture, authoritative sources, and data quality standards; partner with governance and engineering teams to embed controls and address systemic quality issues.
• Establish metadata, lineage, and catalog standards so data assets, ownership, business definitions, and downstream impacts are documented and discoverable.
• Embed security, privacy, access, and retention requirements into data designs with Information Security and governance partners; support recoverability planning and significant data incident response, escalating material risks.
• Evaluate technologies and recommend modernization, consolidation, or retirement of data platforms and integrations based on business value, maintainability, operational readiness, risk, and total cost.
• Provide technical direction and mentoring to data engineers, database administrators, governance analysts, vendors, and project teams; maintain reusable architecture documentation and guidance.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Enterprise architecture judgment and practical problem-solving
• Data modeling and systems thinking
• Data integration and platform design
• Data governance, quality, and security awareness
• Clear communication and cross-functional collaboration
• Technical leadership, mentoring, and influence without formal authority

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, information systems, data engineering, software engineering, or a related field; or equivalent relevant experience demonstrating the necessary database, systems design, and data architecture knowledge.
• Eight or more years of progressively responsible experience in enterprise data architecture, data modeling, data platform design, or a closely related discipline.
• Advanced SQL and data modeling proficiency, including conceptual, logical, physical, and dimensional modeling, with experience designing across operational databases, analytical platforms, cloud environments, and integration layers.
• Experience establishing adopted architecture standards and leading major data platform, migration, or integration initiatives.
• Experience with master data management, metadata, data catalogs, or data quality architecture, including the handling of sensitive or business-critical data.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factory, or comparable enterprise data platforms desired but not required
• Experience with lakehouse or cloud-native architectures, semantic models, Data Vault, enterprise modeling tools, or master data management platforms desired but not required
• Experience implementing data catalogs or lineage tools such as Microsoft Purview, Collibra, or Alation desired but not required
• Familiarity with healthcare data privacy and security frameworks and experience in healthcare, financial services, nonprofit, or ministry operations desired but not required
• Relevant Microsoft, data management, or enterprise architecture certification desired but not required

About Christian Healthcare Ministries

Founded in 1981, Christian Healthcare Ministries (CHM) is a nonprofit, faith-based health cost sharing ministry dedicated to helping Christians support one another with their medical expenses.

For over 45 years, CHM has brought believers together through a shared commitment to faith, compassion, and service. Our mission is to glorify God, show Christian love, and experience God's presence as Christians share each other's medical bills.

At CHM, our employees are more than just a team. They are part of a ministry united by a common purpose: serving others, making a meaningful impact, and reflecting Christ's love in the work we do every day.