Data Architect

About this position Job Information Job Title D ata Architect Home Department Information Technology Employment Status Exempt; Full-time Schedule Position Location Remote/ Hybrid (commutable distance to home office in Fond du Lac, WI) This position offers flexible remote/hybrid work scheduling and we are targeting candidates who are located within the commutable greater Fond du Lac, WI area for infrequent in-person meeting events. Visit us at societyinsurance.com to learn more. Overview Protecting our policyholders’ dreams, passions, and livelihoods has a direct impact on the communities we serve. We work towards excellence, conduct ourselves with high integrity, and take our work seriously, but not ourselves. Small Details. Big Difference. Find out how you can make a difference with a career at Society. About the Role Translates enterprise data strategy into architecture, platforms, and implementation roadmaps aligned to business and analytics needs. Engages with business and IT stakeholders to gather requirements and define end-to-end data architecture solutions. Defines and governs enterprise data architecture standards, including data models, pipelines, integration patterns, and platform design. Designs and builds scalable data platforms and pipelines (data lakes, warehouses, cloud platforms) to support analytics and reporting. Establishes and enforces data modeling standards (logical, physical, dimensional) across systems and domains. Designs and optimizes data ingestion, transformation, and integration patterns (ETL/ELT) to ensure reliable data movement across systems. Ensures data architecture supports data quality, lineage, metadata, and governance frameworks aligned to enterprise standards. Collaborates with architects and engineers to define architecture enablers, guide solution design, and support implementation. Works with data engineering and Agile teams to ensure architecture is implemented effectively across delivery cycles. Leads evaluation and selection of data technologies, tools, and platforms, including proof-of-concepts (POCs). Develops and maintains data architecture roadmaps, including modernization, consolidation, and performance optimization. Drives modernization of legacy data and reporting platforms to improve scalability, performance, and usability. Ensures alignment between data, application, and infrastructure architecture. Participates in Agile/PI Planning to align teams to a shared technical direction and standards. Acts as a technical expert and leader, mentoring teams and driving adoption of best practices across data architecture and engineering. About you You are analytical and connect data across systems to support business insight and decision-making. You are creative and innovative and identifies better ways to organize, integrate, and govern data. You are driven by an underlying curiosity and desire to know more about things, people, or issues. You take ownership of challenges and drive improvements in architecture, standards, and processes. #J-18808-Ljbffr Society-Insurance