Senior Data Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Define and uphold the enterprise data platform architecture, encompassing ingestion, storage, processing, serving, governance, and security.

• Design, model, and simulate intricate business processes utilizing BPMS tools and workflow frameworks.

• Establish and oversee architectural standards, including data contracts, service-level objectives, access controls, and principles of privacy-by-design.

• Develop reference architectures for both enterprise and domain levels to enhance scalability, interoperability, and reuse.

• Design and modernize systems to be compatible with cloud environments or to adopt cloud-native architectures, including strategies for migration.

• Lead architecture evaluations for complex or high-risk projects, assess trade-offs, and mitigate technical and compliance risks.

• Create process architecture documentation, such as workflow diagrams, functional maps, and cross-functional process models.

• Advise on and implement best practices for process orchestration, workflow design, and system integration.

• Ensure alignment of data and process architecture with enterprise architecture, security, IAM, networking, and FinOps practices.

• Assess build-versus-buy decisions, serve as a subject matter expert in BPMS tools and process design patterns, collaborate with stakeholders to test and refine workflows, mentor technical professionals, provide strategic architecture recommendations, support CI/CD, DevOps, and automation practices, ensure solutions comply with evolving security requirements and industry standards, and perform additional duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, mathematics, business, or equivalent experience.

• 9-12 years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, software architecture, or comparable technical roles.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Agile software development environments.

• Extensive experience in leading data or solution architecture across various domains or enterprise platforms.

• Strong proficiency in modern data architectures, including data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouses, and streaming platforms.

• Experience with business process management systems and workflow modeling tools.

• Familiarity with microservices architecture and development, including Java, Node.js, Scala, and serverless frameworks.

• Experience with diverse data storage technologies, including SQL, NoSQL, and graph databases.

• Significant experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, and cloud-native design.

• Exceptional communication skills with the capacity to influence senior stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.

• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup.

• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year.

• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans.

• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year.

• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year.

• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA).

• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs promote inclusion and collaboration within our business and throughout the communities where we live, work, and play. BRGs are open to all.