Data Architect
- Full-time
Key Responsibilities
1. Enterprise Platform Architecture
• Define target architecture for an enterprise data platform
• Multi-year roadmap aligned to enterprise modernization initiatives
• Evaluate emerging tech while maintaining architectural consistency
2. Platform Engineering
• Build MVP and mature cloud data platform over time
• Set engineering standards and operational guardrails
• Design secure multi-tenant environments capable of serving multiple agencies with data co-mingling considerations
• Partner with CISO teams to implement IAM, encryption and audit capabilities
3. Enterprise enablement
• Design and build platform services instead of agency-specific implementations
• Develop onboarding patterns for agencies adopting enterprise products and services
• Ensure alignment across modernization initiatives
• Develop data products identified by Product team and AI-ready infrastructure
4. Leadership
• Develop engineering best practices
• Collaborate with tech leaders across agencies and enterprise
• Partner with cloud, integration and data teams to implement enterprise data products.
• Promote API-first and product-based approaches to information sharing.
Desired Background and Experience
• Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
• 10+ years of experience building large scale cloud data platforms
• At least 7 years of hands-on experience in modern data architecture, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise security controls for cloud data platforms, including IAM, RBAC etc.
• Proven experience building and operating cloud infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)
• Hands-on experience implementing modern DevSecOps practices and champion shift-left approach to security
• Partner with Cloud Engineering, CISO and GRC teams to integrate security controls into the data platforms while maintaining clear ownership boundaries.
• Data Platform & Services experience including platforms Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Azure, containerized applications
• Soft skills important to this role
o Effective communication of technology concept to non-tech audience
o Can start from ground up
o Think patterns and reusable capabilities
o Worked at enterprise level for data platforms supporting multiple teams across the company
o Lead through influence[SK1.1][NN1.2] not direct reports
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| experience building large scale cloud data platforms | Required |
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| hands-on experience in modern data architecture, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure | Required |
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| experience designing and implementing enterprise security controls for cloud data platforms, including IAM, RBAC etc | Required |
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| proven experience building and operating cloud infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent) | Required |
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| partner with Cloud Engineering, CISO and GRC teams to integrate security controls into the data platforms while maintaining clear ownership boundari | Required |
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| data Platform & Services experience including platforms Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Azure, containerized applications
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