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