Data Architect – Platform & Data Strategy

Data Architect Platform & Data Strategy
Location: Dallas TX (Hybrid)

Competitive base salary performance bonus
100% company-paid benefits

Overview

We are seeking a Data Architect to define and lead the data architecture and strategy supporting a large-scale distributed infrastructure environment.

This role focuses on designing a unified data ecosystem that connects operational systems infrastructure telemetry application platforms and business data into a cohesive analytics-ready foundation. You will play a key role in structuring how data is modeled governed and consumed across the organization enabling advanced analytics simulation and intelligent decision-making.

A central component of this role involves establishing semantic frameworks that define how data is organized related and interpreted across systems ensuring consistency and reusability across a complex technology landscape.

Key Responsibilities

Data Strategy & Architecture
Define the long-term data architecture and strategic roadmap across infrastructure platform and business domains
Design scalable data models and pipelines that support analytics reporting and advanced use cases
Establish standards for data integration transformation and interoperability across distributed systems

Semantic Modeling & Data Design
Develop and govern enterprise-level semantic models taxonomies and data relationships
Define canonical data structures and shared definitions to ensure consistency across domains
Build abstraction layers that support advanced use cases such as simulation forecasting and system optimization

Data Governance & Operating Model
Establish data governance frameworks including quality lineage metadata access control and lifecycle management
Define ownership models and promote domain-oriented data practices aligned with modern data architecture principles
Enable discoverability and usability of data through cataloging and metadata standards

Platform Integration & Collaboration
Partner with engineering platform and product teams to align data architecture with system and application design
Support integration of data across infrastructure systems applications and analytics platforms
Drive adoption of best practices for data management modeling and governance

Technology Evaluation & Innovation
Evaluate emerging tools and technologies across data platforms observability and analytics ecosystems
Guide adoption of scalable solutions that enhance data accessibility and platform capabilities

Required Experience

7 years of experience in data architecture data strategy or related roles within complex large-scale environments
Strong experience designing enterprise data models semantic layers or governed data frameworks
Experience defining data standards integration patterns and cross-domain data structures
Deep understanding of data modeling (conceptual logical physical) and data management principles
Experience implementing governance frameworks including metadata lineage and access control
Familiarity with distributed systems infrastructure data or large-scale platform environments
Experience with modern cloud-based data platforms (e.g. Snowflake Databricks BigQuery) from an architectural perspective
Strong communication skills with the ability to align technical and business stakeholders

Preferred Experience

Experience with knowledge graphs semantic layers or ontology-driven data models
Familiarity with domain-oriented data architectures or federated data ownership models
Exposure to compute-intensive or data-rich environments (e.g. large-scale infrastructure analytics platforms)
Experience supporting advanced use cases such as simulation predictive modeling or digital representations of systems
Understanding of workload orchestration or telemetry data from complex systems