IT Data Architect

Role Description

This role guides the development and management of a portfolio of solutions in the data, reporting, predictive intelligence, and data science domains. Solutions include projects, products, systems, shared infrastructure services, and shared application services. The data architect provides the necessary thought leadership, analysis, and design tasks to develop technology solutions that meet business needs and align with architectural governance and security standards. This includes the technical design, process design, architectural information model, and day-to-day contributing to data management and data governance practices as an influencer and stakeholder.

The role is expected to be hands-on – while you won’t necessarily be writing a lot of production code as part of project delivery, a successful candidate will be working closely with engineering staff and architects to directly develop PoC solutions and will be as comfortable working deep in the details as at the strategic level.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Quality Attribute assessment of delivered solutions
• Application availability of delivered solutions
• Production incident rate of delivered solutions
• Percent of business data modeled and made available on the data platform
• Business value created through optimization, simplification, and/or rationalization of platforms and tools
• Platform Health/ Vulnerability Assessments
• Provide architectural direction and guidance to data engineering teams
• Translate business problems, requests, and/or requirements into defined data solutions
• Document the data platform to effectively capture and communicate how business capabilities are realized or enabled through technology and process.
• Develop strategies, roadmaps, principles, standards, and best practices for the data platform. Develop PoCs as required.
• Support engineering teams in executing against strategies, roadmaps, principles, standards, and best practices for the data platform.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and guidance for engineering and delivery teams
• Analyze industry, technology, and market trends to introduce best practice frameworks/capability models tailored to control costs, provide higher quality and/or increase predictability of service delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, 7 years of experience in an architectural role or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Seven (7) years experience in data architecture or a related technical field with significant design contribution
• Strong knowledge of data ecosystems, Big Data patterns, Cloud Service Providers, business intelligence solutions, data integration patterns, common data warehousing patterns, retrospective reporting, predictive analytics, and exploratory analytics patterns.
• Strong knowledge of modern data and platform delivery practices in one or more recognized paradigms (data fabric, data mesh, data warehouse, data lake house, data lake, etc.)
• Expert knowledge across a broad set of data delivery and data hosting platforms (RDBMS, NoSQL tools, data warehouses, data query tools, data visualization tools, persistent data models, integration platforms, etc.)
• Expert understanding of data engineering fundamentals, implementation of modern data platforms, and data modeling characteristics
• Familiarity with information management practices, system development life cycle management, IT services management, and one or more architectural frameworks
• Strong knowledge of AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake, or equivalent. Slight preference for GCP, but a track record of delivering quality data solutions outweighs specific technology affinity.
• MDM knowledge (Reltio, Informatica, or similar) is a plus

Skills & Competencies

• Exceptional structured problem-solving, strategic synthesis, and executive communication skills.
• Strong capability in strategy facilitation, roadmap development, portfolio management, and prioritization across competing demands.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders, drive alignment, and lead change without direct authority.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to convert complex qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear recommendations and decisions.
• Proficiency with strategic planning and change management approaches such as operating model design, capability mapping, and change adoption frameworks.
• Strong judgment, follow-through, and comfort building new processes, tools, and management routines from the ground up.
• People leadership skills with the ability to coach, develop, and elevate a small team while setting a high bar for performance.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• Move up to 10 pounds occasionally, by lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise repositioning objects.
• Sitting for long periods of time while using office equipment such as computers, phones, etc.
• Performing repetitive motions involving the wrists, hands, and fingers, such as typing, picking, and pinching, within your regular work environment.
• Express or exchange ideas with others through the use of spoken word, quickly, accurately, and at an easily audible volume, and receive detailed information through oral communication at usual speaking levels without correction, and/or make fine discriminations in the nature of sounds in the environment.
• Near-range visual acuity for detailed tasks and ability to perform activities with precision such as analyzing data, viewing computer screens or reading extensively.

Benefits

• Benefits Start Day 1 for Full-Time Colleagues - No Waiting Period!
• Health benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance plus much more
• 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching contributions
• Vacation days & sick days
• Company-paid holidays & floating holidays
• A company mindset that prioritizes health, safety, and flexibility