Sr Enterprise Data Architect

Pay Range:

Please emailif you are a candidate seeking a reasonable accommodation for the application and/or interview process.

At BCBSRI our greatest resource is our people.

We come from varying backgrounds different cultures and unique experiences. We are hard-working caring and creative individuals who collaborate support one another and grow together. Passion empathy and understanding are at the forefront of everything we donot just for our members but for our employees as well.

We recognize that to do your best work you have to be your best self.
Its why we offer flexible work arrangements that include remote and hybrid opportunities and paid time off. We provide tuition reimbursement and assist with student-loan repayment. We offer health dental and vision insurance as well as programs that support your mental health and well-being. We pay competitively offer bonuses and investment plans and are committed to growing and developing our employees.

Our culture is one of belonging.
We strive to be transparent and accountable. We believe in equipping our associates with the knowledge and resources they need to be successful. No matter where youre at in the organization youre an integral part of our team and your input thoughts and ideas are valued.

Join others who value a workplace for all.
We appreciate and celebrate everything that makes us unique from personal characteristics to past experiences. Our different perspectives strengthen us as an organization and help us better serve all Rhode Islanders.

Were dedicated to serving Rhode Islanders.
Our focus extends beyond providing access to high-quality affordable and equitable care. To further improve the health and well-being of our fellow Rhode Islanders we regularly roll up our sleeves and get to work (literally) in communities all across the statebuilding homes working in food pantries revitalizing community centers and transforming outdoor spaces for children and adults. Because we believe it is our collective responsibility to uplift our fellow Rhode Islanders when and where we can our associates receive additional paid time to volunteer.

Why this job matters:

The Senior Enterprise Data Architect will serve as the strategic and technical leader responsible for designing and governing the enterprises next-generation data architecture. This role will focus on unifying data across multiple operational and analytical domains (such as clinical claims provider demographic and engagement data) to support advanced analytics personalization and enterprise decision-making.

This role will establish the conceptual logical and physical architecture needed to deliver a holistic and longitudinal view working closely with internal stakeholders and external vendor engineers. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in modern cloud data platforms specifically Snowflake data warehousing ELT and excels at setting architectural standards overseeing a distributed delivery team and ensuring high-quality outcomes from vendor partners.

This role focuses on designing governing and guiding the implementation of new data capabilities data models identity resolution and integration patterns.

What you will do:

• Lead enterprise data architecture and modeling: Define the architectural vision standards and conceptual/logical/physical models that unify data across clinical claims provider demographic and engagement domains.

• Provide technical leadership and drive vendor delivery teams: Guide external engineering teams in implementing pipelines transformations and models aligned with architectural standards. Conduct design reviews enforce best practices and ensure quality performance and cost efficiency in Snowflake.

• Translate business needs into scalable architectures: Partner with stakeholders across IT analytics clinical and operations to convert requirements into actionable roadmaps and technical designs.

• Champion modern cloud data engineering patterns: Promote Snowflake-native and cloud-native design patterns including semi-structured/unstructured data handling streaming ingestion and cost/performance optimization.

• Strengthen governance & data quality: Collaborate with governance and security teams to define metadata standards lineage practices PHI protection and stewardship models.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Science or related field or equivalent experience.

• 10 or more years of experience in data architecture data engineering or related disciplines.

• 10 or more years of experience designing logical and physical data models for complex cross-domain environments (relational dimensional and/or canonical).

• 8 or more years influencing enterprise-level technical architecture decisions.

• Experience with modern ELT/ELT development patterns data orchestration methodologies and cloud-native architecture best practices.

Technical

• Hands-on advanced expertise with Snowflake as a cloud data platform including advanced features (Snowpipe Streams & Tasks performance optimization and governance capabilities).

• Experience with modern ELT tools such as Matillion dbt or similar.

• Strong experience with modern storage paradigms - NoSQL data lakes unstructured content management.

• Strong experience with modern integration patterns - APIs FHIR event streaming real-time data flows.

• Advanced knowledge of industry-leading BI tools (such as Power BI)

• Strong experience with layered/lakehouse architectures (e.g. raw/bronze conformed/silver curated/gold).

• Strong background in designing canonical models conformed dimensions and large-scale data integration patterns.

Business

• Experience in healthcare or health insurance industry especially with claims clinical provider and member data.

• Strong business acumen including the ability to understand operational clinical and analytical workflows.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage daytoday work of vendor or offshore engineering teams.

• Strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders mentor technical teams and drive clarity in complex data environments.

• Creativity and innovation in developing modern data solutions.

The extras:

• Masters degree in Information Systems Engineering Computer Science or related field.

• Experience with healthcare administrative systems (e.g. Facets) is a plus.

• Experience with HL7 / FHIR / healthcare interoperability standards

• Experience building or governing data products

• Experience with data governance and cost optimization in cloud ecosystems

Location:
BCBSRI is headquartered in downtown Providence conveniently located near the train station and bus terminal. We actively support associate well-being and work/life balance and offer the following schedules based on role:

• In-office: onsite 5 days per week
• Hybrid: onsite 2-4 days per week
• Remote: onsite 0-1 days per week. Permitted to reside in the following states pending approval from the Human Resources Department: Arizona Connecticut Florida Georgia Louisiana Massachusetts North Carolina Oklahoma Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Virginia
  

Our culture of belonging at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) is at the core of all we do and it strengthens our ability to meet the challenges of todays healthcare industry. BCBSRI is an equal opportunity employer.

The law requires an employer to post notices describing the Federal laws. Please visit to view the Know Your Rights poster.