Senior Data Architect

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions we believe that everything starts with our people. Were a global close-knit community united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike enabling the coordination thats critical for safer communities safer schools safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Data Architect to design evolve and govern Blue Eyes enterprise-scale data platforms. This role owns the architecture of data warehouses data lakes/lakehouses semantic models and integration patterns that support analytics BI and advanced reporting across the company.

This is a senior hands-on architecture role for someone who can translate complex business requirements into scalable cloud-native data solutions while establishing standards governance and long-term architectural direction within a modern Microsoft/Azure ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Data Modeling & Solution Architecture

• Enterprise Design: Design and maintain the enterprise data architecture including conceptual logical and physical data models for warehouses lakes and lakehouses.

• Cloud-Native Solutions: Architect scalable solutions within Azure and Microsoft Fabric focusing on cost optimization and high-scale consumption (100000 consumers).

• Migration Strategy: Lead on-prem to cloud migration strategies that prioritize performance and business continuity.

• Semantic Modeling: Design and optimize BI datasets specifically Power BI Premium/Fabric environments including programmatic lifecycle management via XMLA endpoints and APIs.

Governance & Integration

• Data Governance: Define and implement metadata management practices including data catalogs business glossaries and lineage tracking.

• Pipeline Oversight: Design and oversee ETL/ELT pipelines and orchestration strategies to ingest and transform data from diverse internal and external sources.

• Standards & Best Practices: Establish reference architectures to ensure consistency quality security and scalability across all data initiatives.

Leadership & Strategy

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineers analysts and business stakeholders to translate needs into technical data flows and reporting solutions.

• Technical Roadmap: Provide leadership on data strategy evaluate emerging tools/technologies and contribute to long-term architectural roadmaps.

• Mentorship: Act as a technical escalation point for complex design decisions and mentor senior engineers and architects.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 1015 years of progressive experience in data architecture and modeling.

• Technical Expertise: Deep experience with Kimball dimensional modeling and implementing enterprise-scale warehouses and lakes.

• Tooling Proficiency:

  • BI & Analytics: Power BI (Advanced semantic modeling) Tableau SSRS.

  • Databases: SQL Server PostgreSQL Snowflake Oracle Exadata.

  • ETL/Integration: Azure Data Factory Fivetran SSIS Informatica Logic Apps.

  • Modeling: Tabular models Dataedo.

• Cloud Platforms: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Fabric.

• Communication: Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both engineering and executive audiences.

• Certification: PMP certification or equivalent architecture-led delivery experience is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading or influencing large-scale data teams (25 contributors).

• Experience operating across multiple domains (Finance HR Ops IT Supply Chain).

• Proven track record of automating data ingestion reconciliation and governance at scale.

• Experience designing metrics for customer experience (CSAT NPS CES).

• Strategic mindset with the ability to execute hands-on in Azure/Microsoft environments.

What Success Looks Like

• Strategic Alignment: A clear scalable data architecture is established and aligned with core business goals.

• Operational Excellence: Reliable well-documented data models and pipelines support high-scale analytics.

• Visibility: Strong governance and metadata lineage are visible across all core datasets.

• Efficiency: Improved performance and cost efficiency are measurable across all data platforms.

• Standardization: Engineering and business teams are aligned around consistent data standards and definitions.

What We Offer

• Impact: A high-visibility role shaping the long-term data foundation of a growing platform.

• Influence: Direct involvement in shaping analytics and executive decision-making.

• Culture: A collaborative senior technical environment with strong ownership.

• Flexibility: Flexible work environment with remote and hybrid options.

Target Base Salary Range: 180000 - 220000 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge skills and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Basic Requirements

• 1015 years of progressive experience in data architecture and modeling.

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel Requirements

Relocation Provided

Position Type

Referral Payment Plan

Our :

• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical Dental Visionbenefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 Paid Holidays

• GenerousPaidTime Off Packages

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• PaidParental & Family Leave

• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion or belief sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If youd like to join our team but feel that you dont quite meet all of the preferred skills wed still love to hear why you think youd be a great addition to our team.

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