Data Architecture Lead

Data EngineerData EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 1973H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Arizona + 4 moreAll locations: Arizona, California, Texas, Utah, Washington

Posted

31 days ago

Salary

$155K - $165K / year

Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglishAWSCloud

Job Description

• Partner with the Director, Data Architecture to implement enterprise data architecture standards and ensure consistent adoption across domains and initiatives • Lead architecture design for assigned domains and initiatives, including conceptual, logical, and physical data structures aligned to business requirements and data products • Define and maintain domain-aligned data definitions and semantic consistency to support a unified understanding of key business entities and metrics • Develop architecture patterns that support batch and streaming use cases, including event-driven data flows and canonical representations • Collaborate with data engineering teams to translate architecture designs into scalable physical implementations on AWS cloud data platforms • Participate in architecture and design reviews, providing guidance, feedback, and enforcement of standards for new data products and platform changes • Partner with governance teams to align architecture with data quality, privacy, security, access controls, classification, retention, and metadata requirements • Maintain architecture artifacts and documentation in a central repository, including definitions, reference designs, and decision records to improve reuse and consistency • Facilitate workshops with business and technical stakeholders to capture requirements, refine definitions, and align on domain boundaries and ownership • Identify architecture gaps and improvement opportunities, and recommend practical enhancements to standards, patterns, and tooling that improve scalability and interoperability • Coach and enable engineers and analysts on architecture expectations and best practices through working sessions, office hours, and documentation

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field; Master’s degree preferred
  • 8 to 12 years of experience in data architecture and related roles
  • Experience designing architecture in modern cloud-based data ecosystems, including AWS-based platforms
  • Experience supporting domain-oriented data products, data mesh concepts, and event-driven approaches preferred
  • Experience with metadata management, data cataloging, and lineage concepts and platforms
  • Strong expertise in conceptual, logical, and physical data architecture across diverse technology stacks
  • Strong understanding of modern data architecture concepts including domain-driven design, data products, and event-driven data flows
  • Ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable and reusable architecture designs
  • Excellent collaboration, facilitation, and influencing skills across technical and business teams
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities combined with a results-driven mindset
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, matrixed, and global environment

Benefits

  • Competitive Pay and Bonuses
  • Financial Planning and wellbeing
  • Time away from work
  • Extras, discounts and perks
  • Growth and Development
  • Health and Wellness

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